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BBC NewsLibyans took to the polls on Thursday to elect a 60 member assembly, which will draft Libya’s constitution. Overnight, five polling stations were bombed in the eastern city of Derna and the vote is taking place amid a significant boycott by much of the Libyan …Libyan Vote on Charter Assembly Is Marred by Violence […]
New York TimesTRIPOLI, Libya — Libya’s long-delayed efforts to draft a new Constitution hit another obstacle on Thursday when elections for a 60-member constitutional drafting committee fell well short of expectations, with a low turnout and 13 of 60 constituencies failing to …Libyans Vote for Panel to Draft New ConstitutionWall Street JournalUPDATE 4-Poor turnout in […]
euronewsProtests have taken place in Tripoli’s Martyrs Square, with demonstrators angry at the decision by Libya’s interim parliament to extend the country’s post-revolutionary transition period. The parliament, known as the General National Congress (GNC), will now …92 prisoners escape in western Libyan jailbreakTimes of IndiaLibya jailbreak: 92 prisoners flee after attacking guardsZee News92 inmates escape […]
BBC NewsAt least three of five Egyptian embassy staff kidnapped in the Libyan capital Tripoli have been released, according to Libyan officials. Reports varied, with some saying all of those captured had been freed. Four Egyptian officials were snatched from their …Some Egyptian diplomats abducted in Libya reportedly releasedCNNOfficials: Some of Egypt diplomats kidnapped in […]
AFPTripoli — Kidnappers seized Egypt’s cultural attache and three other embassy staff in Tripoli Saturday a day after another of its diplomats was abducted, the Libyan foreign ministry said. “The cultural attache and three other staff were kidnapped in Tripoli,” …5 Egyptian diplomats, employees abducted in LibyaThe HinduFive Egyptian embassy staff kidnapped in LibyaThe GuardianAnother […]
CNNTripoli, Libya (CNN) — Authorities on Friday identified a British man and a woman from New Zealand as the two foreigners killed in Libya and their bodies found on a beach west of Tripoli. Libya’s foreign ministry said they were discovered shot on Thursday in …UK Calls for Libyan Investigation into Murder of British NationalWall […]
CNNTripoli, Libya (CNN) — Libyan authorities have found the bodies of two foreigners who appear to have been shot during a picnic on a beach west of Tripoli, media officials said Thursday. The bodies were discovered on Tallil Seyahi Beach on the outskirts of the …British, New Zealand teachers found shot to death in LibyaLos […]
USA TODAYWASHINGTON (AP) — Four U.S. military personnel investigating potential evacuation routes in Libya were taken into custody at a checkpoint and then detained briefly by the Libyan government before being released, U.S. officials said Friday night.4 US Military Personnel Released in LibyaVoice of America4 US military personnel being held in Libyan custody freedIndian ExpressFour […]
Los Angeles TimesBENGHAZI, Libya — A suicide car bombing at a security checkpoint in eastern Libya on Sunday killed at least 13 people, the government said — a gruesome attack that left body parts strewn across a roadway. Officials declared three days of mourning.Truck Bomb Near Benghazi Kills 13Voice of AmericaLibya’s first suicide attack kills […]
The Globe and MailA suicide bomber detonated a truck packed with explosives at an army checkpoint outside the city of Benghazi on Sunday, killing seven soldiers in the first such attack in Libya’s deepening turmoil. Car bombs and assassinations of army and police officers are …Official: Car bombing in Libya kills at least 6BusinessweekCar bombing […]
Telegraph.co.ukBagpipes played and wreaths were laid in the Scottish town of Lockerbie on Saturday, as the families of those who died in the deadly airliner bombing over the town 25 years ago gathered to remember the victims. Pan Am flight 103, which was bound for New …Memorial services held for 25th anniversary of Lockerbie bombingXinhuaUS, […]
BBC NewsThe father of a woman who was killed in the Lockerbie bombing has demanded British and US governments “tell the truth” about who was behind the attack. Libyan Abdelbaset al-Megrahi was jailed for life for the bombing. He died from cancer last year.UK, US, Libya call for justice over Lockerbie bombing on 25th anniversary […]
