10-20-2011, 08:41 AM
Former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is dead, reported Al-Ahrar, a National Transitional Council TV station. It didn't cite a source and the news couldn't be independently confirmed.
NATO said its aircraft struck two pro-Gadhafi military vehicles in the Sirte vicinity Thursday."These armed vehicles were conducting military operations and presented a clear threat to civilians," Col. Roland Lavoie said.
Earlier revolutionary fighters said they had captured Gadhafi, Libyan television said Wednesday, citing the Misrata Military Council. That report could not be independently confirmed. A National Transitional Council military spokesman told CNN that reports of Gadhafi's capture are only rumors. See the full story
Abdurahman Bousin added that it's doubtful that Gadhafi was even in or around his hometown of Sirte.
Fighters loyal to the NTC took control of Sirte Thursday, the council said. CNN's Dan Rivers is in Tripoli where massive crowds are cheering and honking their car horns. Many are shooting into the air in celebration.
[Update 8:07 a.m. ET] The State Department can't confirm reports about the capture or killing of Moammar Gadhafi, a spokeswoman said Thursday.
[Update 7:32 a.m. ET] A "big fish" has been captured in Libya, but a spokesman for the new rulers couldn't say for sure whether it was former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.
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NATO said its aircraft struck two pro-Gadhafi military vehicles in the Sirte vicinity Thursday."These armed vehicles were conducting military operations and presented a clear threat to civilians," Col. Roland Lavoie said.
Earlier revolutionary fighters said they had captured Gadhafi, Libyan television said Wednesday, citing the Misrata Military Council. That report could not be independently confirmed. A National Transitional Council military spokesman told CNN that reports of Gadhafi's capture are only rumors. See the full story
Abdurahman Bousin added that it's doubtful that Gadhafi was even in or around his hometown of Sirte.
Fighters loyal to the NTC took control of Sirte Thursday, the council said. CNN's Dan Rivers is in Tripoli where massive crowds are cheering and honking their car horns. Many are shooting into the air in celebration.
[Update 8:07 a.m. ET] The State Department can't confirm reports about the capture or killing of Moammar Gadhafi, a spokeswoman said Thursday.
[Update 7:32 a.m. ET] A "big fish" has been captured in Libya, but a spokesman for the new rulers couldn't say for sure whether it was former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.