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Qaddafi killed in home town
TRIPOLI, Libya — Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, the former Libyan strongman who fled into hiding after rebels toppled his regime two months ago in the Arab Spring’s most tumultuous uprising, was killed Thursday as fighters battling the vestiges of his loyalist forces wrested control of his hometown of Surt, the interim government announced.
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NATO Statement on Action Near Surt
Battle for a Holdout City Stalls Healing in Libya (October 19, 2011)
Times Topic: Libya — Revolution (2011)
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Nicholas D. Kristof, a Columnist for The New York Times, on the Implications of Muammar el-Qaddafi’s Death in Libya and Beyond on The Takeaway Radio Program
Al Jazeera television showed what it said was Colonel Qaddafi’s half-naked corpse lying on the ground in Surt, with a bloodied face, lifeless open eyes and an apparent gunshot wound to the side of the head, as jubilant fighters fired automatic weapons in the air. The images punctuated an emphatic and violent ending to his four decades as a ruthless and bombastic autocrat who had basked in his reputation as the self-styled king of kings of Africa.
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- Qaddafi Has Been Killed [Libya] (gizmodo.com)
- BBC Reports: Gaddifi Captured (outsidethebeltway.com)
- Qaddafi Dead as Troops Seize Stronghold, Officials Say – New York Times (news.google.com)
