Friday, October 21, 2011

The Death Of Muammar Gaddafi -- News Roundup



Don't Shoot! Dictator Begs For His Life After Being Dragged From A Drain. Seconds Later He Was Summarily Executed -- Daily Mail

* Gaddafi tried to flee in a convoy hit by American drone
* Vehicles were also shelled by Nato fighter jets...
* ... before being driven back to his compound in Sirte
* Gaddafi in final attempt to flee before final push by rebels
* 'Found in a hole' wearing military-style clothing, shouting 'Don't shoot'
* Rebel forces executed him in front of a baying mob
* His body was paraded through the streets of the city
* Eldest son Saif shot in leg in Sirte day before - some reports say he is dead
* Other son Mutassim confirmed killed in Sirte
* Barack Obama hails 'momentous day' in history of Libya

Colonel Gaddafi was executed by a frenzied mob of rebel fighters after pleading: 'Don't shoot, don't shoot!'

The final humiliation for the man who had so brutally ruled Libya for 42 years came when he was hauled from his hiding place in a sewer.

Shocking video clearly showed the broken 69-year-old tyrant was alive as fighters, waving their guns in the air, threw him on to the bonnet of a jeep.

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More News On The Death Of Muammar Gaddafi

Libya Live from AP -- AP News
Al Jazeera live blog -- Al Jazeera
Reuters live
BBC Live
Libya: live report -- AFP
Latest Updates on the death Of Muammar el-Qaddafi -- New York Times
CNN Live blog
The Telegraph
The Guardian: Live updates
L.A. Times full coverage -- L.A. Times
Live Updates -- Washington Post

"Don't shoot": Qaddafi's last moments -- CBS
Qaddafi Is Killed as Libyan Forces Take Surt -- New York Times
Fighters take Gaddafi's home town -- Sydney Morning Herald
Gadhafi was captured alive; how he died is in dispute -- Miami Herald/McClatchy News
Libya's NTC said Gaddafi was not killed intentionally -- Reuters
Qaddafi Death Marks Start of Libya’s Transition -- Bloomberg
Qaddafi's death leaves a Libya that must build itself from scratch -- Christian Science Monitor
Muammar Gaddafi Is Dead; in Tripoli, Libyans Celebrate -- Time
Libyans Cheer Qaddafi’s Death as Step Toward Democracy -- Bloomberg
French Air Power Begins, Ends NATO Campaign Over Libya With Sarkozy’s Help -- Bloomberg
Obama: Gadhafi Death Ends Long, Painful Chapter for Libya -- Voice of America
After turbulent ties, U.S. relief at Gaddafi demise -- Reuters
China urges inclusive political process in Libya -- AP
China says Libya turns new page with Gadhafi’s death, urges inclusive political process -- Washington Post
Who shot Qaddafi? Was it his own bodyguards? -- CBS
Gaddafi's death - who pulled the trigger? -- Reuters
Lockerbie victim's brother says Gadhafi's killing is justice -- CNN
Gadhafi's death renews Lockerbie bombing questions -- USA Today
Muammar Gaddafi's death averts legal headache for National Transitional Council -- The Guardian
NATO’s role in Gaddafi’s death questioned -- National Post
Gadhafi era ends: What's next for Libya? -- Clare Morgana Gillis, Jim Michaels and William M. Welch, USA TODAY

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