Kevin Dawes-On the Ground in Libya

GodTom · Jul 11, 2011

American war corespondent.
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How the war is being fought in Libya.

waltky · Jul 15, 2011

Uncle Ferd says he's crazy enough to do it...

Report: Gadhafi Will Blow Up Tripoli If It Falls
Thursday, July 14, 2011 A Russian newspaper is quoting the Kremlin's special envoy to Libya as saying Moammar Gadhafi has threatened to blow up Tripoli if it falls into rebel hands.

Mikhail Margelov is quoted in Thursday's edition of the Izvestia newspaper as saying Libyan Prime Minister Al-Baghdadi al-Mahmudi recently told him, "If the rebels seize the city, we will deluge it with missiles and blow it up."

Margelov also is cited as saying: "I presume that the Gadhafi regime has a suicidal plan of this kind."

The civil war in Libya appears to have hit a stalemate, despite a protracted NATO bombing campaign against Gadhafi-loyal forces under a U.N. mandate on protecting civilians. Margelov has been a mediator in the standoff.

Russia abstained in the U.N. vote on military intervention and has voiced concern about civilian casualties.

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waltky · Aug 19, 2011

Moammar makin' a run for the border...

NBC: Gadhafi making plans for leaving Libya
Leader, family could be granted exile in Tunisia, US intelligence reports say

Moammar Gadhafi is making preparations for a departure from Libya with his family for possible exile in Tunisia, U.S. officials have told NBC News, citing intelligence reports. One official suggested it was possible that Gadhafi would leave within days, NBC News reported.

The information obtained by NBC News follows a series of optimistic statements this week from U.S. officials that Gadhafi would soon give up the five-month-old fight and and leave Libya. In an on-camera forum at the National Defense University this week, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said, "I think the sense is that Gadhafi's days are numbered."

The officials could provide no further details as to conditions or precise timing for Gadhafi's departure, NBC said, and the news report emphasized that there was no guarantee that Gadhafi would follow through on any plans to flee. Gadhafi is becoming more isolated in the capital, Tripoli.

Rebel fighters are closing in from the west and the south while NATO controls the seas to the north. The opposition is in control of most of the eastern half of the country and has declared Benghazi, 620 miles east of Tripoli, as its de facto capital. Rebel forces have managed to surround Tripoli and appear to be attempting to cut off supplies and fuel to trigger a collapse, NBC News reported. Families were seen driving away from the city.

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