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Gaddafi: the writing on the wall
Speeding along the road towards Tripoli, on 2 September, some graffiti caught my eye. It was scrawled in English, on a wall in the town of Zahwiya, where the uprising against Gaddafi had been so brutally put down. The message was exquisite in its simplicity. It read: “WE ARE NOT RATS.”
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Libyan fighters withdraw from Gaddafi stronghold
Anti-Gaddafi forces are withdrawing from Bani Walid after hours of fierce fighting.
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Gaddafi loyalists attack oil refinery as Saadi enters Niger
At least 15 security men guarding an oil refinery near Ras Lanuf have been killed by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, as the erstwhile leader’s son Saadi crosses the Libyan border into Niger.
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Unearthing Gaddafi’s chemical weapon claims
A special report from Jonathan Miller in Libya on Colonel Gaddafi’s alleged desperate plans to use chemical weapons against the rebels.
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Nato launch airstrikes in battle for Gaddafi stronghold
As many as 1,000 Gaddafi loyalists are still holding out in the desert town of Bani Walid despite being pounded by Nato planes.
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Senior Gaddafi loyalists reportedly flee to Niger
A group of senior Muammar Gaddafi loyalists has reportedly fled to Niger as Interpol issues arrest warrants for the deposed leader and his sons.
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Gaddafi movements ‘being tracked by satellite’
The National Transitional Council in Tripoli claims it has located ousted leader Colonel Gaddafi, who says his forces will rally to defeat the rebels who now control much of the country.
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Gaddafi not the only victim of Libya’s revolution
The Gaddafi regime may not be the only casualty of events over the past six months. Africa’s most powerful nations may have been compromised by their dealings with Libya under the discredited colonel.
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Gaddafi and family: home movie from 2005
A home movie from 2005, discovered in Tripoli this week, shows Muammar Gaddafi in light-hearted mood as he plays with his granddaughter and grandson at his Bab al-Aziziya compound.
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Talks between rebels and Gaddafi loyalists ‘failed’
Libya’s rebel commanders may have to resort to an assault to take the Gaddafi stronghold of Bani Walid after forces loyal to the Colonel remained defiant.
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'Gaddafi is mafia' – on the road to Bani Walid
Amid reports that Colonel Gaddafi’s troops have started to pull out, Bani Walid and its approaches remain insecure. It’s noon, Sunday, and the former Libyan rebels – who now call themselves the Libyan National Army (LNA) – are still negotiating with the Warfallah tribal leaders in Bani Walid over the surrender of the town.
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‘We know where Gaddafi is’ claims rebel chief
As the head of the rebel military council in Libya announces he knows the whereabouts of Colonel Gaddafi, Jonathan Miller reports from the road to Bani Walid, a remaining loyalist stronghold.
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Gaddafi defiant as British patrols target Bani Walid
As Colonel Gaddafi appeals to his supporters to continue to fight, Jonathan Miller travels to Tahunah, where rebel commanders are preparing for an assault on the Gaddafi bastion of Bani Walid.
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Gaddafi urges supporters ‘fight on’
Muammar Gaddafi urged his supporters to fight on as world leaders freed up billions of dollars to help Libya’s new rulers rebuild the North African state.
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High-velocity celebration: Tripoli after Gaddafi
For now it is the Eid holiday. A pause. A time to try and drink in what has happened across this city, where another simple grafitti slogan captures the mood, the practicality, the possibility of the new reality: “I love this year – 2011”