Dr. Paula Broadwell gave a speech at the University of Denver (where she’s an alum) on October 26th. The 41-minute speech has drawn attention because Broadwell, in responding to a direct question about Benghazi from a person in the audience, shared details on what the CIA was said to have done in taking prisoners that […]
Lost in the Fox News-led, right-wing desire to pin the Benghazi tragedy on President Obama is the fact that in 2011, House Republicans led several efforts to prevent or curb Barack Obama from having the necessary deployment of US Armed Forces in Libya. And, yes, these actions were specifically against Libya, where Benghazi is located. […]
The way the Presidential Debates are marketed, let’s call them ‘Godzilla v. King Kong.’ This time, Godzilla’s, er Obama’s, rope-a-dope strategy that was used in the first debate paid off – he came out firing in this one. But the haymaker may have been scored by King Kong, er Romney, against himself in that Libya […]
Chris Stevens, the US Ambassador to Libya who was killed in a protest raid two days ago, was an alumnus of Cal Berkeley, an “Old Blue.” Regarding his passing, the AP reports: Ambassador Chris Stevens, 52, died as he and a group of embassy employees went to the consulate to try to evacuate staff as […]
According to an email from CNN, Saif Al-Islam Gadhafi, who’s name translates to “Sword of Islam,” was captured. During the reign of his father, Moammar Gadhafi, Saif Al-Islam was widely considered to be his successor. He was part of his dad’s “inner circle” performing public ceremonial duties. His history reads very much like that of […]
This video has gone viral because it not only shows that GOP Presidential Candidate Herman Cain is not ready to be President Of The United States, the Republican Presidential field isn’t ready, and by light years. Cain appearing before the Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel, was asked if he agreed with President Obama’s approach in the […]
After 42 years, Libya’s dictator Moammar Gadhafi was killed, and the range of really brutal events and expressions around his demise signals the emergence of a society that’s so violent, it’s scary. From the may he was killed (during a fight with rebels), to the reaction by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Now, I love […]
Muammar Gaddafi was killed by Libyan Rebels earlier today, various news sources have reacted similarly to the reaction that came from Osama Bin Laden’s death. The Libyan people are shown as being very happy now. The headline story for CNN, MSNBC, FOX, ABC, CBS and BBC were all that Gaddafi was killed – not all […]
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 will go down as a red-letter day in history, because on this day rebels took over Libya’s capital of Tripoli and stormed the Gaddafi Compound. Along with them was CNN reporter, former San Francisco Bay Area KTVU Weekend Anchor, and friend (that’s my photo when we were clowning around a while […]
Think the events in Libya don’t impact you in America? Keep watch on gas prices over the next year, and you can thank Libya Rebel success for the actions – not that they planned it that way. But Libya Rebels storming Tripoli, the capital of Libya, and capturing Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, have […]
U.S. Democratic Congressman Dennis Kucinich showed his nasty and perhaps sexist side in his treatment of CNN Anchor Brooke Baldwin just moments ago on CNN Live. While fielding questions about his lawsuit against the Obama Administration for the U.S. military involvement in Libya, Brooke asked him an essentially rhetorical question of why he calls it […]
President Barack Obama is being sued by ten United States lawmakers (including Dennis Kucinich of Ohio and Presidential candidate of Texas, Ron Paul) for taking military action against Libya without Congress giving its war authorization – which is a violation of the Constitution. CBS News publishes the list of ten lawmakers who filed he lawsuit […]
Michele Bachmann over Mitt Romney? In the 2012 GOP Debate in New Hampshire? Well, perhaps we can say that on Monday night Hell did freeze over, and because while Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann didn’t trip up former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, she did outshine both he and Texas Congressman Ron Paul by not being what […]