Libya war: strike against Gaddafi

In what he says are his “last days or weeks” left alive, Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, says his role in the attack has been greatly exaggerated.

There are fears of a humanitarian disaster as aid workers struggle to bring medical supplies to the Libyan city of Sirte, where fighting between pro-Gaddafi and NTC forces has intensified.

Libya’s deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi has vowed to defeat the rebels, warning that “Nato’s planes will not be able to continue their operations in Libya”.

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.”

Anti-Gaddafi forces are withdrawing from Bani Walid after hours of fierce fighting.

British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have been warmly welcomed by jubilant crowds in Benghazi on their first visit to Libya since the fall of Gaddafi.

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.

A special report from Jonathan Miller in Libya on Colonel Gaddafi’s alleged desperate plans to use chemical weapons against the rebels.

As many as 1,000 Gaddafi loyalists are still holding out in the desert town of Bani Walid despite being pounded by Nato planes.

A group of senior Muammar Gaddafi loyalists has reportedly fled to Niger as Interpol issues arrest warrants for the deposed leader and his sons.

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.

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.

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.

The US says scores of Libyan army vehicles have crossed the desert into Niger, a claim denied by the country’s interior minister.