Gadhafi has been killed

[Feels Good Man]

Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- Revolutionary fighters have captured deposed Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, Libyan television said Wednesday, citing the Misrata Military Council.

That report, however, could not be independently confirmed.

Horns blared and celebratory gunfire burst into the air in Tripoli.

"It's a great victory for the Libyan people," said Libyan Information Minister Mahmoud Shammam.

Gadhafi ruled Libya with an iron fist for 42 years. A February uprising evolved into civil war that resulted in ousting the strongman from power.

Earlier, anti-Gadhafi fighters said they had wrested control of the last holdout of loyalists in Gadhafi's hometown of Sirte. They said they were still battling pockets of resistance, but they were in control of the district.

Sirte has been the big prize for Libya's National Transitional Council, waiting for the coastal city to fall to officially declare liberation.

Most residents abandoned Sirte in the many weeks of fierce battles that raged there. Revolutionary forces have fought Gadhafi's men street by street, cornering the last vestiges of the old regime to that last district.

Gadhafi, wanted by the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, for alleged crimes against humanity has not been seen in public in months. Many believed he was hiding out in Sirte after rebel forces marched into Tripoli in August.

He apparently died? o__o

http://www.cnn.com/2....html?hpt=hp_t1

 

[AlanJohn]

YEAA
LIBYA PARTY ROCK IN THA HOUSE TONIGHT

 

[ZAFDeltaForce]

Well about damn time

 

[mameks]

OP's username says it all

 

[431unknown]

Good riddance!

 

[Ryupower]

Reports:, say, he is DEAD, now

 

[Feels Good Man]

He's apparently dead? o__o

 

[Costello]

gadhaffi caught: moments like this are the reason why i refresh google news 39 times a day

 

[Veho]

Gaddafi dies of wounds

(Reuters) - Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi died of wounds suffered in his capture near his hometown of Sirte on Thursday, a senior NTC military official said.

National Transitional Council official Abdel Majid Mlegta told Reuters earlier that Gaddafi was captured and wounded in both legs at dawn on Thursday as he tried to flee in a convoy which NATO warplanes attacked.

"He was also hit in his head," the official said. "There was a lot of firing against his group and he died."

There was no independent confirmation of his remarks.

 

[TLSS_N]

There are reports of his body being dragged through the street. I guess he isn't resting in peace after all.

 

[Thesolcity]

BBC says he's dead.

 

[_Chaz_]

Some people say he's captured, others have told me he's dead.

Either way, it doesn't directly impact my life in the least.

 

[Clydefrosch]

and while he was a murderer and dictator, he's still a human being and it throws a pretty bad light at everyone who is now dragging his body through the streets and everyone who is cheering that hes dead now.

 

[LightyKD]

I wonder what happened to his elite team of personal guards-women? I always said that I wanted to run a country with a army of maids but hell, Gadhafi made that into a reality in his own way. Lucky bastard, Well I guess he's not so lucky now, considering he's dead. Oh well, another dictator bites the dust!

 

[Foxi4]

Another dictator overthrown, people already queuing to sit on his spot.

When will people learn that those nations are not at the right stage of development to adjust to democracy? It's been years and years, and the situation in Afghanistan and Iraq is still rather tense despite the fact that "Our Troops" hoovered the extremists out of them.

It takes time, the culture needs to develop, the life standards need to be high enough, only then will those people be able to adapt to the new lifestyle. Untill then, one dictator will replace another - that is the tao of life.

 

[Clydefrosch]

...the riots and all in libya started without outside help.
he was killed by National Transitional Council of Libya troops, not by "our troops"

its a revolution just like any other revolution and as with most revolutions, something good might come out of it, even if its just another revolution until the dictators/military government understands that they wont bbe able to stay

 

[camurso_]

...the riots and all in libya started without outside help.
he was killed by National Transitional Council of Libya troops, not by "our troops"

its a revolution just like any other revolution and as with most revolutions, something good might come out of it, even if its just another revolution until the dictators/military government understands that they wont bbe able to stay

Are you kidding?
If it wasn´t for NATO to help, he swould still be there, leading his regime...

 

[smile72]

Now the hard part begins with Libya trying to form a stable and fair government.

 

[Ace]

Well, this is an interesting turn of events. Then next few months are bound to be delightfully interesting to follow in the unbiased news about Libya.

Overall, I hope that peace and democracy can find some restoration there. Though I strongly hope that other countries will not get involved until Libya has reached this stage independantly.

~Ace™

 

[coolness]

Yeah he is dead