A pro-Gaddafi television website denied Thursday reports that the strongman had been killed or captured.‘The reports peddled by the lackeys of NATO about the capture or death of the brother leader, Muammar Gaddafi, is baseless,’ said Al Libiya television.Gaddafi ‘is in good health,’ it added.Earlier National Transitional Council commander Mohammed Leith told AFP that Gaddafi was captured Thursday as his hometown Sirte was falling, adding that the ousted strongman was badly wounded.
‘The reports peddled by the lackeys of NATO about the capture or death of the brother leader, Muammar Gaddafi, is baseless,’ said Al Libiya television.
Gaddafi ‘is in good health,’ it added.
Earlier National Transitional Council commander Mohammed Leith told AFP that Gaddafi was captured Thursday as his hometown Sirte was falling, adding that the ousted strongman was badly wounded.
― James Mitchell, Thursday, 20 October 2011 12:11 (twelve years ago) link
Pics or it didn't happen tbh
― Y Kant Lou Reed (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 20 October 2011 12:11 (twelve years ago) link
ntc official is confirming qaddafi's death.
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 20 October 2011 12:19 (twelve years ago) link
What a splendid job NATO has done of completely ignoring its mandate. (if reports are to be believed etc etc)
― Upt0eleven, Thursday, 20 October 2011 12:24 (twelve years ago) link
http://images2-telegraaf.nl/multimedia/archive/00910/arrestatie_910587i.jpg
http://images2-telegraaf.nl/multimedia/archive/00910/kaddafishot_910586i.jpg
― Y Kant Lou Reed (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 20 October 2011 12:27 (twelve years ago) link
those images should maybe be linkified
― dayo, Thursday, 20 October 2011 12:28 (twelve years ago) link
that image is profound in ten different ways, kinda speechless
― mid-song laughing elvis (schlump), Thursday, 20 October 2011 12:29 (twelve years ago) link
xp yeah sorta grizzly, featured on the guardian liveblog just right there, also
ugh thanks i guess
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 20 October 2011 12:29 (twelve years ago) link
yeah p much. although the guardian didn't either.
― Upt0eleven, Thursday, 20 October 2011 12:29 (twelve years ago) link
Oh, I'm sorry dayo, I'll ask a mod
Apologies to Tracer too
― Y Kant Lou Reed (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 20 October 2011 12:30 (twelve years ago) link
You can tell he's been shot in the leg by the blood that's all over his face.
― James Mitchell, Thursday, 20 October 2011 12:34 (twelve years ago) link
Eeek, that's pretty fucking real.
― Lars and the Lulu Girl (NickB), Thursday, 20 October 2011 12:34 (twelve years ago) link
That pic is on the front page of the BBC website now. It's kind of terrifying that he's looking right at the camera.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 20 October 2011 12:36 (twelve years ago) link
NATO airstrike did for the old boy allegedly?
― Juice Should Be Sterliized (Tom D.), Thursday, 20 October 2011 12:43 (twelve years ago) link
NATO confirmed that they airstruck his convoy at 6am BST today.
So is that pic his corpse being dragged about or what?
― peligro, Thursday, 20 October 2011 12:46 (twelve years ago) link
The look in his eyes reminds me of this guy:
http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?showall=true&bookmarkedmessageid=2118471&boardid=60&threadid=84970
― rustic italian flatbread, Thursday, 20 October 2011 12:59 (twelve years ago) link
I mean:
worst animal friends
can't believe there isn't a good flash based infographic dissecting the timelines, confusion & differing reports regarding all this
― mid-song laughing elvis (schlump), Thursday, 20 October 2011 13:50 (twelve years ago) link
Body dragged through the streets of Sirte and "manhandled"
― Juice Should Be Sterliized (Tom D.), Thursday, 20 October 2011 14:05 (twelve years ago) link
Al-Jazeera is now showing a close-up of Gaddafi's face. He does not seem to be alive.
We cannot confirm his death.
