Huma Abedin hands Hillary Clinton Blackberry with report of Gaddafi’s capture
“What we are watching in real time is another example of mission creep and mission muddle. In an op-ed in today’s Boston Herald, former U.N. ambassador John Bolton rightly notes that Obama has set himself up for “massive strategic failure” by demanding Qaddafi’s ouster “while restricting military force to the limited objective of protecting civilians.” Military action cannot be under-deliberated and ad hoc. The president owes it to the American people and Congress to immediately explain his new Libya mission and its strategic rationale.”
UPDATE: ABC News confirms Moammar Gadhafi was killed in Libya
Muammar Gaddafi reportedly captured as Libyan forces seize Sirte
An image captured off a cellular phone camera shows the arrest of Libya’s strongman Muammar Gaddafi in Sirte on October 20, 2011. A Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) commander had told AFP that Kadhafi was captured as his hometown Sirte was falling, adding that the ousted strongman was badly wounded. (Photo credit should read PHILIPPE DESMAZES/AFP/Getty Images)
SERENADE / FUSILLADE Revolutionary forces fired their weapons at fighters loyal to Col. Moammar Gadhafi as a comrade played a guitar in Sirte, Libya, Monday. (Photo: Aris Messinis / AFP-Getty via the Wall Street Journal)
BREAKING: Muammar Qaddafi to speak in 10 Minutes
#Qaddafi accuses rebels of using mercenaries
CNN producer describes fear inside hotel
Jomana Karadsheh explains being held in Tripoli’s Rixos Hotel and how the journalists were set free.
Rebel fighters ransack Gadhafi’s daughter’s house in Tripoli, Libya
Tripoli’s $400 hotel is prison to journalists
Journalists talk among themselves as gun-battles continue around the Rixos hotel in Tripoli, Libya, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011. Dozens of journalists remain trapped inside this hotel as forces
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Dear Mr. President Obama,
I have the pleasure to send a congratulation note for the first time to an American president, and on behalf of all Africa, and of Cen-Sad, the base of the African pyramid, and on behalf of the Arab Maghreb Union, and in the name of all Arab leaders as I am their dean.
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I salute the American people who have chosen you in these historical elections for such a high position, so that you may lead the change that you have promised them and for which they have rallied around you.
We hope that you lead the United States of America on the path of good and respect peoples’ sovereignty and observe the policy of neutrality.
Sincerely,
Muammar al-Qadhafi
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