Turmoil in Libya (2011) and post-Gaddafi blowback

[Scott]

CBC Radio in Halifax reports that reuters is saying Gaddafi has been captured.

http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCATRE79F1FK20111020

 

[ModlrMike]

This is one to watch:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/10/20/libya-gadhafi-capture.html

 

[Scott]

CBC's The Current now reporting that he's died of his wounds.

 

[observor 69]

Gaddafi dies of wounds: NTC official
Reuters) - Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi died of wounds suffered in his capture near his hometown of Sirte on Thursday, a senior NTC military official said.

National Transitional Council official Abdel Majid Mlegta told Reuters earlier that Gaddafi was captured and wounded in both legs at dawn on Thursday as he tried to flee in a convoy which NATO warplanes attacked.

"He was also hit in his head," the official said. "There was a lot of firing against his group and he died."

There was no independent confirmation of his remarks.

(reporting by Samia Nakhoul; editing by David Stamp)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/20/us-libya-idUSTRE79F1FK20111020

 

[GAP]

well..........that's solves that......it avoids the whole "hang Saddam" scenario.....

 

[OldSolduer]

Shot while trying to escape?  Nudge nudge wink wink say no more!!- a nod is as good as a wink to a blind bat!

 

[tomahawk6]

Here the image thats been released.Just in time for Halloween.Graphic image warning.

 

[OldSolduer]

OK what tin pot dictator shall we go after now?

 

[jollyjacktar]

Looks like that hurt straight away.  Long time coming.  Sic semper tyrannis.

 

[Scott]

OK what tin pot dictator shall we go after now?

Mike Bobbitt...?

 

[GAP]

uh.....we're on the benefit side of that.....let's pick someone else...... ;D

 

[Scott]

But I am not supposed to say that name...and he doesn't have much of an empire...outside of his own mind.

Anyhoo, back to talking about another body bag

 

[uptheglens]

I hope that they got the Colonel's recipe of 11 secret herbs and spices beforehand!

 

[Xcalibar]

Good bye Wacky Gadaffi.  You will not be missed.  Now, let us see how the new goverment runs things.

 

[Edward Campbell]

Good bye Wacky Gadaffi.  You will not be missed.  Now, let us see how the new goverment runs things.

Most likely: poorly, ineptly, corruptly, unfairly, dictatorially, etc, etc, etc ...

 

[old medic]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/20/us-libya-idUSTRE79F1FK20111020

......................  FINAL HOURS

One possible description, pieced together from various sources, suggests that Gaddafi may have tried to break out of his final redoubt at dawn in a convoy of vehicles after weeks of dogged resistance. However, he was stopped by a NATO airstrike and captured, possibly three or four hours later, after gunbattles with NTC fighters who found him hiding in a drainage culvert.

NATO said its warplanes fired on a convoy near Sirte about 8:30 a.m. (2:30 a.m. EDT), striking two military vehicles in the group, but could not confirm that Gaddafi had been a passenger.

Accounts from his enemies suggested his capture, and death soon after from wounds, may have taken place around noon.

One of Gaddafi's sons, heir-apparent Saif al-Islam, was at large, they believed.

NTC official Mlegta told Reuters that Gaddafi had been wounded in both legs early in the morning as he tried to flee in the convoy which NATO warplanes attacked

"He was also hit in his head," he said. "There was a lot of firing against his group and he died."

There was no shortage of NTC fighters in Sirte claiming to have seen him die, though many accounts were conflicting. Libyan television carried video of two drainage pipes, about a meter across, where it said fighters had cornered a man who long inspired both fear and admiration around the world.................

Hiding place after attack stopped convoy

Gold pistol taken from Gaddafi

 

[The Bread Guy]

Damn - just when I was getting one of the spellings of his name straight.....

Meanwhile, this from Spencer Ackerman via his blog:

The Post-Gadhafi Journalism You Will Read In The Next 72 Hours

1. Why Gadhafi's Death Vindicates "Leading From Behind" (Tom Friedman)

2. Gadhafi's Death Shows The U.S. Was Never Really "Leading From Behind" (Anne-Marie Slaughter)

3. There Is Still More To Do In Libya (Any Washington Post op-ed)

4. On To Damascus, Then Teheran (Weekly Standard)

5. Gadhafi's Death Shows The Post-Iraq Syndrome Is Over (TNR)

6. Whither The Obama Doctrine? (David Ignatius)

7. Saving The Responsibility To Protect From Future Libya Wars (Democracy Arsenal)

8. Slideshow: Bye, Bye Moammar (Foreign Policy)

9. Gadhafi's Death May Not Lead To Bump For Obama (Politico)

10. The Warplanes And Warships of Libya  (WIRED's Danger Room)

 

[OldSolduer]

Most likely: poorly, ineptly, corruptly, unfairly, dictatorially, etc, etc, etc ...

Or as the French? would say:

The more things change, the more they remain the same.

 

[PuckChaser]

OK what tin pot dictator shall we go after now?

I hear Syria is nice this time of year.

 

[Journeyman]

I hear Syria is nice this time of year.

And some news services have the maps handy already    :facepalm: