Friday, June 17, 2011

Civil War In Libya -- News Updates June 17, 2011



Libyan Leader Gadhafi Says NATO Will Not Win -- New York Times/AP

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Provoked by renewed daylight NATO bombing of his capital, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi raged against the alliance Friday, screaming his message and daring Western forces to keep it up.

Gadhafi spoke in a telephone call that was piped through loudspeakers to a few thousand people demonstrating in Tripoli's Green Square, at the end of a day when NATO intensified bombing runs across the capital. State television carried the Gadhafi message live then repeated it a few minutes later.

"NATO will be defeated," he yelled in a hoarse, agitated voice. "They will pull out in defeat."

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More News On Libya's Civil War

Libyan leader Gadhafi says NATO will not win -- Yahoo News/AP
Libya's rebels deny negotiations as fighting flares -- Yahoo News/AFP
NATO Airstrikes Pound Libyan Capital as Qaddfi Forces, Rebels Battle -- FOX News
Libyan rebels coordinating attacks on three fronts -- Boston.com/New York Times
Heavy exchanges near key western Libyan town -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Pro-Gadhafi Forces Hit Misrata, NATO Targets Tripoli -- Voice of America
Libyan rebels: Misdirected NATO airstrike probably injures 16 rebel fighters -- XInhuanet
Libyan rebels prepare push on "lawless" Zlitan -- Reuters
Libyan Rebels Trumpet Coordination in Attacks -- New York Times

Hunt for Gaddafi backers in east Libya shows tension -- Reuters
FEATURE-Libyan prisoners stuck in limbo as war drags on -- Reuters
On a Shoestring, Libya's Misrata Seeks Normality -- New York Times/Reuters
Report: U.S. Aid is Critical to the Mission in Libya -- U.S. Department of Defense

Gaddafi prepared to hold elections -- Financial Times
Gadhafi's Offer to Hold Elections Swiftly Rejected -- Wall Street Journal
NATO calls Gaddafi poll offer "a cynical PR ploy" -- Reuters

No breakthrough in Russian envoy's trip to Libya -- L.A. Times
Libyan leaders defiant as Russians seek deal -- Washington Post
Qaddafi Won’t Step Down, Russian Envoy Says -- Bloomberg
Russian Envoy May Meet With Libyan Rebels Tomorrow, RIA Says -- Bloomberg
Gaddafi govt talking to rebels, Russia Libya envoy says -- Reuters
Libya: 'Gaddafi regime in direct contact with rebels for first time' -- The Telegraph
Russia and China Team Up Against NATO Libya Campaign -- Forbes
UN Rights Body Extends Mandate of Libya Panel -- New York Times/AP
McCain: Obama 'Has Made a Mess' of Libya -- FOX News
Lawmakers mock Obama claim on Libya hostilities -- Stars and Stripes/AP

Qaddafi's Options Narrow As Libyan Stalemate Continues -- Radio Free Europe
Maintaining Resolve in Libya -- William Hague, Wall Street Journal
The colonel is running on empty -- The Economist
Libya: Is Nato-rebel alliance turning sour? -- Andrew Harding, BBC
Libya Campaign Reveals the Doves — on the Left and Right -- Rogene Fisher Jacquette, New York Times

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