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I thought we were just enforcing a no fly zone?
One of Gadhafi's sons killed in NATO airstrike, Libyan official says
From Frederick Pleitgen, CNN
April 30, 2011
Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- One of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's sons -- Saif al-Arab Gadhafi -- was killed after a NATO airstrike, a spokesman for Libya's government said Sunday at a press conference.
Moammar Gadhafi and his wife were in their son's house when it was targeted, spokesman Musa Ibrahim said. Both of them are in good health, according to the spokesman.
The victim is one of two of Gadhafi's sons whose names begin with Saif. The other is Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, who had previously touted reform but has emerged as one of his father's most visible defenders in recent months.
Ibrahim said several of Moammar Gadhafi's grandchildren also died in the attack.
The house in Tripoli was destroyed by the strike, with a massive crater where the house used to be. At least one unexploded bomb could be seen at the scene.
The building was in a residential area of Tripoli, according to Ibrahim, who insisted that Saif al-Arab Gadhafi was a student in Germany who was not deeply involved in Libya's military and government. The 29-year-old was the sixth of Gadhafi's eight biological children.
Ibrahim railed against NATO after the fatal strike, calling it an illegal act and a "war crime."
NATO officials could not immediately be reached for comment. A senior official in President Barack Obama's administration said the U.S. government is "very aware" of the reports, but cannot confirm who, if anyone, died in a strike until they see the evidence.
Gunfire broke out around Tripoli after the news came out, while a large crowd of demonstrators gathered around Moammar Gadhafi's compound. Images on Libyan state TV showed what appeared to be dozens of people chanting and waving flags.
Protesters could be heard yelling, "We want to redeem the martyr," as well as, "Oh youth, this is time for jihad."
Members of Gadhafi's inner circle have been calling members of Obama's administration, saying "someone important" in the regime had been killed, a senior U.S. administration official told CNN. But they did not specify who had died, only to stress that it wasn't Moammar Gadhafi himself.
A spokesman for the Libyan opposition doubted the veracity of the report of the son's death, saying, "In all honesty, we never heard of Saif al-Arab until the start of the uprising."
"We don't believe this is true," said Abdul Hafiz Ghoga, deputy chairman of the Transitional National Council in Benghazi. "It is all fabrications by the regime in a desparate attempt to get sympathy ... This regime constantly lies and keeps lying."
Ibrahim, the spokesman for Gadhafi's government, accused NATO of launching the strike specifically in order to kill the Libyan leader.
Earlier this week, U.S. Ambassador to Libya Gene Cretz acknowledged that "our own laws" would affect any decision to try to assassinate Moammar Gadhafi directly.
"I don't believe that any credible group or individual sees the solution to the Libyan problem without the removal of Moammar Gadhafi, one way or the other," he said. "But our job and our goal is to get a political solution, but through the means that we are allowed to by our own laws."
This is not the first time that Moammar Gadhafi reportedly has been at the site of an airstrike that killed one of his children.
In April 1986, U.S. forces launched an airstrike that targeted Moammar Gadhafi's residential compound. As a result, the Libyan leader's adopted daughter, Hanna Gadhafi, was killed.
At the time, President Ronald Reagan told the American people the bombings were an act of self-defense following the bombing of a West Berlin club that killed two American servicemen and injured several others.
And on Monday, Ibrahim issued a defiant statement saying Moammar Gadhafi was alive despite what the Libyan government called a NATO attempt to kill him by bombing his compound.
"The message that was sent by NATO in the early hours of this morning was sent to the wrong address," Ibrahim said.
While Saturday's strike stirred up emotions in Tripoli, Marius Deeb, a professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, said it should not have come as a surprise to Moammar Gadhafi. But he said there has been no indication that it will spur the Libyan leader to exit his country.
"He has shown no signs of leaving," Deeb said.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/04/30/libya.gadhafi.son.killed/index.html?hpt=T1&iref=BN1
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Funny - cindy sheehan is nowhere to be found whatsoever.
