Muammar Gaddafi KILLED

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ISS DISS TRUE?

CNN, Al Jazeera and Libyan state television are reporting that Gaddafi has been killed or captured during a gunbattle in Sirte

[jah_yout]

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i heard captured and critically injured or killed

[blugiant]

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Libyan officials and NATO say they cannot confirm reports from revolutionary fighters that ousted Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi was captured or killed in the fall of his hometown today.

<span style="font-weight: bold">The Misrata Military Council, one of multiple command groups for revolutionary forces, says its fighters captured Gadhafi in Sirte. Another commander, Abdel-Basit Haroun, says Gadhafi was killed when an airstrike hit a convoy trying to flee.</span>

The spokesman for Libya's transitional government, Jalal al-Gallal, and its military spokesman Abdul-Rahman Busin say the reports have not been confirmed. A NATO official also said the alliance could not independently confirm.

Repeated past reports of Gadhafi family deaths or captures have later proved incorrect.

White House officials are monitoring reports the reports, but are unable to confirm the status of the former Libyan leader.

Libyan fighters captured Sirte today, two months after the fall of Tripoli.

Reports of Gadhafi's capture follow Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's visit to Libya Tuesday. She said in Tripoli that she hoped Gadhafi would be captured or killed.

Spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said today the State Department has been unable to confirm the reports about Gadhafi.

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[Cultcha]

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The handshake of death.

[kia027]

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NY Times says so

TRIPOLI, Libya — The head of the Libyan military council said that Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi was killed Thursday as fighters battling the vestiges of his fallen regime wrested control of his hometown of Surt after a prolonged struggle. Al-Jazeera television showed what it said was Colonel Qaddafi’s corpse as Libyans rejoiced.

Abdul Hakim Belhaj, the leader of the Tripoli military council, said on Al Jazeera that the former leader had been killed and that anti-Qaddafi forces had his body.

The report of Colonel Qaddafi’s death by the highest ranking military officer in Libya’s interim government appeared to put an end to the fierce manhunt for the former leader who remained on the lam in Libya for weeks after the fall of his government.

Libya’s interim leaders had said they believed that some Qaddafi family members — possibly including Colonel Qaddafi and several of his sons — were hiding in the coastal town of Surt or in Bani Walid, another loyalist bastion that the anti-Qaddafi forces captured several days ago.

There were multiple reports on Thursday that Colonel Qaddafi had been either captured or killed in the fighting. Previous such reports regarding high-level Qaddafi officials have proven false.

As rumor of his death spread in the capital, Tripoli, car horns blared as many celebrated in the streets.

Victoria Nuland, the State Department spokeswoman, traveling with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in Afghanistan, said the department was aware of the reports “on the capture or killing of Muammar Qaddafi” but could not confirm them “at this time.”

There was no immediate comment from Mr. Jalil, the interim government’s top official. If confirmed, the capture or killing of Colonel Qaddafi — along with the fall of Surt — would allow Mr. Abdul Jalil to declare the country liberated and in control of its borders, and to start a process that would lead to a general election for a national council within eight months.

Libyan fighters said on Thursday that they had routed the last remaining forces loyal to Colonel Qaddafi from the Surt, ending weeks of fierce fighting that had prevented Libya’s interim rulers from declaring the country liberated and starting the transition to an elected government.

A military spokesman for the interim government, Abdel Rahman Busin, said, “Surt is fully liberated.”

Gunfire could still be heard in Surt on Thursday, as former rebel fighters searched houses and chased fleeing loyalist fighters. The anti-Qaddafi fighters killed at least 20 loyalist soldiers trying to escape down the coastal highway, and captured at least 16, The A.P. reported.

The battle for Surt was supposed to have been a postscript to the Libyan conflict, but for weeks soldiers loyal to Colonel Qaddafi, Libya’s deposed leader, fiercely defended the city, first weathering NATO airstrikes and then repeated assaults by anti-Qaddafi fighters. Former rebel leaders were caught off guard by the depth of the divisions in western Libya, where the colonel’s policy of playing favorites and stoking rivalries has resulted in a series of violent confrontations.

Surt emerged as the stage for one of the war’s bloodiest fights, killing and injuring scores on both sides, decimating the city and leading to fears that the weak transitional leaders would not be able to unify the country.

The battle turned nearly two weeks ago, after a prolonged stalemate, when the anti-Qaddafi fighters laid siege to an enormous convention center that the pro-Qaddafi troops had used as a base.

The interim leaders had claimed that the ongoing fighting had prevented them from focusing on other pressing concerns, including the proliferation of armed militias that answered to no central authority.

[RichD]

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im hearing that they may be jumping the gun.it is unconfirmed

[RichD]

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they claim this is him




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[Derek]

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He was dead the minute he tried to control the price of HIS oil (Saddam tried to control Iraqi oil prices). And Gaddaffi wanted to unite Africa politically and economically (Saddam wanted to united the Arabs).

[RichD]

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i hear they cut a deal and faked his death and he has been given exile and $200 Million to disappear....

[lonewolf]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Derek</div><div class="ubbcode-body">He was dead the minute he tried to control the price of HIS oil (Saddam tried to control Iraqi oil prices). And Gaddaffi wanted to unite Africa politically and economically (Saddam wanted to united the Arabs). </div></div>

Ok, I'll bite. I need another amusing conspiracy theory. Who is responsible?

[Derek]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: RichD</div><div class="ubbcode-body">i hear they cut a deal and faked his death and he has been given exile and $200 Million to disappear.... </div></div>

I heard something similar with Saddam and they hung his double.

[Derek]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: lonrwolf</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Derek</div><div class="ubbcode-body">He was dead the minute he tried to control the price of HIS oil (Saddam tried to control Iraqi oil prices). And Gaddaffi wanted to unite Africa politically and economically (Saddam wanted to united the Arabs). </div></div>

Ok, I'll bite. I need another amusing conspiracy theory. Who is responsible? </div></div>

Well if you believe A US-lead NATO force went to Libya to protect civilians, feel free.

[Gen]

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Which country tek him ?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: RichD</div><div class="ubbcode-body">i hear they cut a deal and faked his death and he has been given exile and $200 Million to disappear.... </div></div>

[Cultcha]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Gen</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Which country tek him ?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: RichD</div><div class="ubbcode-body">i hear they cut a deal and faked his death and he has been given exile and $200 Million to disappear.... </div></div> </div></div>

Why would someone put up $200,000,000.00 to make him disappear when a 10 cent bullet to the head would be much more cost effective?

[Wahalla]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: RichD</div><div class="ubbcode-body">i hear they cut a deal and faked his death and he has been given exile and $200 Million to disappear.... </div></div>

He couldnt aford teh pay cut!!!!!