Libyan dictator Moammar Gaddafi, the most wanted man in the world, has been killed, Libyan Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril said today.
The flamboyant tyrant who terrorized his country and much of the world during his 42 years of despotic rule was reportedly cornered by insurgents in the town of Sirte, where Gaddafi had been born and a stronghold of his supporters.
“We have been waiting for this moment for a long time. Moammar Gaddafi has been killed,” Jibril said at a news conference in Tripoli.
He added that the rebel government will wait until later today or Friday to officially declare what it calls a state of liberation.
The National Transition Council earlier today said that its fighters found and shot Gaddafi in Sirte, which finally fell to the rebels today after weeks of tough fighting. Rebels now control the entire country.
Word of Gaddafi’s death triggered celebrations in the streets of Tripoli with insurgent fighters waving their weapons and dancing jubilantly.
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Conflicting Reports: Gaddafi Dead or Only Wounded and Captured?
*Has he only been wounded captured or is he dead? That’s the bottom line question the world is asking about Moammar Gaddafi at this moment. To say it’s a fluid situation in Libya is an understatement. Here’s what Huffington Post is reporting:
Following the capture of Moammar Gaddafi’s hometown of Sirte, contradictory reports suggest that Colonel Gaddafi may have been killed or captured in Libya.
Al Jazeera and Libyan state television are reporting that Gaddafi has been killed during a gunbattle in Sirte. A senior National Transitional Council official, Abdel Majid, told Reuters by telephone that Gaddafi has died of wounds suffered during his capture in Sirte.
The U.S. State Department has not confirmed Colonel Gaddafi’s capture or death.
There are conflicting reports regarding whether Gaddafi has been killed or captured. However, in Tripoli, celebrations are already underway with gunfire and honking. “We’ve heard quite a lot of celebratory gunfire,” Caroline Hawley reports for the BBC.
Read/learn more at Huffington Post.
Can someone please help me understand why the U.S. assisted in bombing Libya and what Ghadaffi do that made his country turn on him? Not really understanding this…
You’re better off going to to CNN or another real news message board to find out detailed information about things of that nature. You know this site is a joke. You don’t come here for serious news/info.
@Testis
CNN < real news.
Come on son…
@Stephanie google: Ten reasons why the U.S. war in Libya is a CIA operation and
The Gadhafi I Know – A Commentary on the Libyan Leader. I tried to post the links but censorship on eur web.
How about executing some Klansmen, U.S.?? They’ve committed lots of “atrocities” as well.
It’s funny how America is always accusing these other leaders of being so terribe to their people and all the atrocities they do to their own people but they conveniently forget how native americans and black people have been treated in the US……oh never mind I forgot we’re not Americans so they’re not treating their own bad.
Co-sign Grace and Snicker. The funny thing is how the US government officials think they are somehow exempt from the uprising going on around the world. Right now, they don’t see the Wall Street protestors as “rebels” but that’s exactly what they are, and their movement is growing. It’s only a matter time before they start calling names and getting specific..and yes even violent. There will be an uprising in this country. The pendulum has swung too far one way and folks are tired. They feel voiceless. Both major political parties are bought and paid for by corporations. Big corporations get big bailouts while half of homeowners sit with underwater mortgages. Something is not right, and the system is not working. The frustration will boil over and this lip service “hope and change” b.s. will not suffice forever. Either those in power will self-correct or the “rebels” will correct FOR them.
Stay tuned…Mubarak yesterday…Gaddafi today…Fill in the blank American tomorrow. Hmmm