JG2_Miller Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 "(Reuters) - Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi died of wounds suffered on Thursday as fighters battling to complete an eight-month-old uprising against his rule overran his hometown Sirte, Libya's interim rulers said. His killing, which came swiftly after his capture near Sirte, is the most dramatic single development in the Arab Spring revolts that have unseated rulers in Egypt and Tunisia and threatened the grip on power of the leaders of Syria and Yemen. "He (Gaddafi) was also hit in his head," National Transitional Council official Abdel Majid Mlegta told Reuters. "There was a lot of firing against his group and he died." Mlegta told Reuters earlier that Gaddafi, who was in his late 60s, was captured and wounded in both legs at dawn on Thursday as he tried to flee in a convoy which NATO warplanes attacked. He said he had been taken away by an ambulance. There was no independent confirmation of his remarks. An anti-Gaddafi fighter said Gaddafi had been found hiding in a hole in the ground and had said "Don't shoot, don't shoot" to the men who grabbed him. His capture followed within minutes of the fall of Sirte, a development that extinguished the last significant resistance by forces loyal to the deposed leader. The capture of Sirte and the death of Gaddafi means Libya's ruling NTC should now begin the task of forging a new democratic system which it had said it would get under way after the city, built as a showpiece for Gaddafi's rule, had fallen. Gaddafi, wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of ordering the killing of civilians, was toppled by rebel forces on August 23 after 42 years of one-man rule over the oil-producing North African state. NTC fighters hoisted the red, black and green national flag above a large utilities building in the center of a newly-captured Sirte neighborhood and celebratory gunfire broke out among their ecstatic and relieved comrades. Hundreds of NTC troops had surrounded the Mediterranean coastal town for weeks in a chaotic struggle that killed and wounded scores of the besieging forces and an unknown number of defenders. NTC fighters said there were a large number of corpses inside the last redoubts of the Gaddafi troops. It was not immediately possible to verify that information." Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/20/us-libya-idUSTRE79F1FK20111020 Well, finally they've got him :music_whistling: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuky Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 good on'em No longer active in DCS... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jona33 Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Took a while but yeah, this sounds real . BBC's reporting it too. Always remember. I don't have a clue what I'm doing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_M Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 I wonder whether some will now hold him up as a martyr. I always prefer the idea of people being put to trial. The world is going mad. Me? I'm doing fine! http://www.twitch.tv/rusty_the_robot https://www.youtube.com/user/RustyRobotGaming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilotasso Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Should have kept him alive for a trial. But I guess old fashioned costumes got their way. [sigpic]http://forums.eagle.ru/signaturepics/sigpic4448_29.gif[/sigpic] My PC specs below:Case: Corsair 400C PSU: SEASONIC SS-760XP2 760W Platinum CPU: AMD RYZEN 3900X (12C/24T) RAM: 32 GB 4266Mhz (two 2x8 kits) of trident Z RGB @3600Mhz CL 14 CR=1T MOBO: ASUS CROSSHAIR HERO VI AM4 GFX: GTX 1080Ti MSI Gaming X Cooler: NXZT Kraken X62 280mm AIO Storage: Samsung 960 EVO 1TB M.2+6GB WD 6Gb red HOTAS: Thrustmaster Warthog + CH pro pedals Monitor: Gigabyte AORUS AD27QD Freesync HDR400 1440P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luch4 Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 I think, main thing now is stop of bloodshed in Libya. Will Gaddafi's death help in it? This is a question. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
159th_Viper Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Should have kept him alive for a trial..... He was afforded a trial by his peers, albeit short, swift and as some might say, brutal. Novice or Veteran looking for an alternative MP career? Click me to commence your Journey of Pillage and Plunder! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] '....And when I get to Heaven, to St Peter I will tell.... One more Soldier reporting Sir, I've served my time in Hell......' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sobek Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 He was afforded a trial by his peers, albeit short, swift and as some might say, brutal. Kinda ironic, one might think. :huh: Good, fast, cheap. Choose any two. Come let's eat grandpa! Use punctuation, save lives! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hassata Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 (edited) Good news-the Libyans earned their freedom. The Syrians (unfortunately) also seem in it for the long haul. He was afforded a trial by his peers, albeit short, swift and as some might say, brutal. And more then he afforded many citizens. Edited October 20, 2011 by hassata [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpm1 Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 i heard something true tonignt on CNN . "he lived by the sword , he died by the sword" . we still don't know what exactly happened . some talk about crossfires that happened suddently . can't confirm , i wasn't there SU-25 missions [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
104th_Crunch Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 I think, main thing now is stop of bloodshed in Libya. Will Gaddafi's death help in it? This is a question. Well said! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoleCat Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Good riddance to yet another tyrant. Well done. Out http://www.104thphoenix.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leafer Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Screenshots or it didn't happen. ED have been taking my money since 1995. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JG2_Miller Posted October 26, 2011 Author Share Posted October 26, 2011 I don't have any screenshots, but a video. WARNING: People with a weak stomach shouldn't view this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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