― nakhchivan, Thursday, 20 October 2011 14:07 (twelve years ago) link
The 18 year old who shot Gaddafi, supposedly
― Y Kant Lou Reed (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 20 October 2011 14:12 (twelve years ago) link
lol BBC, not sure I've ever seen "killed" w/ quotes in a headline
― incredibly middlebrow (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 20 October 2011 14:17 (twelve years ago) link
what about ELVIS "KILLED" ON GRACELAND TOILET
― conrad, Thursday, 20 October 2011 14:22 (twelve years ago) link
http://cache4.asset-cache.net/xc/129722713.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=77BFBA49EF8789219B309651A2344B3F95CF224A52B62FCFE0D1BF940689FE3D7833001A6B971738E30A760B0D811297
― nakhchivan, Thursday, 20 October 2011 14:23 (twelve years ago) link
reuters has now downgraded his condition too
― nakhchivan, Thursday, 20 October 2011 14:24 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ppylnvv2RwM
― The sham nation of Israel should be destroyed. (Princess TamTam), Thursday, 20 October 2011 14:24 (twelve years ago) link
omg at guardian front page, jesus fuck at how graphic it is
― mid-song laughing elvis (schlump), Thursday, 20 October 2011 15:20 (twelve years ago) link
can we call this a success now
― unorthodox economic revenge (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 20 October 2011 15:26 (twelve years ago) link
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4130/5183688097_59abd84f51.jpg
― omar little, Thursday, 20 October 2011 15:29 (twelve years ago) link
america is running out of classic boogeymen
― Threat Level: Panda (jjjusten), Thursday, 20 October 2011 15:33 (twelve years ago) link
thank god we have a slate of republican candidates to fill the gap
whoa at guardian front page
― caek, Thursday, 20 October 2011 15:36 (twelve years ago) link
xp: and Joseph Kony
― do not wake the dragon (DJP), Thursday, 20 October 2011 15:37 (twelve years ago) link
nah
― lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 20 October 2011 15:38 (twelve years ago) link
Who knows what the future holds but the more prosaic but nonetheless important thing I'm going to start watching in the Maghreb is the elections in Tunisia
― What does one wear to a summery execution? Linen? (Michael White), Thursday, 20 October 2011 15:41 (twelve years ago) link
so we "lead from behind" going forward y/n?
― 7 Crazy Chinese Mothers (will), Friday, 21 October 2011 01:59 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/21/gaddafi-loyalists-torture-human-rights
― nakhchivan, Friday, 21 October 2011 19:54 (twelve years ago) link
The "flawless" performance of the Eurofighter Typhoon in the Libyan war has catapulted the aircraft ahead of its main rival to win one of the most lucrative of defence deals in recent times.
The Indian government has shortlisted both the Dassault Rafale and the Typhoon, both veterans of the Libyan campaign, for a planned £7 billion order of 126 jets for its air force.
The Typhoon was already leading the pack after the jet scored highest in a technical assessment by Indian pilots who flew the aircraft in a series of exercises in 2010.
But it is believed that it will be the Typhoon's performance in the Libyan conflict, where it completed more than 600 combat missions, that will help to clinch the deal, the result of which will be made public before Christmas.
― Nigel Farage is a fucking hero (nakhchivan), Sunday, 30 October 2011 19:51 (twelve years ago) link
I'd say yes, based on two salient facts: Ghaddafi is permanently removed from the picture and the US and NATO are not stationing any troops in Libya as a result (although there may be a fairly small number of military advisors in-country). Also, the Libyan people appear to be accepting of the casualties they suffered in the process of deposing Ghaddafi, as a necessary price and not an excessive one. Given what war is like, that's a success.
What happens next is out of our hands and I prefer it that way.
― Aimless, Sunday, 30 October 2011 20:05 (twelve years ago) link
saif arrested by pro-government fighters
― conrad, Saturday, 19 November 2011 12:45 (twelve years ago) link
Now why do I suspect the hand of Western governments in this? The ones who wouldn't want him to spill all he knows in The Hague?
― StanM, Saturday, 19 November 2011 15:29 (twelve years ago) link
?????????
― max, Saturday, 19 November 2011 15:32 (twelve years ago) link
ja, probably the c1a
― caek, Saturday, 19 November 2011 15:35 (twelve years ago) link
What kind of dirt do you think Gaddaffi son Saif has?
http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/19/world/africa/libya-gadhafi-son/index.html
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 19 November 2011 16:06 (twelve years ago) link
It's sad he thought he was saif
― I certainly wouldn't have, but hey. (Le Bateau Ivre), Saturday, 19 November 2011 16:36 (twelve years ago) link
http://theweek.com/bullpen/column/225833/a-year-later-libya-is-still-a-mess
This piece is written by a Glenn Greenwald endorsed conservative who might be an isolationist. But I also have read other pieces on the problems in Libya and on Tuaregs who had supported Quaddaffi now returning to Mali with more weapons
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 22 March 2012 16:20 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/Taureg-Rebels-Vow-Push-in-Mali-After-Coup-143967086.html
― curmudgeon, Friday, 23 March 2012 15:39 (twelve years ago) link
Well-armed Tuareg separatists started attacking army bases in Mali's desert in January, after many Tuareg fighters returned from Libya, where they had assisted in the ousting Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.
The United Nations refugee agency says the conflict has uprooted 130,000 people in and around Mali. Many soldiers have died in the conflict.
Tuareg nomads have launched periodic uprisings for greater autonomy in Mali and Niger.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 23 March 2012 15:52 (twelve years ago) link
holy shit.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/12/world/africa/libya-us-ambassador-killed/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
― OK CLARABELLE PART 3: The Return of the MOO! (how's life), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 10:44 (twelve years ago) link