Libyan PM Confirms Gaddafi's Death ( Kadhafi)

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Libyan Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril announced that Muammar Gaddafi has been killed. "We have been waiting for this moment for a long time. Moammar Gadhafi has been killed,”  he said at a news conference in Tripoli. Details about Gaddafi’s death are still emerging. The Telegraph reports that a convoy carrying the ousted ruler tried to escape after being surrounded by Libyan forces in Sirte. The group then parked west of the town, which was hit by a NATO airstrike, and fled into a drain below the road, where they were captured or killed by Libyan forces. The U.S. has yet to confirm Gaddafi’s death, but Hillary Clinton said that "If they [the NTC] know that he is no longer a threat to them I think that will actually ease the transition process to a new government."

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October 20, 2011 10:56 AM

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