Anti-Gaddafi forces

Rebels and Gadhafi loyalists continue to clash today in Tripoli, but President Obama says the 42-year reign of Moammar Gadhafi  is coming to an end. With the Transitional National Council poised to take control of Libya, we’re taking a closer look at the leaders and tribes that make up the rebel government. Fred Abrahams, special advisor […]

Over the weekend, Libyan rebel forces  took key positions near the capital of Tripoli, and last night they flooded into the capital and battled with loyalists to Col. Moammar Gadhafi. Rebels captured two of Gadhafi’s sons, including Seif al-Islam, the assumed heir-apparent, while civilians celebrated in the streets over what may be the end of Gadhafi’s  42 […]

After months of rebel uprisings and NATO air assaults on Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s regime in Libya, rebel forces reached a major breakthrough this weekend.  Advancing to just seventeen miles outside Tripoli, the rebels pushed through the city’s outer defense lines,  flooded into the capital and battled with Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi  loyalists last night. The  rebels captured two of Gadhafi’s […]