Libya Immersed In Chaos; U.N. Security Council Calls Emergency Meeting -- L.A. Times
Moammar Kadafi will address the nation later today, according to Libyan state TV. Witnesses and diplomats say Kadafi's regime is using helicopter gunships, warplanes and mercenaries who shoot at any 'moving human being.'
Reporting from Cairo — The U.N. Security Council called an emergency meeting as Libya descended into further chaos Tuesday amid reports that Moammar Kadafi's regime used warplanes, helicopter gunships and foreign mercenaries against mounting anti-government protests, witnesses and diplomats said.
The Security Council was to meet in closed-door session in New York to discuss the crackdown against mostly unarmed opposition forces in and around Tripoli, the Libyan capital.
Libyan state TV said the mercurial strongman, who has ruled since 1969, would address his nation later Tuesday.
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More News On The Revolution In Libya
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Defiant Kadhafi vows to remain in Libya -- Yahoo News/AFP
Fresh violence rages in Libya -- Al Jazeera
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'African mercenaries' helping Gaddafi -- News24
HRW Confirms At Least 62 Dead In Tripoli Clashes -- Wall Street Journal
Libyan student says mercenaries killed protesters -- Reuters
Gaddafi defiant but his regime is crumbling -- The Australian
Chaos and Bloodshed Continue as Gaddafi Loses His Grip on Power -- Time Magazine
Libyan Aircraft Strike Tripoli, Other Cities As Qaddafi's Hold On Power Slips -- Radio Free Europe
Aircraft strafed Libyan protesters in capital -- The Age
Foreigners making dash out of Libya -- CNN
Gadhafi Clings to Power: U.N. Holds Emergency Meeting; Libya Appears Split in Two; Diplomats Defect -- Wall Street Journal
Eastern Libya in opposition hands -- Financial Times
Eastern Libya out of Gadaffi's control - soldiers -- Reuters
Security Council to meet later Tuesday on Libya, ambassador who supports Gadhafi to speak -- Canadian Press
UN Security Council discusses Libya crisis -- Reuters
Libyan Ambassador to U.S.: Regime Is Shaking, Now is Time to Get Rid of Moammar Gadhafi -- ABC News
Kadhafi to address Libyan people: TV -- AFP
Gaddafi gives rambling speech as top officials abandon regime -- Washington Post
Libya's Gaddafi: 'I Will Die A Martyr' -- SKY News
Libya blames "criminals" for anti-Gaddafi uprising -- Reuters
Commentaries, Opinions, Editorials, And Analysis
Gadhafi: Libya's flamboyant, mercurial ruler -- CNN
Libya Protests: Muammar Gaddafi's Leadership Vacuum -- Eliza Griswold, The Daily Beast
Kadafi's last refuge, fear, is collapsing -- Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times
Libya unrest: Is Gaddafi's rule facing collapse? -- George Joffe, BBC
Opinion: It is madness in Libya -- Tariq Alhomayed, Arab News
Libya’s Muammar Qaddafi Combats Protestors, Too-Big Umbrella -- Juli Weiner, Vanity Fair
Foreign Policy: The Myth Of A Moderate Gadhafi Heir -- Elizabeth Dickinson, NPR
Gaddafi's Next Move: Sabotage Oil and Sow Chaos? -- Robert Baer, Time Magazine
Libya: Ready for civil war? -- Al Jazeera
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