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Libyan rebels take control of last pocket of loyal resistance

Libyan rebels take control of last pocket of loyal resistance

There is no water, scarcely any gas or fresh food, and only intermittent power, but Tripoli’s heart is slowly beginning to beat again. Streets in the Libyan capital were mostly quiet Saturday, and there were no signs of snipers as the city’s new rulers eliminated a last pocket of loyalist resistance on the road to the international airport.

 

As search intensifies, will Gadhafi pull a Saddam?

It took 200,000-plus U.S. troops nine months to capture Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein after one of the largest manhunts ever....

 

Some fear post-revolution Libya may look like Iraq

Some fear post-revolution Libya may look like Iraq

Amid the euphoria of having forced Moammar Kadafi to flee, some Tripoli residents decry the lack of basic services and say they fear that chaos is imminent, like that in Baghdad after Saddam Hussein. The rapid rebel takeover has left Libya's capital teetering, with young men firing antiaircraft weapons into the air and gunmen at checkpoints hustling anyone they regard as mildly suspicious into overcrowded detention centers.

 

Report: Daughter Gadhafi claimed died in 1986 U.S. bombing is alive

Documents found in Moammar Gadhafi's Tripoli compound appear to put the lie to the ousted Libyan dictator's claim that his infant daughter died ...

 

Rebels find album of Condoleezza Rice's photos in Gadhafi compound

Libyan rebels rummaging through Moammar Gadhafi's compound discovered a photo album with pictures of Condoleezza Rice, who has long fascinated the Libyan leader.

 

Gaddafi calls on Libyans to march on Tripoli

Gaddafi calls on Libyans to march on Tripoli

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi called on his supporters on Thursday to march on Tripoli and "purify" the capital of rebels, who he denounced as "rats, crusaders and unbelievers."

 

Analysis: Rebuilding Libya poses tough challenges

With Muammar Gaddafi's 42-year rule effectively over, Libya's new leaders and their foreign allies face the daunting task of restoring order, beginning reconstruction and avoiding collapse into conflict and chaos.

 

Gaddafi says withdraws from Tripoli compound

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi said on Wednesday that his withdrawal from his Bab al-Aziziya headquarters was a "tactical move" after the compound was leveled by 64 NATO air strikes.

 

EU to unfreeze Libya assets once UN approves - Houston Chronicle

The European Union's foreign policy chief says the 27-nation bloc is preparing to unfreeze Libyan assets quickly once the United Nations gives its approval. Catherine Ashton said Tuesday that Libya's transitional administration will ...

 

Seif al-Islam, Gaddafi Son, Vows To Fight On

The son and heir apparent of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, Seif al-Islam, resurfaced free and defiant early Tuesday a day after rebels claimed to have captured him, boasting in a bizarre reappearance that his father's loyalists still control parts of Tripoli and would crush the rebellion.

 

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