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Such a Christian nation going around the world targeting women and children. :-[
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Such a Christian nation going around the world targeting women and children for the EU. :-[
Fixed.
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Gunfire broke out around Tripoli after the news came out, while a large crowd of demonstrators gathered around Moammar Gadhafi's compound. Images on Libyan state TV showed what appeared to be dozens of people chanting and waving flags.
Protesters could be heard yelling, "We want to redeem the martyr," as well as, "Oh youth, this is time for jihad."
For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
"This is what is known as blowback."
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Gunners pound rebels, embassies sacked after Gadhafi's son (and 6 grandchildren) said killed
cnn ^ | 5/1/2011 | cnn
Posted on May 1, 2011 1:32:10 PM EDT by tobyhill
Government forces pounded rebel-held cities and crowds ransacked empty embassies in Tripoli on Sunday after Libyan authorities reported a NATO airstrike killed one of longtime strongman Moammar Gadhafi's sons and three of his grandchildren.
The U.S. Embassy was attacked by what one U.S. official called an "organized mob," along with the British, French, Italian and Qatari embassies, British and Italian officials told CNN. Meanwhile, pro-Gadhafi forces stepped up their shelling of rebel positions in Benghazi and Misrata after Libya's government reported the deaths.
"It's going to be like revenge," one eyewitness in the embattled city of Misrata said.
The eyewitness reported significant damage and some casualties in Misrata, the country's third-largest city. The city remains in rebel hands, with no forces aligned with Gadhafi remaining in the city itself, he said.
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Ibrahim said several of Moammar Gadhafi's grandchildren also died in the attack.
I hope this is not true. There are probably going to be people who will justify this or say they somehow deserved it but at any rate, any civilian casualty (and especially children) is abhorrent.
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Funny - assface in chief didn't say a word about lybia in a month or so.
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Fixed.
Good point.... :-X
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I wonder why the United States is hated around the world? ???
Wonder if episodes like this have anything to do with our "TERRORISM" problem? ???
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The best p3t is that bush was attacked for years for the very same thing bama gets a free ride on.
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I wonder why the United States is hated around the world? ???
Wonder if episodes like this have anything to do with our "TERRORISM" problem? ???
You can't have everyone love you no matter what you do but there are people who think US foreign policy has nothing to do with some if the hatred directed at the west which is ridiculous.
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Funny - cindy sheehan is nowhere to be found whatsoever.
Stupid post. Quit posting.
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I love sucking cock!
Yes, we know.
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Yes, we know.
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Anyways, the Libya operation has been a total clusterfuck right from the beginning.
There really isn't much else to say.
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Anyways, the Libya operation has been a total clusterfuck right from the beginning.
There really isn't much else to say.
What's this Libya war people keep talking about? I haven't seen anything about it in the MSM for the last 5 weeks now. Could there be a concerted media effort to bury this war in order to help try to save their God-King's crashing poll numbers?
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Days not weeks. Or months for that matter. Lol.
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Anyways, the Libya operation has been a total clusterfuck right from the beginning.
There really isn't much else to say.
Yep.
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Anyways, the Libya operation has been a total clusterfuck right from the beginning.
There really isn't much else to say.
OK. Thanks for keeping us all posted, military expert.
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My asshole got pounded by 3 dudes last night!
Either post something of substance or don't post anything at all.
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Either post something of substance or don't post anything at all.
How's junior high treating you these days?
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I love licking a dudes taint!
You need help.
Anyways, my plea to you still stands.
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How's junior high treating you these days?
You need help.
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My name is Gigantor X and I want it to be known that I suck horse cock.
A brave but odd admission on your part.
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You need help.
Not all of us can get our big shiny law degrees (and still post on GB for 16 hours a day).
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A brave but odd admission on your part.
:o
I don't remember typing that.