Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Civil War In Libya -- News Updates August 30, 2011



Rebel Leaders Give Gaddafi Forces Five Days To Surrender -- Washington Post

BENGHAZI, Libya — Libya’s rebel forces said Tuesday that loyalists to longtime leader Moammar Gaddafi have until Saturday to surrender or face a military assault aimed at completing their takeover of the country.

Mustafa Abdel Jalil, head of the rebel’s opposition council, said his forces would attack Gaddafi’s home town of Sirte, where the loyalists have gathered, on Saturday, the day when the celebrations marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan will end.

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More News On Libya's Civil War

Yahoo News Libya Roundup -- Yahoo News
Libya Crisis: Updates -- BBC
Libya live -- The Telegraph
Libya: rebels surround Gaddafi's Sirte stronghold - live updates -- The Guardian
Libya Live Blog -- Al Jazeera

Libya’s Rebels Give 4-Day Ultimatum to Gadhafi Forces -- Voice of America
Libya forces loyal to Colonel Gaddafi given ultimatum to surrender -- The Telegraph
Rebels give Kadhafi forces four days to surrender or face military action -- RFI
Libya rebels give Kadhafi forces Saturday deadline -- Yahoo News/AFP
NATO says Libya's sides are talking in Sirte -- Yahoo News/AP
Rebels give loyalist towns until Saturday for surrender -- CNN
NATO Focuses on Gadhafi's Hometown -- Wall Street Journal
Libya: Qaddafi Forces Given Surrender Deadline -- Bloomberg
Libya interim leaders give ultimatum to Gaddafi forces -- BBC

Moammar Kadafi's son Khamis reportedly killed in airstrike -- L.A. Times
Libyan opposition leaders rule out major role for foreign peacekeepers; U.N. shifts planning -- Washington Post
Libyan rebels ask NATO to keep military pressure -- USA Today
AU Head: Libya Rebels May Be Killing Black Workers -- New York Times/AP
In Tripoli, African 'mercenaries' at risk -- Christian Science Monitor
Libya: Gaddafi forces accused of multiple war crimes -- The Telegraph
Libyan rebels free 11,000 prisoners … but are 50,000 still trapped in underground secret bunkers? -- Daily Mail

With source of water still in Gadhafi hands, Tripoli goes thirsty -- Miami Herald/McClatchy News
Gadhafi loyalists blamed for Tripoli water crisis -- CBS News
Gadhafi loyalists blamed for Tripoli water crisis -- AP
Libyan official says attacks by regime forces shut down vast water network feeding Tripoli -- Washington Post
Libya’s Interim Leadership Releases Its Members’ Names -- New York Times
Libya sees oil output at pre-war levels in 15 months -- Yahoo News/Reuters

Libya conflict: Algeria defends taking in Gaddafis -- BBC
Rebels want Gadhafi's sons in Algeria -- UPI
Gaddafi’s wife, three of his children apparently flee to Algeria -- Washington Post
Gadhafi Daughter Aisha Gives Birth in Algerian Exile: Report -- ABC News
Source: Gadhafi's daughter gives birth in Algeria -- CNN
Gaddafi's daughter Aisha 'gives birth to baby girl' hours after fleeing to Algeria -- Daily Mail
Qaddafi's daughter gives birth in Algeria -- CBS news

Gaddafi family album: Photos found in burned out home inside dictator's Tripoli bunker -- Daily Mail
The Battle for Tripoli: Photographs by Yuri Kozyrev -- Time Photo Gallery

To the Shores of Tripoli -- Robert Kagan, Weekly Standard
The Little Emirate That Could: Qatar versus Qaddafi.-- Lee Smith, Weekly Standard
Free Libya Raises Its Head With the anti-Qaddafi fighters. -- James Kirchick, Weekly Standard
Questions abound over Algeria-Libya connection -- Deutsche Welle
Hang Qaddafi -- Elise Jordan, NRO
Why democracy has a good chance in Libya -- Ronald Bruce St John, CNN
Lockerbie and Other Crimes: Don't Expect Satisfaction from Libya's New Regime -- Vivienne Walt, Time
Foreign Policy: Give Optimism And Credit To Libya -- James Traub, NPR

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