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Obama: Libya's 'Outrageous'
Violence Must Stop

Feb 23, 2011 4:46 PM CST

Obama: Libya's 'Outrageous' Violence Must Stop

Italy's foreign minister puts death toll at 1,000

(Newser) - President Obama made his first public statement on Libya's unrest this afternoon, calling the violence "outrageous and unacceptable" and warning Moammar Gadhafi that the US was considering a "full range of options," reports AP . He said Hillary Clinton would head to Geneva to consult other nations. Gadhafi,...

Libyan Defector: Gadhafi Ordered Lockerbie Bombing

Feb 23, 2011 12:03 PM CST

Libyan Defector: Gadhafi Ordered Lockerbie Bombing

Ex-Justice minister says he has proof to back up claim

(Newser) - Libya’s ex-justice minister says that Moammar Gadhafi personally ordered the Lockerbie bombing—and that he can prove it. “I have proof that Gadhafi gave the order,” Mustafa Abdel-Jalil told a Swedish tabloid, according to the AP . “To hide it, he (Gadhafi) did everything in his power...

First Western City Falls
to Libyan Protesters

1K THOUGHT DEAD

Feb 23, 2011 7:56 AM CST

First Western City Falls to Libyan Protesters

More than 1,000 believed dead

(Newser) - Libyan opposition forces seized control of Misurata today, raising flags that predate Moammar Gadhafi’s reign in celebration. It’s the first city in the western part of the country to fall, the Wall Street Journal reports; much of the East is already under protester control. Those flags were also...

WikiLeaks Exposed
Gadhafi Family Abuses

Feb 23, 2011 4:57 AM CST

WikiLeaks Exposed Gadhafi Family Abuses

Clan's abuse of power helped fuel unrest

(Newser) - Libyans had plenty of reasons to despise Moammar Gadhafi and his clan long before the leader ordered the use of heavy artillery on protesters. State Department cables released by WikiLeaks detail some of the Gadhafis' abuses of power, which are known to Libyans despite the regime's control of the media,...

Gadhafi Orders
Destruction of
Oil Pipelines:
Source

Feb 23, 2011 1:23 AM CST

Gadhafi Orders Destruction of Oil Pipelines: Source

Desperate leader 'seeking to sow chaos'

(Newser) - Moammar Gadhafi has vowed to fight until his last drop of blood and he's apparently ready to spill Libya's last drop of oil in the process. The Libyan leader has ordered security forces to sabotage the country's oil pipelines, according to former CIA field agent and Time columnist Robert Baer,...

Libya's Ambassador to UN:
Be Tougher on Gadhafi

Feb 22, 2011 5:30 PM CST

Libya's Ambassador to UN: Be Tougher on Gadhafi

Says Security Council's condemnation isn't strong enough

(Newser) - The UN Security Council today condemned Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's crackdown on anti-government protesters and demanded an immediate end to the violence. A press statement agreed to by all 15 council members expressed "grave concern" at the situation. Libya's deputy UN ambassador Ibrahim Dabbashi, who has called for Gadhafi...

How Gadhafi Blew It

analysis

Feb 22, 2011 2:38 PM CST

How Gadhafi Blew It

Among other things: Libya's rich, but most citizens live in poverty

(Newser) - Moammar Gadhafi has always talked about instituting reform—usually via his son, Seif—but has never quite gotten around to it, writes Andrew Solomon in the New Yorker . "The regime has always wanted credit for its beneficent decrees, without accepting blame for its failure even to try to turn...

Gadhafi: I Will Die
Here as a Martyr

Feb 22, 2011 10:27 AM CST

Gadhafi: I Will Die Here as a Martyr

'May Allah curse those rats'

(Newser) - Moammar Gadhafi isn't going anywhere. In a furious speech delivered on state TV today, the AP reports that he called himself a warrior and said he was willing to die as a martyr. Speaking from a podium set up at a bombed out building that appeared to be his Tripoli...

In Ravaged Tripoli,
Bodies Left on Streets

Feb 22, 2011 7:59 AM CST

In Ravaged Tripoli, Bodies Left on Streets

Opposition in control in South

(Newser) - As Libya seemingly slips out of his control, Moammar Gadhafi’s forces rained what witnesses described as “small bombs” down on Tripoli last night, as helicopters, special forces, and foreign mercenaries shot freely at protesters. “It was an obscene amount of gunfire,” one witness tells the New ...

Libyan Ambassador
to UN: It's 'Genocide'

Feb 22, 2011 2:16 AM CST

Libyan Ambassador to UN: It's 'Genocide'

Deputy UN ambassador urges Moammar Gadhafi to step down

(Newser) - Libyan ambassadors in at least seven countries—including the UK and India—as well as Libya's Justice Minister have resigned in protest over the hundreds of deaths caused by the Gadhafi regime as it attempts to cling to power, reports the Guardian . "What's going on in Libya is a...

