Gadhafi Offers Talks on Power Transfer

Fugitive Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is ready to begin talks to transfer power, his spokesman, Moussa Ibrahim, has said. The rebels have rejected all negotiations until Gadhafi surrenders. Ibrahim said Gadhafi was still in Libya did not specify where. Gadhafi...

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Rebels Settle Scores in Tripoli Through Executions

Around 30 men lay decomposing in the heat. Many of them had their hands tied behind their back, either with plastic handcuffs or ropes. One had a scarf stuffed into his mouth. Almost all of the victims were black men. Their bodies had been dumped near the scene of two...

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Will the Libyan War Now Truly End?

The atmosphere in the Libyan capital is frighteningly uncertain a week after the sudden collapse of Gaddafi's forces. Nobody knows who is in charge. Violence and killings still persist. The incoming regime makes pious statements about taking no revenge on pro-Gaddafi...

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Fears of Widespread Disease in Libya

Among the many growing concerns about the transition to post-Gadhafi Libya are fears of widespread disease, as dead bodies pile up in the streets and shortages of medicine, water, fuel and food persist.  The scale of the fighting in Libya has reduced, but the bodies...

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Anonymous Leak Claims Al Qaeda No. 2 Killed by US

Al-Qaeda's second-in-command, Atiyah Abd al-Rahman, has reportedly been killed in Pakistan, in what is being perceived as another great blow to al Qaeda. The Libyan national who was the network's former operational leader rose to Al-Qaeda's No. 2 spot after the US...

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