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Sunday, November 13, 2011 Cain Plays God Card: God told me to run, "I was like Moses"
Is God a Republican? How come God apparently only talks to men like George Bush, Rick Perry and Herman Cain, who now claims that God told him to run for president? But for what exactly, God's comic relief?
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 A Rwandan's View: Gaddafi Is Gone; What Are Africans Mourning? (1 comments)
Rwandan journalist and investigative reporter Shyaka Kanuma, the Chief Editor of The Rwanda Focus, who has been following the antics and exploits of now-deceased Muammar Gaddafi for years, recounts some unpalatable truths about the Colonel.
Saturday, October 22, 2011 As Libya Takes Stock, Moammar Kadafi's Hidden Riches Astound (1 comments)
New estimates of the former leader's assets -- more than $200 billion -- are called 'staggering.' If they prove true, he would rank among the world's most rapacious leaders.
Thursday, October 20, 2011 Breaking:News Reports that Gaddafi's hometown of Sirte has Finally Fallen
From Al Jazeera: Libyan National Transitional Council fighters say they have captured the last positions held by Muammar Gaddafi's loyalists in the deposed leader's hometown of Sirte.
"Sirte has been liberated. There are no Gaddafi forces any more," Colonel Yunus Al Abdali, head of operations in the
eastern half of the city, said on Thursday.
"We are now chasing his fighters who are trying to run away."
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 U.N. Report: Iran secretly executing hundreds of prisoners
UNITED NATIONS -- Iran's authoritarian regime has been secretly executing hundreds of prisoners, according to a new UN report detailing growing rights abuses in the Islamic republic.
The mysterious executions at Vakilabad prison in Mashhad in eastern Iran were highlighted in a report compiled by Ahmed Shaheed, the new UN special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran.
Monday, October 17, 2011 Gaddafi Stronghold Bani Walid Falls (2 comments)
Fighters belonging to Libya's ruling National Transitional Council have captured the town of Bani Walid, one of two last remaining strongholds of the country's deposed leader, Muammar Gaddafi.
NTC military commanders said on Monday that they were encountering pockets of resistance in the town, located about 170km southeast of Tripoli. But they said they had claimed about 95 per cent of it.
"We are very much in the centre of Bani Walid. They [Libyan fighters] came through here just over an hour ago and they are saying this is an almost complete liberation of the town," Al Jazeera's Tony Birtley reported from inside Bani Walid.
Sunday, October 16, 2011 Somalia's children dying in record numbers
Mogadishu, Somalia's capital, is overrun by the number of people seeking food as a result of famine and drought.
The UN estimates there are just under half a million people now housed in the temporary plastic-covered shelters that pack the city.
Although there is international support to tackle conditions, it is failing to stem the number of children who are dying.
The UN says that in Mogadishu alone, fifteen children out of every 10,000 die each day, the highest rate in the country.
And this is only expected to get worse.
Peter Greste reports from Mogadishu in an Al Jazeera exclusive.
Sunday, October 16, 2011 Wall Street protesters march to Times Square
In its biggest day yet, thousands of anti-Wall Street protesters rallied in Times Square on Saturday, buoyed by a global day of demonstrations backing their month-long campaign against economic inequality.
Sunday, October 16, 2011 "Mayor Bloomberg's" Occupy Wall Street TV Address (1 comments)
With New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg's well known frustration of Occupy Wall Street, SNL decided that a sketch of the billionaire's feelings should go live on Saturday Night.
Saturday, October 15, 2011 Photo of the Week
How to prove that a corporation is a person. This post puts it in a nutshell.
Friday, October 14, 2011 Labor Unshackled in Libya: Victory for striking oil workers
Under Gaddafi, labor strikes were illegal and independent labor unions outlawed. There was only one state controlled union completely under the dictates of the government. Now for the first time in decades, unions are free to organize and workers free to strike, and the first to flex their muscles have been oil field workers.
Thursday, October 13, 2011 Libyans find voice in new era of press freedom
While In America the free press is starving to death as newspapers go out of business left and right, or are bought out by corporate monoliths, the opposite is now happening in Libya. Before the start of Libya's civil war, you could count the number of newspapers in the country on one hand and all were heavily controlled by the government. Now there are 120 independent newspapers in the city of Benghazi alone, according to local journalists.
Thursday, October 13, 2011 Libya: Gaddafi's Hometown Sirte Is At The Mercy Of Revolutionaries (10 comments)
Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's home town is now at the mercy of the revolutionaries as they tighten their control of Sirte.