Gadhafi:
'I'm in Tripoli,
not Venezuela'

Feb 21, 2011 7:02 PM CST

Gadhafi: 'I'm in Tripoli, not Venezuela'

Libyan makes bizarre appearance on state TV

(Newser) - The rumors of Moammar Gadhafi's Venezuelan vacation are greatly exaggerated: The embattled Libyan leader made a bizarre, minute-long appearance on state TV at 2am local time, declaring, "I am in Tripoli and not in Venezuela. Do not believe the channels belonging to stray dogs." Gadhafi appeared in a...

Fighter Jets Open Fire
on Protesters in Libya

Feb 21, 2011 12:41 PM CST

Fighter Jets Open Fire on Protesters in Libya

Two pilots land in Malta, choosing to defect rather than bomb protesters

(Newser) - Libya made good on its threats to get bloody today, sending fighter jets to fire on protesters in Tripoli, Al Jazeera reports, though it cautions that reports are difficult to verify because Libyan intelligence has shut down all landline and wireless communications. But two military pilots seem to confirm the...

Gadhafi Son Warns
of Fight to 'Last Bullet'

Feb 21, 2011 7:36 AM CST

Gadhafi Son Warns of Fight to 'Last Bullet'

Reforms will come only if protesters back down, he vows

(Newser) - The son of Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi has vowed a "fierce" civil war if protesters don't stand down in the nation's mounting violence. Saif al-Islam Gadhafi promised in a speech today on state TV that significant democratic reforms would be instituted—but only if unrest stops. If current protests...

Gadhafi Troops Open Fire; Libya Toll Hits 200

Feb 20, 2011 7:18 AM CST

Gadhafi Troops Open Fire; Libya Toll Hits 200

Protesters were at funeral for slain compatriots

(Newser) - Moammar Gadhafi's forces have opened fire on mourners at the funeral for anti-government protesters in the city of Benghazi, where a doctor says at least 200 people have already been slain in days of demonstrations. A man shot in the leg today said marchers were bearing coffins to a cemetery...

Death Toll in Libya
Protests Reaches 100

Feb 19, 2011 5:13 PM CST

Death Toll in Libya Protests Reaches 100

More than a dozen more were killed at funerals today

(Newser) - In direct contrast to the "delirious joy" in Bahrain, the death toll keeps climbing in Libya's protests. Moammar Gadhafi's minions killed another 20 people today, bringing the five-day total to at least 104, says Human Rights Watch. Gadhafi has effectively shut off Internet service and forbid media coverage, but...

Doctor: Libya Kills
Dozens More Protesters

Feb 18, 2011 6:00 PM CST

Doctor: Libya Kills Dozens More Protesters

He counts 35 bodies in Benghazi hospital

(Newser) - Libyan security forces waged an escalating crackdown on protesters today. In the country's second largest city of Benghazi, a stream of 35 bodies was brought to one hospital, reportedly of protesters shot while trying to march on one of Moammar Gadhafi's residences, a doctor said. The deaths took place after...

Libyan Military
Kills 24 Protesters

Feb 18, 2011 6:55 AM CST

Libyan Military Kills 24 Protesters

Meanwhile Gadhafi holds his own demonstration

(Newser) - The Libyan military launched a brutal campaign against protesters yesterday, killing at least 24, according to Human Rights Watch. “According to multiple witnesses, Libyan security forces shot and killed demonstrators in efforts to disperse the protests,” the group said. The worst violence appeared to be in the eastern...

Next Domino?
Protests Now
Wrack Libya

Feb 16, 2011 7:51 AM CST

Next Domino? Protests Now Wrack Libya

Anti-government protests swell in Bahrain, Yemen

(Newser) - Libya—home to the longest-serving member of the rapidly shrinking club of North African dictators—saw clashes between police and hundreds of protesters overnight after the arrest of a human rights activist in the eastern city of Benghazi, the Financial Times reports. Organizers have put out a call on the...

Brit Minister, Duke Helped Free Lockerbie Bomber

WikiLeaks reveal

Feb 1, 2011 2:42 AM CST

Brit Minister, Duke Helped Free Lockerbie Bomber

Government didn't want to jeopardize Libya oil deals

(Newser) - The British government's foreign office minister secretly advised Libya on the best way to win the release of the Lockerbie bomber, according to explosive WikiLeaks documents. Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi carefully followed tips from the minister and the duke of York to secure the controversial freedom of bomber Abdelbaset Ali...

Lockerbie Bomber Freed After 'Thuggish' Gadhafi Threats

wikileaks reveal

Dec 8, 2010 4:47 AM CST

Lockerbie Bomber Freed After 'Thuggish' Gadhafi Threats

British intelligence also suggests 'imminent death' was a stretch

(Newser) - The Guardian highlights WikiLeaks cables surrounding the release of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi , freed by Scotland last year because he supposedly had only a few months to live. The cables show that Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's government put "thuggish" pressure on Britain to make sure Megrahi went free....