A look at the uprising in Libya which began earlier this year.
Created by TorontoStar on Aug 22, 2011
Last updated: 08/24/11 at 12:42 PM
Bab al-Aziziya — or Splendid Gates — was not just a refuge and military headquarters for Moammar Gadhafi, but also an iconic symbol of his 42-year repressive regime.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1043854--bab-al-aziziya-an-iconic-symbol-of-gadhafi-regime
Unwilling to declare “mission accomplished” in Libya, Prime Minister Stephen Harper says it will be several more days until the 42-year-reign of Moammar Gadhafi is over.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1043817--harper-looks-ahead-to-libya-after-gadhafi
Bab al-Aziziya — or Splendid Gates — was not just a refuge and military headquarters for Moammar Gadhafi, but also an iconic symbol of his 42-year repressive regime.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1043854--bab-al-aziziya-an-iconic-symbol-of-gadhafi-regime
Libyan rebels overtook Moammar Gadhafi’s compound Tuesday in what could be one of the final blows to the despot’s weakened regime.
http://www.thestar.com/article/1043474
Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi was nowhere to be found Aug. 22 as his 42-year rule teetered on the brink of collapse.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1042957--live-3-of-gadhafi-s-sons-captured-one-reportedly-escaped
Libyan rebels raced into Tripoli, meeting little resistance as Moammar Gadhafi’s defenders melted away and his 42-year rule rapidly crumbled. The euphoric fighters celebrated with residents of the capital in Green Square, the symbolic heart of the fading regime.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1042672--libyan-rebels-enter-tripoli-gadhafi-s-defences-collapse#article
Explosions and gunfire rocked Tripoli through the night as opponents of Moammar Gadhafi rose up in the capital, declaring a final push to topple the Libyan leader after a six-month war reached the city’s outskirts.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1042525--zero-hour-for-gadhafi-as-besieged-tripoli-rises-up
The UN refugee agency saai that Libyan authorities appear to be encouraging African migrants to board unseaworthy boats bound for Europe.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/992467--libya-encouraging-migrants-to-flee-on-unsafe-boats-says-un
Government forces in trucks disguised with rebel flags shelled opposition positions near the strategic eastern oil town of Brega, killing eight rebel fighters and wounding dozens more, officials said.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1027238--libyan-troops-kill-8-rebels-in-shelling-of-eastern-oil-town
Libya barred Italy, one of the country’s largest investors, from its oil sector because of Rome’s role in the NATO airstrikes on the country, a move that raised serious questions about investments by Italian oil giant ENI SpA in the OPEC member state.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1024739--libya-bans-italy-from-oil-sector-for-role-in-nato-airstrikes
Thousands of jubilant Libyans danced and ululated in the streets of the rebel stronghold of Benghazi after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Moammar Gadhafi, accusing him of crimes against humanity for killing civilians who rose up against his rule.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1015431--international-arrest-warrant-issued-for-libya-s-gadhafi
ibya’s government said NATO warplanes struck a residential neighbourhood in the capital, killing nine civilians, including two children. Hours later, NATO confirmed one of its airstrikes went astray.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1011357--nato-regrets-airstrike-that-killed-civilians-in-tripoli
Provoked by renewed daylight NATO bombing of his capital, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi raged against the alliance, screaming his message and daring Western forces to keep it up.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1010708--nato-will-be-defeated-gadhafi-pledges
Libya’s Moammar Gadhafi is willing to hold elections and step aside if he lost, his son said.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1010079--gadhafi-willing-to-hold-libya-election-step-aside-if-loses-says-son
A NATO airstrike hit an area near Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s compound in the capital again, as military leaders voiced concerns about sustaining the operations if the alliance mission drags on.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1008415--nato-airstrike-hits-near-gadhafi-complex
A United Nations panel said that Libyan government forces have committed crimes against humanity and war crimes, apparently as a result of orders given by Moammar Gadhafi and other senior officials.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1000875--libyan-forces-committed-war-crimes-says-un
The government of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has contacted foreign states offering an immediate ceasefire.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/997266--libya-s-gadhafi-makes-new-ceasefire-offer
Libya said on Monday that tens of thousands of telecoms workers would act as human shields to deter NATO strikes on communications infrastructure, which it said had inflicted serious financial damage.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/992191--libya-says-telecoms-staff-to-act-as-shields-against-nato
The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor sought arrest warrants Monday for Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, his son and the country’s intelligence chief for authorizing the killing of civilians in a crackdown on anti-government rebels.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/991881--international-arrest-warrant-request-issued-for-gadhafi
Russia’s foreign minister said May 16 that Moscow is ready to hold talks with the Libyan rebels to discuss peaceful settlement of the crisis in their country.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/991894--libyan-rebels-welcome-for-talks-in-russia-official
Libyan rebels took full control of the western port city of Misrata May 15, rebel fighter said Sunday, but suggested it was too early for them to consider advancing to try to confront Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s forces around the capital.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/991628--libyan-rebels-claim-control-of-port-city-of-misrata
A statement from NATO said May 12 the frigate HMCS Charlottetown was conducting patrols with other allied vessels when a number of fast small boats launched an attack.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/990057--canadian-warship-helps-thwart-libyan-forces-attack-on-misrata
The United States is trying to free up part of $30 billion it has frozen in Libyan assets so it can better support opponents of Moammar Gadhafi, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told a conference May 5 on Libya.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/986105--frozen-libyan-assets-to-go-to-rebels-says-u-s
Forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi have been shelling a route used to ferry supplies from across the Tunisian border to rebel hideouts in the mountains of western Libya, rebels there said on May 3.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/984713--gadhafi-forces-shell-libyan-rebel-s-supply-route
