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NEWS ABOUT: Moammar Gadhafi

Libya Rebels at Bani Walid's Door

Hoping for a surrender

(AP) - Rebel reinforcements arrived outside one of Moammar Gadhafi's last strongholds in Bani Walid today, even as the forces arrayed against the toppled dictator gave the town a chance to surrender and avoid a fight. "We won't go inside Bani Walid unless the Warfala tribe invites us,"... More »

UK, CIA Linked to Rendition Plot With Gadhafi Regime

One victim is now head of anti-Gadhafi forces

(Newser) - Today's bloodthirsty dictator was apparently yesterday's Western helpmate. Documents discovered in an abandoned Libyan government office reveal that the Brits, CIA and Libya were involved in a plan to deliver a terror suspect—with his wife and children—to a Tripoli prison where they likely faced torture, reports... More »

Libya Rebels Ready Bani Walid Attack

Talks end without handover, rebels say they know where Gadhafi is

(Newser) - Talks between Libyan rebels and Gadhafi loyalists in Bani Walid ended without a deal today, and the rebels are preparing to take the town by force. "Their time is over," a spokesman tells al-Jazeera . "The push is going to happen in the next 24 hours." The... More »

Uncovered Libya Files Show Close Ties With CIA

Agency apparently sent at least 8 suspects there for interrogation

(Newser) - The CIA developed close working relations with Libya over the last decade and sent at least eight terror suspects there for interrogation—as part of the controversial practice known as rendition, according to documents found by Human Rights Watch in Libya. The group made the files available to news organizations,... More »

Gadhafi: We Will Not Surrender

'We are not women,' he declares in broadcast statement

(Newser) - Rebels say (again) they are closing in on Moammar Gadhafi , but he's not talking (again) like a man on the brink of defeat. "The Libyan people cannot kneel, cannot surrender, we are not women," he said in a message broadcast on a Syria-based TV station. "Let... More »

Gadhafi in Town Near Capital: Rebels

But military attack on town of Bani Walid 'out of the question'

(Newser) - You've heard this one before , but Libya's new rulers think they know where Moammar Gadhafi is. Andel Majid Mlegta, head of the Tripoli military operations room, tells Reuters that "someone we trust" has placed Gadhafi and son Seif al-Islam in Bani Walid, a town about 95 miles... More »

Gadhafi Son: Our Victory Is Near

Other son negotiating surrender

(Newser) - Moammar Gadhafi's most prominent—and possibly most deluded—son says his father is doing fine and Gadhafi loyalists are close to victory. "We would like to assure people that we are steadfast and the commander is doing well," Saif al-Islam told a Syrian radio station, claiming to... More »

Gadhafi's Forces on Rebels' Deadline: No Way

They tell rebels to negotiate with Gadhafi's son ... who wants to surrender?

(Newser) - Libyan rebels yesterday told Gadhafi's men they need to surrender by Saturday or else—and it looks like the forces are opting for the "or else." In an overnight phone call to the AP , chief Gadhafi spokesman Moussa Ibrahim said the deadline would be rejected: "No... More »

Father Slit Throats of Girls Raped by Gadhafi Troops

Human rights group outlines atrocities

(Newser) - Troops loyal to Moammar Gadhafi committed heinous atrocities and war crimes during the siege of Misrata, according to a new report from the Physicians for Human Rights, but the allegation that’s making headlines is actually against a civilian. The report cites a father who slit the throats of three... More »

Rebels to Loyalists: Surrender by Saturday

UN to unfreeze $1.5B in UK-based Libyan assets

(Newser) - Libya’s interim government has offered an ultimatum to Moammar Gadhafi loyalists: Surrender by Saturday, or we’ll take military action. Barring a “peaceful indication” from loyalists by the weekend, “we will decide this militarily,” said Mustafa Abdul Jalil, head of the Transitional National Council. “We... More »