The streets are not secure but they are owned by fighters loyal to the interim government.
There may be a few loyalists still alive but most have fled or been blasted into submission.
Thursday, October 13, 2011 One Libyan who is Confronting the Chaos in Libya's Prisons
Meet Taher Husnein, a 50 year old Libyan revolutionary who, despite the charged atmosphere of revolutionary upheaval, is determined to put an end to vendettas, vengeance and abuse in Tripoli's prisons currently teeming with POWs and suspected Gaddafi loyalists.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011 Angelina Jolie Visits Libya as UN Ambassador (1 comments)
United Nations Goodwill ambassador and Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie, arrived in Libya on Tuesday to visit the embattled city of Misrata, as well as express her solidarity with the nation. Jolie joined Libyans to witness the country's new chapter after the ousting of Muammar Qaddafi.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011 Israel and Hamas agree to a prisoner swap deal that will see Shalit freed
Israel has agreed a prisoner exchange deal with Hamas to secure the release of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who will be "coming home" in a few days, Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday.
"We have concluded arduous negotiations with Hamas to release Gilad Shalit. He will be coming home in the next few days," the prime minister said in a nationally televised address.
Shortly after the announcement tens of thousands of people flooded into the streets of northern Gaza to celebrate the deal that will see Palestinian detainees freed in exchange for Shalit.
Sunday, October 9, 2011 GLOBAL REVOLT NOW: Occupy Wall Street: Egyptian Activist Goes 'From Liberation Square To Washington Square' (VIDEO) (1 comments)
Thousands of Occupy Wall Street supporters gathered in Washington Square Park on Saturday afternoon for a General Assembly intended to spread the movement's message. After several introductory speakers, the crowd lit up when an Egyptian activist named Mohammed Ezzeldin explained what he saw was the connection between Occupy Wall Street and the protests against Hosni Mubarak.
Sunday, October 9, 2011 Libya conflict: Gaddafi town Sirte 'close to falling'
Revolutionary forces in Libya have made significant gains in the battle for the city of Sirte, hometown of Col Muammar Gaddafi.
National Transitional Council (NTC) commanders said they had captured the main hospital, the university and the Ouagadougou conference center, but heavy street fighting continues around Sirte city center.
The capture of Sirte has been a bloody affair and part of the reason for this is that Libyans, period, even when split into pro-Gaddafi or anti-Gaddafi ranks, have always had an historical reputation as hearty, steadfast fighters, whether they were in the ranks of the Fascist Italian Colonial Army in World War II or fighting against these same Italians (and Germans) as Freedom-Fighters for the Senussi Army alongside the British against the Nazis. Given this martial character of the Libyans throughout history, a tough battle for Sirte could be expected.
Sunday, October 9, 2011 The Life and Times of "Mother of Yemen's Revolution'
On Jan. 23, 2011, Al Arabiya ran a story about the arrest of Yemeni activist, Tawakul Karman, who was calling on Yemenis to show their support of the Tunisian revolution and demand a regime change in their country.
Nothing has changed in Yemen since Karman's arrest [and subsequent release] except that on Friday, the young woman was propelled to worldwide fame after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, along with two other women "Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and her compatriot Leymah Gbowee, who mobilized fellow women against their country's civil war.
Saturday, October 8, 2011 Libya Celebrates Probable Africa Nations Cup Berth
The Post-Gaddafi Libyan national soccer team is playing with great gusto even though the war has seriously hamstrung their team's personnel and practices. Latest Sports News: They are now in the Africa Cup of Nations Tournament!
Thursday, October 6, 2011 Vladimir Putin diving discovery was staged, spokesman admits
It seems as if the Russian media is trying to revive institutional hero-cult worship in Russia, and Putin is apparently all too happy to oblige them, even when staging is glaringly obvious.
Thursday, October 6, 2011 Cleaning the Augean Stables: Libya's anti-Corruption Unit to Hunt Missing Billions
In Muammar Gaddafi's Libya, kleptocracy, nepotism and corruption were common with the former leader and his family accused of being at the centre of it.
With Gaddafi gone, a new transparency organisation has been set up to hunt for the country's missing billions and arrest those who stole it.
Al Jazeera's Tony Birtley reports from Tripoli.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011 More Bodies Surfacing: Two Mass Graves Found Near Tripoli
Libya's new rulers have discovered two mass graves containing the bodies of as many as 900 people who had "died not long ago," reporters on the scene said on Wednesday.
