Provisional government fighters in Libya have entered a stronghold for Moammar Gadhafi’s loyalists ahead of a deadline for them to surrender. The fighters say street battles with loyalists erupted in the desert town of Bani Walid on Friday. The National Transitional Council forces pushed into the city after loyalists fired a barrage of rockets at […]
Four Killed Following Clashes in Stronghold of Libya’s Gadhafi
Posted September 9th, 2011 at 7:05 pm (UTC-5)
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Four Killed Following Clashes in Stronghold of Libya’s Gadhafi
Posted September 9th, 2011 at 3:20 pm (UTC-5)
Provisional government fighters in Libya have entered a stronghold for Moammar Gadhafi’s loyalists ahead of a deadline for them to surrender. The fighters say street battles with loyalists erupted in the desert town of Bani Walid on Friday. The National Transitional Council forces pushed into the city after loyalists fired a barrage of rockets at […]
Clashes Erupt in Stronghold of Libya’s Gadhafi
Posted September 9th, 2011 at 2:15 pm (UTC-5)
Provisional government fighters in Libya have entered a stronghold for Moammar Gadhafi’s loyalists ahead of a deadline for them to surrender. The fighters say street battles with loyalists erupted in the center of the desert town of Bani Walid on Friday. The National Transitional Council forces pushed into the city after loyalists fired a barrage […]
NTC, Pro-Gadhafi Forces Clash in Two Towns
Posted September 9th, 2011 at 11:50 am (UTC-5)
Forces loyal to Libya’s Moammar Gadhafi have clashed with provisional government fighters in two Gadhafi strongholds, ahead of a deadline for loyalists to surrender. Pro-Gadhafi fighters fired a barrage of Grad rockets at National Transitional Council fighters near Bani Walid on Friday. Meanwhile, NATO said Friday that it had carried out air strikes, near the […]
Gadhafi Loyalists in Libya Launch Rocket Attack
Posted September 9th, 2011 at 10:05 am (UTC-5)
Forces loyal to Libya’s Moammar Gadhafi fired a barrage of rockets Friday at National Transitional Council fighters near Bani Walid. The rocket attack follows days of negotiations between transitional representatives and tribal chiefs tied to Mr. Gadhafi. The incident took place a day before the NTC’s deadline for Gadhafi loyalists to surrender before NTC forces […]
More Libyan Officials Cross into Niger
Posted September 9th, 2011 at 9:20 am (UTC-5)
A senior general and other officials who were part of the government of Libya’s Moammar Gadhafi have crossed into Niger. News organizations quote officials in Niger who say General Ali Kana and several other high-ranking officials were part of a group of about a dozen people who entered Niger on Friday. Kana was in charge […]
Interpol Issues Arrest Warrant for Fugitive Gadhafi
Posted September 9th, 2011 at 6:51 am (UTC-5)
Interpol has issued an arrest warrant for former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi on charges that he has committed crimes against humanity. In a statement released Friday, Interpol says it issued a “red notice” for the arrest of Mr. Gadhafi, his son Saif al-Islam and former intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi, asking all 188 member countries to […]
Libya’s NTC: Battle Not Yet Finished
Posted September 9th, 2011 at 12:05 am (UTC-5)
The head of Libya’s provisional government says the battle for liberation is not yet finished, and that the country must be unified in order to rebuild after six months of civil war. Speaking in his first major address from the capital Tripoli on Thursday, National Transitional Council leader Mahmoud Jibril said there are still some […]
Libya’s NTC: Battle Not Yet Finished
Posted September 8th, 2011 at 1:15 pm (UTC-5)
A leader of Libya’s provisional government says the battle for liberation is not yet finished. The head of the National Transitional Council’s executive committee, Mahmoud Jibril, told reporters in Tripoli Thursday there are still some cities in Libya’s south that provisional authority fighters must free from pro-Gadhafi forces. He says peace and stability are the […]
Gadhafi Denies He Fled to Niger
Posted September 8th, 2011 at 9:40 am (UTC-5)
A Syrian television station has aired an audio message purportedly from ousted Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, who slammed reports that he may have fled Libya in a convoy to neighboring Niger. In the comments broadcast Thursday on Al-Rai TV, Mr. Gadhafi called the reports “lies” designed to destroy morale and insisted he is still in […]
