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Devastating secret files reveal Labour lies over Gaddafi (1)

The startling extent to which Labour misled the world over the controversial release of the Lockerbie bomber is exposed today in top-secret documents obtained by The Mail on Sunday. In public, senior Ministers from the last Labour Government and the … Continue reading

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China offered Gadhafi huge stockpiles of arms: Libyan memos (1)

China offered huge stockpiles of weapons to Colonel Moammar Gadhafi during the final months of his regime, according to papers that describe secret talks about shipments via Algeria and South Africa. Documents obtained by The Globe and Mail show that … Continue reading

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Pipes: The four eras of Gaddafi’s rule (9)

On Sept. 1, Muammar Gaddafi’s would have been ruler of Libya for exactly 42 years, making him the world’s longest ruling head of state. As he leaves the scene, his wretched reign deserves an appraisal. Gaddafi took power at the … Continue reading

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Rebels Hunt for Qaddafi in Libya as His Family Flees to Algeria (1)

CAIRO –  TRIPOLI, Libya — Muammar Qaddafi’s wife and three of his children fled Libya to neighboring Algeria on Monday, firm evidence that the longtime leader has lost his grip on the country. Qaddafi’s whereabouts were still unknown and rebels … Continue reading

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Gaddafi’s girl executioner (2)

First you see her large brown eyes and rosebud lips, framed by a pink headscarf. Then you notice that her bruised feet are secured by manacles to the foot of her bed. Nisreen Mansour al Forgani is a pretty 19-year-old. … Continue reading

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Charred remains of massacre victims (5)

The terrible price many Libyan people have paid to be free of Colonel Gaddafi is becoming plain. Yesterday, only a day after more than 120 decomposing bodies were found in a Tripoli hospital, a British television team filmed the charred … Continue reading

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Atrocities on both sides of Libyan war as prisoners are killed and patients shot in their beds (10)

Atrocities are being committed by both sides in the Libyan war, with summary executions of prisoners and the killing of hospital patients in their beds. At a crossroads near a house where Colonel Gaddafi was suspected of hiding, the bodies … Continue reading

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Libya: SAS leads hunt for Gaddafi (8)

As a £1 million bounty was placed on Gaddafi’s head, soldiers from 22 SAS Regiment began guiding rebel soldiers after being ordered in by David Cameron. For the first time, defence sources have confirmed that the SAS has been in … Continue reading

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Gaddafi in ‘death or victory rant’ (8)

Runaway dictator Colonel Gaddafi last night made a defiant speech from his hideout in which he vowed that the fight against Libyan rebels would end in ‘martyrdom or victory’. In a desperate attempt to dent the rebels’ morale after they … Continue reading

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Reports of Saif al-Islam Qaddafi’s Capture False, Appears in Tripoli (6)

Saif al-Islam, the son of Col. Muammar al-Qaddafi, appeared at a Libyan hotel early Tuesday morning despite widely circulated reports of his capture during the rebels’ move into Tripoli a day earlier. Saif arrived in a convoy with armed men … Continue reading

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Gaddafi the rat runs to his last hole (11)

Colonel Gaddafi was today in hiding after rebel forces swept into the Libyan capital of Tripoli in huge numbers and took control of large areas. As the leader faced imminent downfall, heavy gunfire was heard today outside his battered compound … Continue reading

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