"Witness testimony has allowed us to uncover two mass graves of victims of the old regime," Tripoli security chief Naji al-Issawi told a news conference in the Libyan capital.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011 Syrian Insurrection Set to Gather Momentum
An armed insurrection inside Syria looks set to gather momentum after the failure to pass a UN resolution against president Bashar al-Assad's regime, according to dissidents in two key Syrian cities.
Activists from Homs and Hama, where mostly peaceful protests over the past six months have lately become more aggressive and armed, say the failure of the US effort to threaten sanctions against Syria has convinced some that diplomacy cannot protect them.
"There's no way out of this except to fight," said an activist from Homs.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011 Post-Revolution, Libyan Women Seek Expanded Roles
Having played a big role in the overthrow of Gaddafi, Libyan women are flexing their newly-developed muscles in this traditionally patriarchal society, eager to embrace political representation.
Monday, October 3, 2011 Roz Savage, Ocean Rower - Rowing towards a Greener future (7 comments)
After rowing over 4,000 miles, Roz Savage is set to arrive in Grand Baie, Mauritius, completing her journey across the Indian Ocean, making her the 1st woman to row across the "Big 3" oceans: Atlantic, Pacific and Indian. Though being the 1st woman to row across the "Big Three" is an extraordinary accomplishment, Roz's motivation comes from showing the world that just like her oar-strokes, many tiny actions can add up to create a large impact. She especially wants to make an impact on protecting the environment......From Roz: "A lot of people don't believe they can do anything to make a difference.
We can't make other people do what's right. But we can ensure that each of us as an individual does what's right. Do your bit and encourage your friends, relatives and colleagues to do theirs.
You might think that your effort is just a drop in the ocean. But a drop spreads ripples..."
Monday, October 3, 2011 Syria accused of torturing relatives of overseas activists
The Syrian government has been accused of torturing the relatives of Syrians protesting overseas in an attempt to silence international criticism of President Bashar al-Assad's regime.
The charges are made in a report from Amnesty International -- The Long Reach of the Mukhabaraat (the name of the Syrian secret police) -- which details more than 30 cases of direct and indirect intimidation of activists in Canada, Chile, France, Germany, Spain, Sweden, the UK and US.
Saturday, October 1, 2011 Libya's Berbers Demand Post-Revolution Dues
"Free Men" in Libya for 10,000 years but not for the past four decades under Muammar Qaddafi, the Amazighs or Berbers are rallying to seek recognition of their language and other rights, thanks to the country's revolution.
Saturday, October 1, 2011 Libyan Jew Returns Home after 44 Years
Libyan Jewish exile David Gerbi wants to restore his now decrepit synagogue that his family had to abandon when fleeing Tripoli in 1967, as Gaddafi turned against Jews in Libya, finally driving them all out by 1969 despite centuries of significant history in the country, while confiscating all of their properties. Now Gerbi, perhaps quixotically, sees hope for renewed Jewish inclusion in Libyan society, despite the heavy anti-Semitism that the Gaddafi regime fostered for four decades, a culmination of what had begun to develop in the 50s in various Arab cultures.
Saturday, October 1, 2011 PhotoBlog - Libyan Jew returns home after 44-year exile
Some poignant photos of David Gerbi visiting the abandoned Dar Bishi synagogue in Tripoli on Saturday, Oct 1, 2011, a synagogue that he last worshiped in back in 1967. See the accompanying article also in this section on OpEdNews.
Friday, September 30, 2011 Libya: Landmines Planted by Gaddafi Forces Claim Many Lives (2 comments)
One of Gaddafi's ugly legacies to the Libyan people are hundreds of thousands, if not millions of landmines planted throughout Libya to defend his regime, with 50,000 being cleared so far in just one area near residential homes outside of Tripoli. Most victims of landmines throughout the world are children of course. The amount of weapons and ordnance stockpiled by the regime over the years is truly staggering for such a relatively small population, with new caches, arsenals and warehouses being discovered almost daily.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 Libya to abolish state security court
Libya's Interim Justice Minister Mohammed al-Alagi, has said that the country's new rulers plan to abolish the state security courts, used by Muammar Gaddafi to imprison political dissidents.
Monday, September 26, 2011 Mourning, outrage, disbelief over woman's mutilation in Syria (2 comments)
(CNN) A young woman whisked away by Syrian security forces to coax the surrender of her activist brother turned up beheaded and dismembered, activists and human rights groups say, yet another high-profile display of cruelty in the conflict-wracked nation.
