via buzzfeed.com
Tuesday's devastating protest in Benghazi killed four Americans and left the consulate in ruins.
Showing posts with label Libya. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Libya. Show all posts
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Muammar Qaddafi Has Been Killed
via gizmodo.com
The new Libyan government has confirmed that Muammar el-Qaddafi, the former dictator of Libya, has been killed after his hometown of Surt was taken. Here's a look back at the search and pursuit of Qaddafi, and some of the more extreme tools that have seen action in Libya since February.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Libya: the hunt for Gaddafi goes on
via guardian.co.uk
The battle for Tripoli turned into a manhunt for Muammar Gaddafi, as pockets controlled by loyalist forces dwindled rapidly and the Libyan leader's last vestiges of power fell away at the end of a 42-year dictatorship.
Libyan state television, the vehicle for relentless government propaganda throughout the Gaddafi years, went off the air as rebels seized its transmitters.
Government troops kept up resistance in some areas of the city but were pummelled by Nato warplanes, which struck at least 40 targets in and around the city in 48 hours – the most intense bombing since the air campaign started more than five months ago.
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