The New Dark Age

20 October 2011 — williambowles.info

Libya’s Gaddafi caught hiding like a “rat”
Reuters
By Tim Gaynor and Taha Zargoun SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) – Muammar Gaddafi called the rebels who rose up against his 42-years of one-man rule “rats,” but in the end it was he who was captured cowering in a drainage pipe full of rubbish and filth. …
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/20/us-libya-gaddafi-finalhours-idUSTRE79J5Q720111020

Latest developments in Libya
CNN International
By the CNN Wire Staff Tripoli, Libya (CNN) — Former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has been killed. Here are the latest developments: — Reacting to the news of Gadhafi’s death, Vice President Joe Biden said that “NATO got it right” and “the people of …
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/10/20/world/africa/libya-war-developments/

Libya’s prime minister says Moammar Kadafi is dead
Los Angeles Times
REPORTING FROM BEIRUT — Libya’s provisional prime minister, Mahmoud Jibril, said Thursday that ousted leader Moammar Kadafi has been killed. “We have been waiting for this moment for a long time,” Jibril told a news conference in the capital, Tripoli, …
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2011/10/libya-prime-minister-says-moammar-kadafi-is-dead.html

After Gadhafi, Libya’s Oil Will Flow – Slowly
WCVB-TV
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Even with Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi dead, analysts say it will likely take years for the country’s oil to return to full production. It’s thought that Libya is already producing about 350000 barrels of oil per day, …
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/29540744/detail.html

Some Libyan Americans in metro Detroit cheer Gadhafi’s death
Detroit Free Press
BY NIRAJ WARIKOO Some Libyan Americans opposed to Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi were elated to hear reports this morning that the man who ruled their native country for 42 years was killed. “The sunshine is coming back to Libya,” said Dr. Mahmoud …
http://www.freep.com/article/20111020/NEWS05/111020032/Some-Libyan-Americans-metro-Detroit-cheer-Gadhafi-s-death

Inside Hillary Clinton’s C-17 to Libya
ABC News (blog)
When Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived unannounced in Libya earlier this week it took a military plane to get her there, the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III. In this video, Clinton is seen reviewing briefing papers in a colorful shawl, …
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/10/inside-hillary-clintons-c-17-to-libya/

Day 1 of the Libyan experiment
Reuters
The US has avoided some of the mistakes it made in Iraq and Afghanistan in its dealings with Egypt and Libya. While the context of the Arab Spring is entirely different from that of the invasions of Iraq or Afghanistan, the thought that democracy could …
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/20/idUS125332294720111020

Gaddafi killed as Libya’s revolt takes hometown
WGN Radio
SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) – Muammar Gaddafi is dead, Libya’s new leaders said, killed by fighters who overran his home town and final bastion on Thursday. His bloodied body was stripped and displayed around the world from cellphone video. …
http://www.wgnradio.com/news/chi-111020libya-gaddafi,0,4066661.story

Libyan Transitional National Council confirms Moamar Ghadafi is dead
Pocono Record
By Newscore ENGHAZI, Libya — A Libyan Transitional National Council (TNC) spokesman confirmed Thursday that Moamar Ghadafi is dead. “We announce to the world that Ghadafi has been killed at the hands of the revolutionaries, and Ghadafi’s tyranny and …
http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20111020/NEWS90/111029990/-1/news

Libya: The emReal/em U.S. Drone War
Wired News
By Spencer Ackerman It took Predator drones about three weeks from the start of NATO’s war against Moammar Gadhafi to arrive in the skies over Libya. Since then, they’ve been busy: from April 21 to 9 am Central European Time today, the Predators have …
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/10/predator-libya/

Live blog: Gadhafi is dead, interim Libyan prime minister says – This …
By forryanoutloud
U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to speak about Moammar Gadhafi’s
death at 2 p.m. ET Thursday. Obama’s remarks will be shown live on CNN.
Deposed Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has been killed, interim Libyan Prime
…
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/10/20/libyan-fighters-say-they-have-captured-gadhafi/

Gaddafi bids neighbours to ‘enter Libya and start the fight’ – News …
Libya’s acting prime minister Mahmoud Jibril says Muammar Gaddafi is recruiting fighters from other African countries for another possible insurgency.
http://mg.co.za/article/2011-10-20-enter-libya-and-start-the-fight-gaddafi-tells-recruits/

Libya: Unconfirmed News of Gaddafi’s Capture · Global Voices
By Amira Al Hussaini
Happy news has been coming out of Libya in the last few minutes, leaving Libyan and Arab tweeps rejoicing, with caution, at the new developments. Rumour has it that Libyan dictator Muammar Al Gaddafi has been captured. Here are the first …
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2011/10/20/libya-unconfimed-news-of-gaddafis-capture/

The Standard | Online Edition :: Libya forces capture Sirte, hoist new …
Libyan interim government fighters captured Muammar Gaddafi’s home town on Thursday, extinguishing the last significant holdout of resistance by troops loyal to the deposed leader and ending a two-month siege.
http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000045232&cid=4&

Libya confirms Gaddafi killed – FT.com
Muammer Gaddafi, the deposed Libyan leader, has been killed, Libya’s interim prime minister said on Thursday, as forces loyal to the government seized his …
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c17219a4-fb03-11e0-8e7e-00144feab49a.html