Monday, September 26, 2011 In Tripoli, Libyans reclaim their streets
Freed from the 'old frizzyhead' dictatorship of Gaddafi, an infectious sense of goodwill is giving birth to a vibrant new civil society
Sunday, September 25, 2011 Death of a Syrian doctor
The savagery of Assad's mafia-like dictatorship revealed again*******
Sakher Hallak had burns caused by electric shocks all over his body.
His genitals had been mutilated, eyes gouged, and he had holes to the back of his head, face, and to the sides of his body. His bones had been broken, and the marks of four different types of military boots were imprinted all over his body.
Sakher Hallak was a doctor, a specialist in eating disorders from the Syrian city of Aleppo.
Dr Hallak's body was found in a ditch on the side of the road two days after he was detained by Syrian forces on May 25, 2011.
Saturday, September 24, 2011 The Surreal Ruins of Qaddafi's Never-Never Land (2 comments)
On the evening of Aug. 23, during the final hours of the battle for Tripoli, a 26-year-old lawyer named Mustafa Abdullah Atiri was lying, exhausted, against the back wall of a filthy tin-roofed warehouse crammed with 150 prisoners. He had been beaten and tortured every day since Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi's soldiers arrested him four days earlier. It was just after the muezzin's first call to evening prayer -- about 10 minutes before 8 -- when a pair of guards walked to the door, raised their AK-47 rifles and began spraying the men with bullets.
Saturday, September 24, 2011 Tony Blair's SIX (so far) secret visits to Gaddafi (1 comments)
Tony Blair's close relationship to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has come under fresh scrutiny after it emerged he had six private meetings with the dictator in the three years after he left Downing Street.
Thursday, September 22, 2011 Obama Rebuffed as Palestinians Pursue U.N. Seat (3 comments)
UNITED NATIONS -- A last-ditch American effort to head off a Palestinian bid for membership in the United Nations faltered. President Obama tried to qualify his own call, just a year ago, for a Palestinian state. And President Nicolas Sarkozy of France stepped forcefully into the void, with a proposal that pointedly repudiated Mr. Obama's approach.
Thursday, September 22, 2011 Barack Obama UN speech: Arab fury over Palestinian statehood speech
Israel's poodle, Barack Obama, who began his presidency by cowing to Israel's brutal onslaught against Gaza, continues to wag his tail in obeisance to Israeli privilege and exceptionalism every step of the way, to the detriment of America in the eyes of much of the rest of the world.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011 Libya's Main University Prepares New Term for a New Dawn
For the first time in 42 years Tripoli University has the chance to be a normal academic institution. "Until now we had the form of a university but not the function," says Sami Khaskusha, a political scientist. "We fed young people garbage. [Muammar] Gaddafi just used this place to boost his cult of personality and bolster the regime. It did nothing for Libyan society."
Saturday, September 17, 2011 Libya: Tony Blair and Col Gaddafi's Secret Meetings
New questions over Tony Blair's ties to Col Muammar Gaddafi and his role in the release of the Lockerbie bomber have emerged from documents discovered in Tripoli.
Friday, September 16, 2011 Doctors reveal hospital horrors under Gaddafi
During the mass uprising against Gaddafi, doctors were ordered not to treat anyone suspected of being anti-Gaddafi, but instead to report them, whereupon they would be arrested and taken away to whatever fate. Things were so bad that Tripoli doctors secretly created 24 clandestine field hospitals where they treated the sick and wounded.
Friday, September 16, 2011 Benghazi: The Uprising
Clay Claiborne, blogger for the Daily Kos, highly recommends this short documentary just recently released by Iranian state PRESS TV, entitled Benghazi: The Uprising. Clay is no stranger to documentaries, having produced, written and directed Vietnam: American Holocaust.
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Clay:
This is one of the best films on the Libyan Revolution I have seen anywhere. It starts with the great legacy of Omar Mukhtar. It goes through the 1969 Qaddafi coup, has a good segment on the 1996 prison massacre and shows how that led to the uprising in February. It also shows how the peaceful protesters in Benghazi were attacked by Qaddafi's mercenaries and shows graphically why they were forced to go over to armed struggle and ends with the story of Mehui Ziu, who gave his life to blast a hole in the Qaddafi fort that enabled the people of Benghazi to storm it.
Monday, September 12, 2011 Huge NEW LIBYA Rally in Martyrs Square (formerly Green Sqaure)
The title of the video roughly means: Applaud the independence of the central Martyrs Square to mark the march of millions, filmed on 9-9-2011 in Tripoli amidst a sea of revolutionary flags while everyone sings the new national anthem.
