Monday, August 22, 2011

The Fall Of Gadaffi -- News Roundup August 22, 2011



Dictator Sends In Tanks And Snipers To Take On The Advancing Rebels In A Final Roll Of The Dice (But Is Too Cowardly To Show His Own Face) -- Daily Mail

* Tanks open fire as rebel fighters try to break into Gaddafi's compound
* Rebels chant 'We are coming for you, frizz-head' as they enter Green Square - already renamed Martyr's Square
* Internet and mobile phones turned back on by the rebels as they take control of 95 per cent of Tripoli
* Wild celebrations of last night give way to grisly scenes of dead bodies on the street
* Government snipers deployed through city as fierce clashes begin with rebels using AK47s and grenades
* Gaddafi's three sons being held by rebels as leader says Tripoli 'is now like Baghdad' in latest audio message
* David Cameron cuts short Cornish holiday and says regime is 'falling apart'
* President Obama said Libya is 'slipping from the grasp of a tyrant'
* Oil price falls by $3 a barrel following rebels' advance

Colonel Gaddafi was today in hiding after rebel forces swept into the Libyan capital and fierce firefights took place outside the presidential compound.

Heavy gunfire continues to echo across the city after the encircled Libyan leader's die-hard loyalists launched a final counter-attack.

Government tanks emerged from the complex, known as Bab al-Aziziya, and began firing shortly after dawn following an assault by rebels.

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More News On The Civil War In Libya


Libya Conflict Live -- BBC
Libya live: End game for Gaddafi as rebels take Tripoli -- The Telegraph
Libya: rebel forces reach heart of Tripoli - live updates -- The Guardian
Live blog: Rebels regrouping for fresh Tripoli assault -- CNN
Latest Updates on the Battle for Libya -- The Lede/New York Times
Libya: live report -- AFP
Libya: Live report -- Reuters

Rebels hold most of Tripoli, Gaddafi out of sight -- Yahoo News/Reuters
World urges Gadhafi to surrender, plans future -- Yahoo News/AP
Pockets of resistance as rebels claim Tripoli -- Al Jazeera
Libyan Rebels Make Headway Against Gadhafi -- Wall Street Journal
Libyan rebels enter Tripoli, meet only sporadic resistance -- L.A. Times
Fighting Continues as Libyan Rebels Control Most of Capital -- Voice of America
More Clashes After Rebels Sweep Tripoli -- New York Times
Libyan rebels claim control of most of Tripoli as Moammar Khadafy disappears -- New York Daily News
Tripoli opened to rebels by sleeper cells, NATO -- CBS News
Libya's gritty mountain rebels may have turned tide in Tripoli -- L.A. Times
Instead of a Bloody Struggle, a Headlong Rush Into a Cheering Capital -- New York Times
Roundup: Libyan rebels push through to Tripoli -- CNN
Collapse of Gaddafi’s defenses startles NATO -- Washington Post
Rebel entrance into Tripoli takes some by surprise -- Reuters
Libya Revolution Puts Obama Administration on Alert for Pitfalls of Transition -- FOX News
World Leaders React as Rebels Reach Tripoli -- Yahoo News/Times
UK to unfreeze funds in assist to Libya rebels -- CBS
Benghazi Erupts With Joy as Rebels Advance in Tripoli -- Wall Street Journal
Colonel Gaddafi: the 'mad dog' leader's 42 years in power -- The Telegraph
Libya’s bizarre leader Gadhafi remains defiant as regime nears end -- Washington Post

Libya: where is Colonel Gaddafi? -- The Telegraph
The Gadhafi exit strategy -- Eliza Griswold, The Daily Beast
Battered and broken, Libya's future is shrouded in uncertainty -- Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today
Q&A: Too early to celebrate rebel triumph? -- CNN
Gaddafi appears to be on his way out -- David Ignatius, Washington Post
The Fall of Tripoli -- Wall Street Journal
Looming End Of Gaddafi Regime Brings New Challenges -- Bruce Crumley, Time

Libyan rebels take most of Tripoli -- Yahoo News Photo Gallery
Libya: The Taking of Tripoli -- LIFE
Timeline: Libya's uprising against Muammar Gaddafi -- Yahoo News/Reuters

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