U.S. Sen. John McCain called for increased military support Apr. 22 for Libya’s rebels, including providing weapons, training and giving close air support to the opposition in the battle to oust Moammar Gadhafi.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/979013--u-s-senator-mccain-meets-with-libyan-rebels
Dr. Ali Salhi, a Libyan dentist, was turned into a battlefield medic as he hovered over a patient — his little brother.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/978243--among-hundreds-on-ferry-fleeing-libyan-city-2-brothers-lives-upended
France vowed Apr. 20 to step up airstrikes on Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s forces and acknowledged that it has military officers already working with Libyan rebels on the ground.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/977534--france-to-step-up-airstrikes-after-meeting-with-libyan-rebels
The UN humanitarian chief said April 18 that the Libyan government has promised her access to the besieged rebel city of Misrata, but with no guarantees that the assault by Moammar Gadhafi's forces would cease.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/976365--libyan-regime-promises-un-access-to-misrata-but-not-to-hold-fire
Moammar Gadhafi’s forces fired rockets along the eastern front line and shelled the besieged city of Misrata Apr. 12 as France and Britain urged their NATO allies, including the United States, to intensify the campaign against the Libyan regime.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/973356--without-u-s-the-west-can-t-stop-gadhafi-france
Snipers are targeting children in the besieged rebel-held Libyan city of Misrata, the UN’s children agency said Apr.8.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/971444--libyan-snipers-targeting-children-u-n-says
A diplomatic push by Moammar Gadhafi’s regime ran into trouble Apr. 4 as opponents at home and abroad rejected any solution to the Libyan conflict that would involve one of his sons taking power.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/968558--gadhafi-s-sons-lobby-to-take-power-in-libya
A Libyan minister flew to Greece on Apr. 3 with a message from Moammar Gadhafi, a Greek government official said.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/968303--libyan-minister-carries-gadhafi-message-to-greece
Libya’s chief of intelligence is knocking down rumours that he is among the government insiders who have abandoned their embattled leader, Moammar Gadhafi.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/967310--libyan-intelligence-chief-says-he-did-not-abandon-gadhafi
Most high-level Libyan officials are trying to defect but are under tight security and having difficulty leaving the country, a top Libyan diplomat now supporting the opposition said March 31.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/966335--most-high-rank-libyan-officials-trying-to-defect-envoy
Libyan Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa told British arrived in the U.K. on March and is resigning from his post, Britain's government said.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/965643--report-libyan-foreign-minister-arrives-in-london-resigns
Rebel forces bore down March 28 on Moammar Gadhafi’s hometown of Sirte.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/962654--libya-rebels-race-for-gadhafi-hometown-gateway-to-capital
A woman who rushed into a hotel to tell foreign reporters that Libyan troops had raped her is free and with her family, the government said March 27.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/962516--libyan-government-says-woman-who-claimed-rape-is-now-free
Dancing on the burnt-out husks of tanks, tossing with jeers the discarded uniforms of enemy soldiers, firing thousands of rounds of exclamatory gunfire in the air, rebels and their camp followers celebrated the recapture of this combat-weary town — and pushed on.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/962345--ajdabiya-solidly-in-rebel-hands-again
A former Libyan prime minister said March 25 that his country is ready to hold talks with opposition rebels and to accept political reforms, possibly including elections.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/960483--libya-ready-to-talk-with-rebels-libyan-official
French fighter jets hit aircraft and a crossroads military base deep inside Libya on March 24.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/959817--french-fighters-hit-targets-deep-within-libya
Four New York Times journalists who were held captive in Libya for six days were freed by authorities and crossed the border into Tunisia, the newspaper said.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/957190--4-new-york-times-journalists-released-from-libya
As a second night of coalition bombs targeted Tripoli, with at least one blast registering close to Moammar Gadhafi’s compound, regrouping rebel fighters in eastern Libya began surging west to engage anew with the wounded regime’s forces.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/957075--libya-bombing-called-a-success-by-u-s-officials
Barack Obama set the terms of Washington's limited involvement in Libya's crisis to protecting civilians but stopping short of ousting embattled leader Moammar Gadhafi.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/956062--obama-issues-an-ultimatum-to-gadhafi
Protesters against Moammar Gaddafi in the eastern city of Benghazi cheered and let off fireworks on March 17 after a UN Security Council vote authorizing a no-fly zone over Libya, live footage showed.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/955407--crowds-of-benghazi-protesters-cheer-un-resolution
Forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi punched hard into the last line of defence protecting the rebel capital of Benghazi Tuesday, putting the shrinking revolution at risk of collapse as hope for international intervention wanes.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/954084--libyan-revolution-on-the-verge-of-collapse
The Libyan revolution, it seems, has Moammar Gadhafi right where it wants him.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/953432--the-star-in-libya-rebels-defiant-despite-gadhafi-gains
The Gadhafi regime sent an ominous chill through Libya’s rebel heartland late Thursday, vowing to hammer the freedom-seeking revolt into submission after a tide-turning victory in the strategic oil port of Ras Lanuf.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/952214--the-star-in-libya-gadhafi-warns-rebels-we-re-coming
That top-up of extra credit that appeared suddenly on every Libyan’s cell phone: was it just another clumsy bribe from Moammar Gadhafi or something much more nefarious?
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/951416
Three British Broadcasting Corp. staff were detained, beaten and subjected to mock executions by pro-regime soldiers in Libya while attempting to reach the western city of Zawiya, the broadcaster says.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/951551
On a day that saw intensified government air strikes in the zone that divides east from west, Libyan rebels clung to hope that Western warplanes may yet tilt the balance of power against Moammar Gadhafi.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/950261
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