Qaddafi Killed

[The Mad Monk]

Summary execution?

[Asher]

This 18 years old guy killed Kaddafi

http://yfrog.com/o0b9bp

What a hero.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/10/20/confirmed-gaddafi-dead-colonel-gaddafi-killed-in-cold-blood-begging-for-his-life-115875-23502875/

Confirmed Gaddafi dead: Colonel Gaddafi killed in cold blood begging for his life

FUGITIVE Colonel Gaddafi was executed in cold blood in a drainage ditch desperately begging for his life, it emerged this afternoon.

The toppled despot is thought to have fled his car after his speeding convoy fleeing his Sirte stronghold was attacked in a NATO airstrike at 6am UK time.

Two fighter jets attacked the vehicles as they fled the Sirte assault, although neither of the planes that struck the convoy was flown by the RAF.

Another two-plane formation of British Tornado ground attack aircraft were on surveillance and reconnaissance missions over Libya at the time.

As the NATO strike on Gaddafi’s convoy hit the lead vehicles his aides started trying to exit from cars and escape on foot, realising the game was up.

Then as Gaddafi and several aides tried to run into the safety of a drainage ditch they were shot dead by rebel fighters pursuing them on foot.

Libya’s national Transitional Council vice-chairman Abdul Hafiz Ghoga told a news conference in Benghaz: “We announce to the world that Muammar Gaddafi has been killed at the hands of the revolutionaries.

“We will announce the liberation of Libya within hours, maybe sooner.”

It was initially reported that Gaddafi had been wounded and taken into custody by ambulance but witnesses said he was found cowering in a concrete pipe, pleading for his life.

The 69 year-old despot was shot in the head and both legs after fleeing a final rebel assault on besieged Sirte, his birthplace and hometown.

Opposition fighters said he died of his wounds shortly after the attack at dawn as the remnants of his loyalist inner-circle were overrun within the city.

His bloodied corpse - eyes half open, a bloodied mouth and blood on his head - was displayed on live television and beamed all around the world.

Fighters brandished his slimline gold 9mm Browning Hi-Power pistol, snatched from him as he lay dying in the dirt.

Libyan prime minister, Mahmoud Jibril, told a news conference in Tripoli: “We have been waiting for this moment for a long time. Muammar Gaddafi has been killed.”

He then called for Algeria to hand over Gaddafi’s family who fled there weeks ago.

Gaddafi was wanted by the international criminal court on charges of ordering the killing of civilians.

He was at one time believed to be hiding deep in the Sahara desert. His wife, two sons and a daughter fled to neighbouring Algeria shortly after Tripoli fell to rebel forces in August.

Only yesterday, a day before his death, Gaddafi was said by Jibril to have been recruiting fighters from other countries in an effort to destabilise the regime that replaced him.

Gaddafi’s remains were later taken to Misrata as witnessed revealed the assault on Sirte - which has been under siege for two months-was backed by NATO warplanes and naval warships.

One fighter claimed Gaddafi was shot dead by pursuers on foot close to two large drainage pipes by the roadside moments after NATO warplanes attacked his convoy.

TV footage showed troops surrounding the two large drainage pipes under a highway where it is believed to have been hunted down after fleeing a car.

Spray painted above the pipe openings were the words “contemptible Gaddafi” and “God is greatest”.

There was one corpse, apparently a Gaddafi loyalist, lying on the ground next to the openings.

Gaddafi’s body was placed in a mosque in Misrata, close to a commercial centre in the city’s Souq Tawansa neighbourhood.

NATO later confirmed its aircraft attacked two military vehicles near Sirte, saying: “At approximately 0830 local time (0630 GMT) NATO aircraft struck two pro-Gaddafi forces military vehicles which were part of a larger group moving in the vicinity of Sirte.”

Libyan Minister Mahmoud Shammam later confirmed that Gaddafi had been killed after he had personally spoken to fighters who said they saw the body.

Gaddafi’s death - shortly after being seized by rebel attackers - has finally ended the last remnants of his 42 year hold on Libya.

British Prime Minister David Cameron said his death promised a better future for the people he ruled for four decades.

He said: “People in Libya today have an even greater chance after this news of building themselves a strong and democratic future.”

[Traianvs]

That was a dick move. There's plenty of people going to be pissed off about this, despite a majority wanting nothing more than to get rid of the man. Reconciliation in a tribal country is not something you achieve with summary execution.

Eighteen year olds carrying a NY baseball cap shouldn't be fighting in a war

[Docfeelgood]

There is a graphic video of them beating the **** out him before they kill him. Shows him standing on his own feet for a short time.

[SlowwHand]

He could have given up long ago. He vowed to fight to the end of his supporters. He would fight until he was dead. People kept dying in the interim.
Now he's dead. The fact that he was stricken with fear at the end isn't too surprising.

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

Eighteen year olds carrying a NY baseball cap shouldn't be fighting in a war

Personally I am OK with the NY fans fighting in wars. Means less of them in the long run.

[Elok]

Well, this is grotesque. Should I be relieved or distressed that they didn't bother with a Saddam-style show trial?

[Barnabas]

The only thing shameful is that Kaddafi didn't die like a man, he was scared of dying and begged for mercy.
All he needed was a small gun in order to die fighting, to force them to kill him because they would not be able to capture him alive.

[Fake Boris]

The only thing shameful is that Kaddafi didn't die like a man, he was scared of dying and begged for mercy.
All he needed was a small gun in order to die fighting, to force them to kill him because they would not be able to capture him alive.

Remember, this is the rebels' version.

[SlowwHand]

Reporters were on the scene, so not really.

[Fake Boris]

Reporters were on the scene, so not really.

Reporters witnessed his last moments?

Though I romantically wish this story is true, it would confirm socialist Allende's status as the most respectable deposed leader in recent history.

[Ecthy]

Remember, this is the rebels' version.

It's not. The rebels' version is he died trying to escape. The version about his begging for mercy and being shot after arrest is being circulated by journalists. My understanding of versions.

[The Mad Monk]

Reporters witnessed his last moments?

Though I romantically wish this story is true, it would confirm socialist Allende's status as the most respectable deposed leader in recent history.

Do yourself a favor and click Asher's link before you embarrass yourself further. Video.

[Proteus_MST]

Unfortunate for the rebels, if the journalists version is true (which, considering the material that is available, I assume)

Would have been better for the rebels, if they had executed him later, after giving him a fair trial.

The only thing shameful is that Kaddafi didn't die like a man, he was scared of dying and begged for mercy.
All he needed was a small gun in order to die fighting, to force them to kill him because they would not be able to capture him alive.

I definitely agree.
If you think through it logical, there was no use in surrendering to the rebels.
Even if they had spared his life, he would have been executed some time later, after getting a trial.
Dying during some kind of heroic last stand, with an AK-47 in his hand would at least have given him some honorable mentioning within history books (and enabled him to sit in Valhalla)

[Fake Boris]

Do yourself a favor and click Asher's link before you embarrass yourself further. Video.

"Anything the journalists said about how he died must have been gathered from rebels. It may not be their official version, but it must have been gathered from rebels."

Discuss.