Sunday, September 11, 2011 Tony Blair, not only Bush's but Gaddafi's Poodle: Deals in the Desert
Labour used controversial control orders to put Libyan dissidents in Britain under house arrest -- at the behest of Colonel Gaddafi.
The revelation will revive the debate about the draconian anti-terrorism measures and raise questions over whether they have been misused as tools of international diplomacy.
Saturday, September 10, 2011 Here Gaddafi's men imprisoned their prey -- then threw in the grenades
Around 60 men, prisoners of Muammar Gaddafi's regime, died when guards first opened fire and then tossed grenades into the warehouse where they were being held. Among them was Amr and three of his brothers. They ran for their lives amid the flames, noise and confusion and escaped. A fourth, 25-year-old Abdullah, is missing.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011 Gadhafi regime's long-held secrets opening to view
The Gaddafi regime's long-held secrets are gradually surfacing as the offices and prisons of Gaddafi's military and intelligence complexes begin to yield their sordid contents, despite regime efforts to destroy documents and evidence.
Monday, September 5, 2011 Libya rendition claims: David Cameron calls for inquiry
Allegations that MI6 was involved in the rendition of Libyan terror suspects should be examined by an independent inquiry, David Cameron has said.
Monday, September 5, 2011 UN ready to assist Libya elections: envoy
The United Nations is ready to assist Libya's new authorities in their preparations for elections, UN envoy Ian Martin told reporters in Tripoli on Monday.
"The National Transitional Council has put assistance with the electoral process very high on the list of tasks where they seek United Nations assistance and so we have done a good deal of preparatory work," he said.
Monday, September 5, 2011 Powerful Women's Rally in Tripoli
Despite various shortages and lingering concerns about security, thousands of people have been gathering in Tripoli's central plaza, recently renamed Martyrs' Square, to celebrate the downfall of the Gadhafi regime.
On Friday September 2nd, Libyan women from throughout Libya, not merely Tripoli, eager to make their voices heard and respected in the new Libya, held their own massive rally, a novel sight in a country where women have long been expected to serve as props to the Gaddafi regime in particular, and to men in general in the political sphere. The times, they are a changing!
Saturday, September 3, 2011 Files Note Close C.I.A. Ties to Qaddafi Spy Unit
With the recovery of Gaddafi regime intelligence files, more proof to the allegations that the Gaddafi regime was working hand and glove with the CIA to implement the CIA's horrific rendition program in Libya by accepting illegally kidnapped victims for "questioning", i.e., torture, has surfaced.
Saturday, September 3, 2011 Post-Gaddafi Libya stresses forgiveness, Muslim theologian runs stabilisation team
"You cannot build a country if you don't have reconciliation and forgiveness," said Aref Ali Nayed, head of the stabilization team of the National Transitional Council (NTC). "Reconciliation has been a consistent message from our president and prime minister on, down to our religious leaders and local councils," he told Reuters in an interview.
Saturday, September 3, 2011 Moussa Koussa's secret letters betray Britain's Libyan connection
Secret files have been unearthed by The Independent in Tripoli that reveal the astonishingly close links that existed between the British Blair and American Bush/Cheney governments and Muammar Gaddafi.
Friday, September 2, 2011 Hunted by regime, Tripoli activist kept flame of protest burning
Meet Niz, who returned to Tripoli when the Feb 17 Revolution began only to see Gaddafi brutally repressing protests in the capital. So he and a few other brave souls created the underground Free Generation Movement and kept the flame of revolution alive in Tripoli while security forces hunted him night and day, State television already publicly declaring that he should be hanged.
Thursday, September 1, 2011 Russia, in swift about-face, recognizes Libyan rebels
Moscow
Russia has been one of the loudest critics of NATO's air war against forces loyal to Muammar Qaddafi over the past six months.
But on Thursday Moscow suddenly pushed the mute button on its criticism, joined a Paris conference of some 60 nations aimed at consolidating support for the victorious anti-Qaddafi insurgents, and surprised many by extending immediate official recognition to Libya's rebels as the country's only legitimate government.
Thursday, September 1, 2011 Dahr Jamail: The return of the BP disaster?
Oil is resurfacing again not far from the location of the BP Macondo Well off the Gulf of Mexico, 15 months on. What is going on?
