Arab Spring… Libyan Transitional Government to Send Delegation to Iran
“Whomever speaks ill of this flag, we will cut out his tongue.” Al-Qaeda plants its flag on the Benghazi Courthouse.
“Whomever speaks ill of this flag, we will cut out his tongue.” Al-Qaeda plants its flag on the Benghazi Courthouse.
“Whomever speaks ill of this flag, we will cut out his tongue.” Al-Qaeda plants its flag on the Benghazi Courthouse.
Jubilant rebel fighters swept into the heart of Tripoli as Muammar Gaddafi’s forces collapsed and crowds took to the streets to celebrate what they saw as the rapidly approaching end of his four decades of absolute power.
Foreign evacuees gather on the deck of a ship evacuating injured residents and stranded foreign refugees from the battered Libyan city of Misrata to Benghazi, on board the Ionian Spirit ferry in the Mediterranean Sea, off the Libyan coast Thursday, April 21, 2011.
Libyan rebels celebrate in the city of Ajdabiya, south of Benghazi, eastern Libya, March 26, 2011.
A 2007 West Point study showed that the Benghazi-Darnah-Tobruk region in Libya was a world leader in Al Qaeda suicide bomber recruitment.
Libyan forces loyal to Mammar Gaddafi pounded the rebel stronghold Benghazi despite the recent declaration by the United Nations.
At least 200 people were killed during a crackdown by the Gaddafi regime this week.