Gadhafi's Daughter Has Baby in Algeria

Meanwhile, rebels give Gadhafi forces 4 days to give up the fight

(Newser) - When Aisha Gadhafi entered Algeria, it turns out she went straight to the hospital. The AFP reports that she today gave birth to a daughter, and that Algeria is now citing "strictly humanitarian reasons" for allowing her, along with her mother and siblings, into the country . An Algerian paper... More »

Gadhafi's Son Khamis Reported Killed

Younger Gadhafi commanded elite military unit, said killed in NATO strike

(Newser) - Khamis Gadhafi, Moammar Gadhafi's feared son who commanded an elite military unit known as the Khamis Brigade, has been reported killed in a NATO strike, reports Sky News . A man at the scene of a bombed-out Toyota Landcruiser says that the younger Gadhafi was in it when a NATO... More »

Gadhafi's Wife, Kids In Algeria

Rebels say they'll want them back for trial

(Newser) - There’s still no word on where Moammar Gadhafi is hiding, but now we know where his family is. The Algerian foreign ministry today revealed that Gadhafi’s wife, daughter, and two of his sons have entered the country, along with some of his grandchildren, CBS News reports. The government... More »

Gadhafi's Men Slaughtered Prisoners: Witnesses

Thousands of prisoners still missing

(Newser) - Troops loyal to Moammar Gadhafi massacred some 150 detainees last week, according to volunteers who cleared charred bodies from the warehouse that had apparently served as the detainees’ prison. An escaped prisoner told his story to CNN : He and his brother were handcuffed and blindfolded for no apparent reason while... More »

With Gadhafi Forces Gone, Tripoli Atrocities Uncovered

110 killings documented by Human Rights Watch thus far

(Newser) - As rebels cement their control of Libya and continue toward Moammar Gadhafi's hometown of Sirte, human rights observers are discovering evidence of ever more bloody atrocities committed in Tripoli in recent days, reports the Wall Street Journal . Human Rights Watch workers have documented 110 bodies in four locations around... More »

Rebels Diss Gadhafi Offer to Negotiate

Threaten to advance on Sirte, arrest him soon

(AP) - Libyan rebels today rejected an offer by Moammar Gadhafi to negotiate and said they have captured the eastern town of Bin Jawwad, forcing regime loyalists to flee after days of fighting. With his regime crumbling, Gadhafi is on the run, but his chief spokesman Moussa Ibrahim says he's still... More »

Gadhafi's 'Dead' Daughter Really Alive

Rebels find evidence of Hana Gadhafi

(Newser) - The adopted daughter that Moammar Gadhafi has always claimed died in a US bombing in 1986 appears to have lived, grown up, and become a doctor. The Irish Times found documents that seem to prove as much in Gadhafi’s Bab Azizia compound in Tripoli. In a room that appears... More »

McCain Pushed to Arm Gadhafi, WikiLeaks Reveals

Cable details 2009 meeting

(Newser) - John McCain may be talking tough about Libya these days, but back in 2009 he promised Muatassim Gadhafi—Moammar’s fifth son and his national security adviser—that he’d do what he could to help Libya obtain military supplies, particularly new aircraft, a cable released by WikiLeaks reveals. McCain... More »

UN Releases $1.5B in Frozen Libya Assets

Fighting continues as British planes bomb Gadhafi's hometown

(Newser) - The UN has unfrozen $1.5 billion in frozen Libyan assets to be used as humanitarian aid as it called on both sides of the conflict to avoid revenge killings, the BBC reports. The money had been seized by the US in the spring. It won’t go straight to... More »

Next Viral Video: 'Gadhafi's Hat'

'Zenga Zenga' guy creates rebel rap

(Newser) - The man who brought you “Zenga Zenga” has a new music video, and this time it’s a Libyan rebel on the mic. Israeli musician and journalist Noy Alooshe autotuned a Sky News interview with a fighter who said he swiped Moammar Gadhafi’s famous military headgear from... More »

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