Wednesday, August 31, 2011 U.S., Europe rules out key postwar role in Libya
Despite propaganda that the West is keen to "colonize" Libya, the reality is that America and Europe are already beginning to disengage from direct involvement in post-Gaddafi Libya.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011 How Western Tech Firms Helped Libyan Regime Spy on Citizens
In another embarrassing revelation on how Western corporations prior to the Arab Spring uprising in Libya collaborated with the Gaddafi regime, the Wall Street Journal exposes how these firms, as well as a South African and Chinese company, were providing high tech equipment and expertise to help create a total surveillance state, tracking emails, monitoring chat-rooms and tapping telephone conversations throughout Libya and beyond. Even contacts with a Human Rights Watch investigator were captured. How many Libyans were detained, and worse, because of this assistance is a poignant question.
Monday, August 29, 2011 Why Is Much of Africa Giving Libya's Rebels the Cold Shoulder?
Who said money couldn't buy friends? Even though over 40 nations and the Arab League have now recognized the Libyan rebel National Transitional Council as the new Libyan government following longtime leader Moammar Gaddafi's fall this week, Africa's regional bloc, the African Union, is refusing to do so, although a number of individual African countries have.
Saturday, August 27, 2011 Tripoli's residents enjoy Gaddafi's luxuries
The Libyan people sample the life of Libya's "royal family", every bit as pretentious as the royal family of King Louis XVI prior to the French Revolution.
Saturday, August 27, 2011 Deadly dawn crackdown on Mosque in Damascus
During protests in Damascus, security forces stormed a mosque, attacking the 80-year-old imam who was later taken to a Damascus hospital. Parts of the interiors were damaged and about 150 people arrested, according to activists.
While the mosque was besieged, crowds gathered to protest in a square adjacent to the mosque. Activists said five people were injured when security forces opened fire and used teargas to disperse the protesters.
Friday, August 26, 2011 Allegation: Children 'among 180 slaughtered' by Gaddafi Forces in Tripoli
A group of about 180 civilian prisoners, seven of them children, were massacred by Gadhafi forces earlier this week, one of the survivors has told The Daily Telegraph.
The slaughter took place on Tuesday at the al-Yarmouk military base in the suburbs of Tripoli, according to the survivor, Abdulatti Musbah Haleem.
Gadhafi troops and Tuareg mercenary fighters attacked a group of 200 prisoners with rifles, machine guns and hand-grenades, he said, leaving the bodies on the ground.
Friday, August 26, 2011 Libya: Hana Gaddafi 'alive and well'?
There have already been a stream of rumors, allegations and "sightings" of Hana in the last few years, Hana being the adopted daughter of Colonel Gaddafi whom he claimed Ronald Reagan had slain when he bombed Libya back in 1986. Now even more documentation that she may be alive has surfaced from Gaddafi's captured Tripoli fortress/compound.
Thursday, August 25, 2011 Fight "the rats,' Gaddafi urges as Freedom Fighters push on
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) -- The streets where rebel fighters bombarded snipers loyal to Moammar Gadhafi were strewn with bullet-ridden corpses from both sides Thursday. Streams of blood ran down the gutters and turned sewers red.
Thursday, August 25, 2011 Gaddafi's Desperate Bid to Save Regime: Contacts with Kucinich, Letter to Obama (2 comments)
The Gaddafi regime carried out an extraordinary clandestine lobbying operation to try to stop Nato's bombardment of Libya, and believed the western allies were likely to launch a full-scale invasion in "either late September or October".
Secret documents in Tripoli seen by the Guardian reveal the desperate attempts made by the Libyan government in its final months to influence US and world opinion. It approached key international opinion formers from the US president Barack Obama downwards.
The regime tried to persuade the Democratic congressman Dennis Kucinich -- a well-known rebel who voted against Nato military action in Libya, and opposed the Iraq war -- to visit Tripoli as part of a hastily arranged "peace mission". The Libyan government offered to pay all Kucinich's costs related to the trip, including "travel expenses and accommodation".
Wednesday, August 24, 2011 Libya: Ex-Gaddafi Mercenaries Describe Collapse of Regime
A Croatian Gaddafi mercenary who just fled Libya reflects on the fall of the Gaddafi regime. Another, a retired ex-Yugoslav general advising Gaddafi, described Gaddafi as a "fool" and compared him to Slobodan Milosevic.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 Rebels Breach Gaddafi Compound
Libyan rebels have taken over Col Muammar Gaddafi's compound in Tripoli, one of the final areas under the Libyan leader's control.
