Thursday, October 20, 2011

Muammar Gaddafi Is Dead -- News Roundup



Was This Gaddafi's Grisly End? Picture Claimed To Be Libyan Dictator After He Was Killed When Rebels Finally Captured His Last Stronghold -- Daily Mail

* Mobile phone image appears to show bloodied dictator
* 'Found in a hole' wearing military-style clothing, shouting 'Don't shoot'
* Revolutionary troops report early-morning convoy trying to flee
* Nato bombed compound in Sirte before capture was announced
Deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has been killed in a gunfight with rebels, the country's prime minister has confirmed.

As reports of his death emerged, an image was released apparently showing the 69-year-old tyrant slumped against the bloodied legs of a revolutionary fighter.

Mahmoud Jibril later confirmed that the former dictator had been killed.

Gaddafi was reportedly found cowering in a hole in the ground at the centre of Sirte, after rebels moved through the seaside town during their final assault.

Fighter Mohammed Al Bibi told reporters that the toppled tyrant had pleaded 'Don't shoot, don't shoot' as he attempted to surrender.

There were multiple reports in the Arab press that he died after suffering wounds to the legs.

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More News On The Death Of Gaddafi

Libya Live from AP -- AP News
Al Jazeera live blog -- Al Jazeera
Reuters live
BBC Live
Latest Updates on the death Of Muammar el-Qaddafi -- New York Times
CNN Live blog
The Telegraph
The Guardian: Live updates
Live TV coverage on Libya -- CTV

Muammar Gaddafi killed in Sirte -- Al Jazeera
Gadhafi, Libya's leader for 42 years, killed -- Yahoo News/AP
Ousted dictator Moammar Gadhafi is dead, Libyan official says -- MSNBC
Libyan Dictator Moammar Gadhafi Is Dead, Rebels Claim -- ABC News
Libyan officials: Qaddafi killed in Sirte -- CBS News
Libya: 'Gaddafi dies from wounds' suffered in Sirte capture -- The Telegraph
Qaddafi Is Dead, Libyan Officials Say -- New York Times
Administration official says Libyan authorities have informed US of Gadhafi’s death -- Washington Post
Senior Libyan Officials Say Gadhafi Killed in Sirte -- Voice of America
An Erratic Leader, Brutal and Defiant to the End -- New York Times
Transitional Council Reports Gadhafi Killed -- Spiegel Online
'Gaddafi is dead' -- Sydney Morning Herald
Gaddafi body being taken to secret location: NTC official -- Reuters
Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi believed still in desert: NTC -- Reuters
Breaking News: Libya's Muammar Gaddafi Reported Captured, Killed; Tripoli Erupts in Celebration -- Time
Gaddafi's capture: Reaction -- BBC
Libya conflict in pictures: the fall of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi -- The Telegraph
Moammar Gaddafi through the years -- Washington Post

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