The chilling spectacle of Muammar Gadhafi\’s brutal end last month and the capture of his son Saif Islam this week, far from deterring Bashar Assad, seem to have energized him into redoubling his efforts to crush Syria\’s eight-month rebellion.
Israel has accelerated the installation of anti-missile defenses on its airliners, a security official said on Friday, seeing an enhanced risk of attack by militants using looted Libyan arms.
The Muslim world is out of control. And that’s a good thing.
Now it can be told: For the last decade or so, the Jews had secret back channels to Muammar Gadhafi.
Bashar Assad must have felt a chill when he saw the pictures of Muamar Gadhafi’s final moments and knowing that Syrian crowds were chanting, “Assad is next.”
The United Nations human rights office called on Friday for a full investigation into the death of Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi and voiced concerns that he may have been executed.
President Barack Obama hailed Muammar Gadhafi\’s death as a warning to authoritarian leaders across the Middle East that iron-fisted rule \”inevitably comes to an end\” and as vindication for his cautious U.S. strategy on Libya.
President Barack Obama said on Thursday the United States would be a partner to Libya following the death of Muammar Gadhafi and said the NATO mission in the North African country would \”soon come to an end.\”
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday that Libya was now free to make a fresh start and begin peaceful democratic reforms after the death of Muammar Gaddafi.
Former Libyan leader Muammar Gahdafi 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.
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