Heavily armed fighters had earlier streamed into the capital in dozens of pick-up trucks to attack the compound.
TV footage showed smoke rising from buildings across the city, and the sound of shelling could be heard.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 Libya Rebels Take Control of Gadhafi Compound
TRIPOLI, Libya -- Rebel forces gained "full control" over Moammar Gadhafi's fortified Bab al-Aziziya compound in Libya's capital Tuesday, NBC News reported.
The compound, which was heavily damaged by NATO airstrikes, had emerged as one of the last centers of government resistance.
"Strategically, this means that Tripoli has fallen," NBC's Richard Engel said from inside the compound.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 The significance of taking Tripoli (9 comments)
Marwan Bishara talks about the significance of the rebels's seizing Gaddafi's compound in the Libyan capital.
Marwan is Al Jazeera English's senior political analyst and the editor & host of Empire, which examines global powers and their agendas. He was previously a professor of International Relations at the American University of Paris and a fellow at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes et Sciences Sociales. An author who writes and speaks extensively on global politics, Bishara is an authority on many of today's most relevant global issues, US foreign policy and the greater Middle East.
Monday, August 22, 2011 Who are the libyan 'rebels'?
Just who are the freedom fighters who have been struggling against the Gaddafi regime for six months now, having finally collapsed this 42-year old dictatorship? Are they rats and insects like Gaddafi and his brood claim, NATO agents like half the Left claims, al Qaeda Terrorists like both much of the Left AND Right claim, or just plain humans struggling for freedom?
Monday, August 22, 2011 Gaddafi is gone. Long live unity, democracy and the rule of law (2 comments)
Libyan novelist Hisham Matar writes: We got rid of Muammar Gaddafi. I never thought I would be able to write these words. I thought it might have to be something like: "Gaddafi has died of old age"; a terrible sentence, not only because of what it means but also the sort of bleak and passive future it promises. Now rebel forces have reached Tripoli, we can say we have snatched freedom with our own hands, paid for it with blood. No one now will be more eager to guard it than us.
Sunday, August 21, 2011 BREAKING: Rebels Allegedly Capture Gaddafi Son Saif Al-Islam - NTC
TUNIS: Libya's rebels have captured Muammar Gaddafi's son, Saif Al-Islam, the head of the rebel National Transitional Council told Al Jazeera television on Sunday.
"We have confirmed information that our guys have captured Saif Al-Islam," Mustapha Abd El Jalil said. "We have given instructions to treat him well so that he can face trial."
Sunday, August 21, 2011 Libyan Rebels Enter Tripoli Without Resistance: Gaddafi Tripoli Brigade Sides with Rebels
After 42 long years of Muammar Gaddafi's rule, thousands of people poured into the streets of the capital Tripoli late Sunday night, firing guns in the air and cheering a column of rebel pick-up trucks which converged on the city, apparently meeting no resistance from regime forces. "We are coming for you, frizz-head!" the Associated Press reported some rebel fighters as screaming, mocking Gaddafi to the delight of residents.
Sunday, August 21, 2011 Neighboring Tunisia recognizes Libyan rebels
After six months of observing a prudent neutrality towards Libya's warring sides, neighboring Tunisia on Sunday finally recognized the rebel movement just as the battle for Tripoli began.
"The Tunisian government has decided to recognize the National Transitional Council as the legitimate representative of the Libyan people," said a government source quoted by the TAP news agency.
Sunday, August 21, 2011 Hunt on for Gadhafi as rebels take control of capital (1 comments)
Rebel military spokesman Col. Ahmed Bani told McClatchy that his forces were hunting Gadhafi in and around Tripoli. Gadhafi's whereabouts were unknown, but a U.S. official said, "We have no reason to believe (he) has left the country."
Saturday, August 20, 2011 Libya: Rebels Seize Strategic Brega
Libyan rebels battling Muammar Gaddafi's troops along the country's Mediterranean coast said they have captured all of the strategic eastern port city of Brega, which has repeatedly changed hands in the six-month-old civil war.
Rebel military spokesman Colonel Ahmed Bani said fighters today gained control of the industrial section of Brega, after having captured its residential areas last week.
Saturday, August 20, 2011 Rats Fleeing Sinking Ship? Oil minister does not return to Libya
Libya's oil chief, Omran Abukraa, is in Tunisia after deciding not to return to Libya from a trip abroad, a Tunisian official source said on Saturday.
This is the third apparent defection this week of a senior figure associated with Muammar Gaddafi's rule.
