Gaddafi's envoy 'visited London'

A senior aid to the Libyan regime has visited Britain in recent days for talks with officials. Mohammed Ismail who is an aid to Col. Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam was told that Gaddafi has to live office. While the British foreign office would not comment on contacts with...

Moussa Koussa: Libya Foreign Minister Defects

Libyan Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa Resigns, Heads to BritainMoussa Koussa, Libya's Foreign Minister, has defected. Koussa resigned his position in Muammar Gaddafi's government and flew to Britain.Moussa Koussa had been negotiating his defection during the past week in...

Uganda Would Welcome Muammar Gaddafi as Asylum Seeker

Uganda Offers Muammar Gaddafi Asylum A spokesman for Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni said that Uganda would allow Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi to live there in exile. This is part of a diplomatic effort to get Gaddafi to step down in the face of ongoing foreign military...

Libyan Rebels March Toward Sirte

Sirte: Birthplace of Muammar Gaddafi Targeted by Rebels Libyan rebel forces are closing in on Sirte, Mummar Gaddafi's home town. Rebel forces have recaptured lost ground since the UN-mandated air strikes began....

Who Are the Libyan Rebels?

US, UK , Britain Take Sides in Libyan Civil War: Do They Know with Whom They Are Siding?Despite continued choruses of "this is not about regime change", the American, British and French involvement in Libya is indeed about unseating Muammar Gaddafi. There's no other clearly...

Nic Robertson Slams Fox News' Libya Human Shield Story- Video

Fox News Human Shield Claim 'A Lie': Nic Robertson Fox news reported that journalists from CNN, Reuters and the Associated Press were used as human shields at the Gaddafi compound, preventing British jets from...

Libya, Mission Creep and Regime Change

Mission Creep: Libya Echoing Iraq AlreadyFlicking on CNN this morning, you'd be forgiven for thinking you were watching a rerun. Listening to pundits discuss how "the mission is changing" would bring back echoes of Iraq (a US-instigated war that is still going on, if we're...

Operation Odyssey Dawn: What Next After No-Fly Zone?

Can Operation: Odyssey Dawn Stop Gaddafi? France, Britain and the United States have begun military strikes against Libya in what is being called Operation: Odyssey Dawn. Muammar Gaddafi has denounced the western...

Libya: Gaddafi Cease-Fire 'A Lie', Say Rebels

Muammar Gaddafi Declares Libya Cease-Fire, but Violence Continues Shortly after the UN Security Council approved a draft resolution authorizing intervention in the ongoing Libyan civil war, Muammar Gaddafi announced that he was declaring a cease-fire. This was after France...

Gaddafi Army Retakes Zuwarah as No-Fly Zone Debate Continues

Zuwarah Overrun by Gaddafi Forces Libyan military forces have fought their way to the center of the town of Zuwarah, one of the few still held by anti-government forces. The army used artillery and tanks against...

Al-Jazeera journalist killed in Benghazi, network says

As the media turns its attention to Japan, Qaddafi's forces are on the rampage in Libya, continuing to win back more territory from rebels. Near Benghazi, Al Jazeera cameraman Ali Hassan Al Jaber was murdered in an apparent ambush, becoming the first journalist killed in...

France Formally Recognizes Libyan Opposition

France Recognizes Interim Governing Council as Libyan Government France became the first nation to recognize the Interim Governing Council as Libya's rightful representatives. Britain stopped short of echoing...

France recognises Libyan rebels as government

"France has become the first country to recognise the Libyan rebel leadership, the National Libyan Council (NLC), as the country's legitimate government. It came as Nato met to discuss military options in the Libyan conflict including a possible no-fly zone. ...

US, UN Mull Military Action in Libya

Hillary Clinton: Libya Action Must Come from UN MandateUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that any US military action in Libya, be it the imposition of a no-fly zone, must come from a UN mandate. The US is seeking to avoid the political troubles spawned by its...

Al Jazeera: Gaddafi Looking for Exit Deal

Is Muammar Gaddafi Looking for an Exit Deal?According to al Jazeera TV, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is trying to make a deal to escape with his wealth intact. Apparently Gaddafi was willing to step down after 42 years in power, provided he and his family would not be...

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