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After Gaddafi son, spy chief captured

Alastair Macdonald and Ali Shuaib Reuters 11/22/2011
After Gaddafi son, spy chief captured

Abdullah al-Senussi, Libya's feared former intelligence chief, was cornered and captured at a remote desert homestead on Sunday, a day after Muammar Gaddafi's son was seized by Libyan fighters in the same region.

Gaddafi's driver on the endgame: 'He didn't seem to know what to do'

Huneish Nasr last saw the boss he served for 30 years standing in the ruins of Sirte looking confused as all hell broke loose around them.

Don't shoot! Muammar Gaddafi begged for his life after being dragged from a drain. Seconds later he was summarily executed

Colonel Gaddafi was executed by a frenzied mob of rebel fighters after pleading: 'Don't shoot, don't shoot!' The final humiliation for the man who had so brutally ruled Libya for 42 years came when he was hauled from his hiding place in a sewer. Shocking video clearly showed the broken 69-year-old tyrant was alive as fighters, waving their guns in the air, threw him on to the bonnet of a jeep.

Libya's Moammar Gadhafi killed in hometown battle

Moammar Gadhafi, Libya's dictator for 42 years until he was ousted in an uprising-turned-civil war, was killed Thursday as revolutionary fighters overwhelmed his hometown of Sirte and captured the last major bastion of resistance two months after his regime fell.

US, Italy discuss ending NATO air war in Libya

US and Italian defense chiefs on Monday said they examined prospects for ending the allied air campaign over Libya and how to support the country's post-Kadhafi transition in talks at the Pentagon.

Libyan government steps up security after clashes in capital

Libya's new government increased security in Tripoli Saturday with extra roadblocks and house-to-house searches after fighting in the capital with supporters of Muammar Gaddafi raised fears of another insurgency.

Libya's rebels launch the final push for Sirte and their crowning victory

Libyan rebel forces launched a furious 'final offensive' on the loyalist stronghold Sirte on Friday, battling to clear the city of men fighting for the former regime.

Gaddafi calls on Libyans to wage campaign of disobedience against rebel leaders in new tape

Moammar Gaddafi called on Libyans to take to the streets and wage a campaign of civil disobedience against the country's new leaders - the first word from the fugitive leader in just over two weeks.

Tony Blair 'visited Libya to lobby for JP Morgan'

Richard Spencer, Heidi Blake and Jon Swaine Telegraph 09/19/2011
Libya's National Transitional Council may delay forming gov't again - source

Senior members of Libya's ruling National Transitional Council (NTC) are leaning towards putting plans for a new caretaker government on hold because they cannot agree on a line-up, a source close to the council told Reuters on Sunday.

Tony Blair 'visited Libya to lobby for JP Morgan'

Tony Blair used visits to Libya after he left office to lobby for business for the American investment bank JP Morgan, The Daily Telegraph has been told.


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