Libyan Rebels Committed War Crimes, Amnesty International

BRUSSELS: In a report, Amnesty International has said that the Libyan Rebels fighting to topple Moammar Gadhafi committed unlawful killings and torture.

The report which was based on three months of investigation in Libya, draws no equivalency between the crimes of Gadhafi loyalists and those of the former rebels, who now hold power in Tripoli: 

Recoverd Files Show Close ties between C.I.A.Qaddafi's Spy Unit, NYT

TRIPOLI : According to documents found at the abandoned office of Libya’s former spymaster with new details of the close relations between American CIA and Libyan intelligence service, most notably suggesting that the Americans sent terrorism suspects at least eight times for questioning in Libya despite that country’s reputation for torture, The New York Times Reported. 

The Western intelligence services began cooperating with Libya after it abandoned its program to build unconventional weapons in 2004, but the files left behind as Tripoli fell to rebels show that the cooperation was much more extensive than generally known with both the C.I.A. and MI-6 the British Intelligence agency. 

Libyan Rebels Ultimatum is rejected by Gaddafi Loyalists

TRIPOLI : The Gaddafi loyalist have rejected the Ultimatum of Libyan rebels to surrender until Saturday or face military action against holdout towns. But Colonel Qaddafi’s chief spokesman was quoted on Wednesday as rejecting the deadline.Moussa Ibrahim said in a phone call to the headquarters of The Associated Press in New York that “no dignified honorable nation would accept an ultimatum from armed gangs."

Libyan rebels entered Tripoli, West Call Gaddafi to Surrender

TRIPOLI : Western leaders call Libya’s Moammar Gaddafi to surrender Monday after hundreds of rebel fighters swept into Tripoli and secured control of most parts of the capital, heralding an end to his nearly 42-year rule as rebels surrounded Gaddafi’s headquarters and reports of his son Saif al-Islam captured.

Gaddafi loyalists were still holed up in and around the Bab al-Aziziya headquarters where the Libyan leader lived, and there were reports of fierce battles there Monday morning, indicating that the fight was not yet over.

Zero hour starts for Gaddafi as rebels rise up in Libyan Capital

Tripoli : Zero hour has started, as rebels claimed, explosions and gunfire rocked Tripoli through the night as opponents of Muammar Qadhafi rose up in the capital, declaring a final push to topple the Libyan leader after a six-month war reached the city’s outskirts.

A defiant Qadhafi said an assault by “rats” had been repelled. “Those rats … were attacked by the masses tonight and we eliminated them,” Qadhafi said in an audio message broadcast over state television early on Sunday.