Chossudovsky: New deadly war theater opened in Libya
The UN Security Council adopted a resolution establishing a no-fly zone over Libya. Michel Chossudovsky, director of Centre for Research on Globalization, sa...
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Libya: trial begins for Gadaffi #39;s sons and former officials
In Libya, a trial has begun for the sons of Muammar Gaddafi and more than two dozen of his ex-officials. The men face charges ranging from corruption to war ...
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Libya #39;s national council yet to respond to Prime Minister al-Thinni #39;s resignation
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Libyan Civil War Part of the Arab Spring Clockwise from top-left: The National Transitional Council flag is flown by anti-Gaddafi fighters in Brega on March 10, 2011; protesters in Bayda; protesters and defectors clash with Libyan soldiers in Bayda on February 17, 2011; a French rescue helicopter lands on USS Mount Whitney, at the beginning of the military intervention; remains of two Palmaria heavy howitzers of the Libyan Army, destroyed by French warplanes near Benghazi; USS Barry launches one of its Tomahawk missiles during Operation Unified Protector. Belligerents National Transitional Council
Qatar[4][5][6]
Enforcing UNSC Resolution 1973:
Minor border clashes: Tunisia
Omar El-Hariri[17] Jalal al-Digheily Abdul Fatah Younis Suleiman Mahmoud[18] Hamad bin Ali al-Attiyah
Charles Bouchard[19]
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi(POW) Khamis Gaddafi Mutassim Gaddafi Saif al-Arab Gaddafi[20] Al-Saadi Gaddafi Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr Massoud Abdelhafid Mahdi al-Arabi(POW)
200,000 volunteers by war's end (NTC estimate)[22]
International Forces: Numerous air and maritime forces (see here)
The Libyan Civil War, also referred to as the Libyan Revolution[32] was a 2011 armed conflict in the North African country of Libya, fought between forces loyal to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and those seeking to oust his government.[33][34] The war was preceded by protests in Zawiya, 8 August 2009 and finally ignited by protests in Benghazi beginning on Tuesday, 15 February 2011, which led to clashes with security forces that fired on the crowd.[35] The protests escalated into a rebellion that spread across the country,[36] with the forces opposing Gaddafi establishing an interim governing body, the National Transitional Council.
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Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- Jordan's ambassador to Libya was kidnapped Tuesday in central Tripoli, the foreign ministries of both nations said.
Ambassador Fawaz al-Aytan and members of his security detail were abducted and his driver was injured, Jordan's Foreign Ministry said. Libyan state news agency LANA reported the driver, a Moroccan national, was shot during the kidnapping.
A spokesman for the Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs said masked gunmen in two vehicles ambushed the ambassador's convoy and whisked away al-Aytan.
A diplomatic source said the motive appeared to be to swap the ambassador for the release of a Libyan from a Jordanian jail.
The prime ministers and foreign ministers of Jordan and Libya discussed the situation in phone calls on Tuesday, LANA and Jordan's state news agency Petra reported.
Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh said the kidnappers had not contacted his government, but he held them responsible for the safety of the ambassador.
"Through our permanent mission in New York, we have asked the U.N. Security Council to issue a statement condemning this unacceptable act that targeted Jordan and its diplomatic representation in Libya," Judeh told Petra.
In a separate incident, the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli said Tuesday one of its locally hired employees was abducted. Later, a senior Obama administration official said the woman, who worked for the embassy as a bodyguard, had been located.
There appeared to be no connection to the embassy, and the incident occurred after business hours when the woman was with her boyfriend in his car, another senior administration official said.