Even while we enjoy JYJ and HoMin, there are events unfolding in this world that affect us all. Moammar Gadhafi has been killed. There will always be terrorism to confront whether covert or displayed for all to see.
How Gadhafi’s Capture Unfolded During Siege of Sirte
By Phoebe Connelly | The Envoy 
Revolutionary fighters celebrate the capture of Sirte, Libya, Thusday, Oct. 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)
The world only learned gradually this morning of the death of Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi. But now multiple news outlets are piecing together the dramatic account of Gadhafi’s final moments.
Jalal al-Galal, a spokesman for the rebels’ provisional governing alliance, the National Transitional Council told Reuters, that Gadhafi “was killed in an attack by the fighters. There is footage of that.” Gadhafi is now officially the first leader killed as a result of the Arab Spring uprisings, as the Associated Press notes in its obituary of the leader.
According to reports from several sources, Gadhafi was fleeing a NATO-led rebel attack on the former leader’s hometown of Sirte, which had been a last remaining stronghold for Gadhafi forces. According to the Reuters report, the rebels found the former Libyan strongman hiding in a hole in the ground; the rebel fighter who found Gadhafi said that the Libyan leader repeated “Don’t shoot, don’t shoot” upon his capture. The BBC reported that the same rebel fighter was “brandishing” a golden pistol which he said belonged to the Libyan strongman.
credit: The envoy ABC News Blog +yahoo news+BBC
Momma’s Source: yahoo news
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