The destruction of Libya’s infrastructure as University of Bani Waild is reduced to rubble
BANI WALID, Libya (IPS) – Suleyman and Rasool have come to the University of Bani Walid, in western Libya. If they are lucky they might find some chemistry notes and, perhaps, a computer that works. Unfortunately it is not likely, since NATO reduced the campus to rubble. Saif al Islam – Muammar Gaddafi’s son and heir [...]
Was the former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi murdered in cold bold by NTC rebels in Sirte?
At the height of the rebellion in Libya, reports that were filtering out of Tripoli suggested that African migrant workers in the country were systematically targeted by rebels and some were imprisoned without charges after being accused of supporting Gaddafi. There were also reports of torture and serious human rights abuses while some were even said to be summarily executed [...]
Muammar Gaddafi is reportedly dead but there are still conflicting reports as to how he was killed
DOHA, (IPS) – Muammar Gaddafi has been killed after National Transitional Council fighters overran loyalist defences in Sirte, the toppled Libyan leader’s hometown and final stronghold. ”We have been waiting for this moment for a long time. Muammar Gaddafi has been killed,” Mahmoud Jibril, the de facto Libyan prime minister, told reporters on Thursday in Tripoli, [...]
The African Union would not recognise the rebel National Transitional Council (NTC) until hostilities end in Libya
South African President Jacob Zuma has said that the African Union (AU) would not yet recognise the rebel National Transitional Council (NTC) as the sole representative of the Libyan people until hostilities in the country end. ”If there is fighting, there is fighting. So we can’t stand here and say this is the legitimate government now. [...]
NATO split revealed as Italy calls for halt to military action in Libya
According to the Reuters news agency, a split has opened within the NATO-led air campaign against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, with France and Britain rejecting an Italian call for a halt to military action to allow aid access. It was also reported that China also signaled a shift in its stance on the conflict, describing as [...]
Gaddafi’s intelligence headquarters targeted by NATO air raids
The military intelligence headquarters of Muammar Gaddafi’s battered regime was targeted by NATO air raids ahead of a visit to Libya by an envoy from Russia which has raised concerns about the scope of the military campaign. Royal Air Force Tornado and Typhoon warplanes hit the military intelligence HQ in Tripoli early on Monday, Major General Nick Pope, spokesman [...]
Gaddafi in trouble as Britain prepares to use bunker-busting bombs in Libya
The British government is to add “bunker-busting” bombs to the arsenal its warplanes are using over Libya, a weapon it said on Sunday would send a loud message to Muammar Gaddafi that it is time to quit. Britain and other NATO powers are ratcheting up their military intervention in Libya to try to break a deadlock [...]
No let up for Gaddafi as Obama and Cameron give the Libyan leader a stern warning
U.S. President, Barack Obama, warned Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi there would be ‘no let up’ in pressure on him to go, following a second successive night of heavy NATO bombing in Tripoli. Six loud explosions rocked Tripoli late on Tuesday within 10 minutes, following powerful strikes 24 hours earlier, including one on Gaddafi’s compound that Libyan [...]
NATO goes beyond its mandate and assassinates Gaddafi’s son and grand-children
President Muammar Gaddafi has survived a NATO air strike on a Tripoli house that killed his youngest son Saif al-Arab and three young grandchildren, a government spokesman said on Sunday. Libyan officials took journalists to the house, which had been hit by at least three missiles. The roof had completely caved in at places, leaving mangled [...]
Attempt on Gaddafi’s life as NATO flattens the Libyan leader’s official residence
A building inside Muammar Gaddafi’s Bab al-Aziziyah compound was flattened down to rubble by NATO forces in what a press official from Gaddafi’s government said was an attempt on the Libyan leader’s life. Firefighters were still working to extinguish flames in part of the ruined building a few hours after the attack, when foreign journalists were [...]
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