Saturday, August 20, 2011 Major Israeli Screw-up - Israel 'regrets' deaths in Egypt and promises inquiry
The last thing Israel needs is a hostile Egypt, as the Israeli defence minister has said he "regrets" the deaths of Egyptian policemen on the Gaza border as Cairo considers recalling its ambassador.
There is, meanwhile, palpable anger in Cairo.
Friday, August 19, 2011 Tripoli facing three-sided advance by Libyan rebels
Muammar Gaddafi's 41-year grip on power in Libya looked more precarious than ever on Friday night, as rebel forces advanced on the capital from three directions after breaking out of the once-besieged town of Misrata.
With rebels taking control of the coastal town of Zlitan in the east, those in the west claimed to have made progress clearing out the last pro-Gaddafi troops from Zawiyah, 30 miles west of Tripoli. They now have the main coastal road under pressure on both sides of the capital and also under threat from the Nafusa mountains.
Friday, August 19, 2011 Libya: Former Prime Minister Jalloud Defects to Rebels
Abdessalam Jalloud, a former Libyan prime minister who was sacked by Gaddafi in 1990s fled Tripoli to rebel-held Zintan on Friday.
Mr Jalloud joined the daily exodus of hundreds of Tripolitanians out of the beseiged capital and declared he would support the uprising against the dictator. "This is very big news. He has declared that he will work with the revolution," said an official with the Western Military Council.
Thursday, August 18, 2011 Libyan Rebels Gain Control of Oil Refinery as Qaddafi Forces Flee (1 comments)
ZAWIYAH, Libya -- Rebel fighters gained complete control on Thursday of the oil refinery in Zawiyah -- just a half hour's drive from Tripoli, the country's capital -- routing government soldiers after days of battle and advancing into other parts of this strategic port city still controlled by loyalists of Libya's increasingly isolated leader, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi.
Thursday, August 18, 2011 Repressed News of what Happened to Thousands of Dissidents in Tripoli Starting to Surface Now
The repressed always returns. Expect more and more information to come out about what happened to thousands of protesters and dissidents against the Gaddafi regime inside Tripoli, not to mention beyond, as the regime continues to weaken and with it the fear of speaking out.
Thursday, August 18, 2011 Chile recognises 9,800 more victims of Pinochet's rule
A Chilean commission investigating human rights abuses under the former military leader Gen Augusto Pinochet says there are many more victims than previously documented.
Commission director Maria Luisa Sepulveda said they had identified another 9,800 people who had been held as political prisoners and tortured.
The new figures bring the total of recognised victims to 40,018.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011 Numidia: a Song for the Berbers (1 comments)
The Berbers, also known as the Amizigh (meaning free people or free and noble men in the Berber language) are the indigenous people of North Africa west of the Nile, whose ancestry dates back to the kingdom of Numidia, and whose greatest ancient figures include Saint Augustine of Hippo, the Numidian king Masinissa, and the great Berber-Roman author of the Latin novel "The Golden Ass", Apuleius. Today, a large number of Berbers live not only in Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco, but in the Nafusa or Western Mountains of Libya, where they have been in the forefront of the revolution against Gaddafi, who had banned their language and culture while attempting to oppressively "Arabize" them over the decades. The "Amizigh", however, are fierce fighters and finally drove Gaddafi's forces out of most of their mountain towns and cities, eager to move on to Tripoli. This song is written for them.
Monday, August 15, 2011 Battle of Az Zawiyah Still Raging
Libyan rebels have made significant advances over the past several days, launching a two-pronged offensive in the west to try and cut off supply routes between Tunisia and Tripoli.
They say that they are now in control of Gharyan, home to a large government military base, as well as Surman and Ajaylat, both towns on the coastal highway.
The key fight, however, continues in Az Zawiyah, a town 50km from the capital that is home to Gaddafi's last remaining oil supplies in western Libya.
Rebels say they entered the city on Saturday night, but that they are continuing to meet fierce resistance.
Al Jazeera's Zeina Khodr reports from Az Zawiyah, western Libya.
Monday, August 15, 2011 Turkey Warns Syria to Stop Crackdown Immediately
Are we seeing a veiled Turkish threat to the Syrian regime: stop the slaughter or else, possibly portending some sort of Turkish military intervention?
Sunday, August 14, 2011 Syrian Navy Shelling Syrian Port of Latakia
Syrian warships have joined a military assault targeting protesters in the northern port city of Latakia, activists say.
At least 19 people have been killed in the operation, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
