Mitt Romney’s Evolving Position on Libya
Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Mitt Romney’s criticism of President Obama’s handling of the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi was his latest foray into the issue of how to handle Libya, a topic on which the candidate’s c…
Mitt Romney’s Evolving Position on Libya
Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Mitt Romney’s criticism of President Obama’s handling of the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi was his latest foray into the issue of how to handle Libya, a topic on which the candidate’s c…
Biden on Libya Attack: ‘Bring To Justice Their Killers’
ABC News(DAYTON, Ohio) – Vice President Joe Biden started his speech at Wright State University on a somber note, addressing the attacks on the U.S. embassies in Egypt and Libya, and promising to bring the killers of the four Americans, including…
Ambassador to Libya Killed By ‘Small and Savage Group’
PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — U.S. ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, was killed by a “small and savage group” of Libyan militants who stormed the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday. …
Ambassador to Libya Killed By ‘Small and Savage Group’
PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — U.S. ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, was killed by a “small and savage group” of Libyan militants who stormed the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday. …
Ambassador to Libya Killed By ‘Small and Savage Group’
PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — U.S. ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, was killed by a “small and savage group” of Libyan militants who stormed the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday. …
US Ambassador to Libya Killed in Consulate Attack in Benghazi
MARWAN NAAMANI/AFP/Getty Images(BENGHAZI, Libya) — Christopher Stevens, the U.S. ambassador to Libya, died on Tuesday when Libyan militants stormed the U.S. consulate in Benghazi.Stevens, 52, was killed as 20 gun-wielding attackers stormed the U.S. co…
Two US State Department Employees Killed in Libyan Consulate Attack
KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images(BENGHAZI, Libya) — Two American State Department employees were killed in Benghazi, Libya, on Tuesday after militants stormed the U.S. consulate, angry about an American-made film that depicts Prophet Muhammad as a frau…
Two US State Department Employees Killed in Libyan Consulate Attack
KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images(BENGHAZI, Libya) — Two American State Department employees were killed in Benghazi, Libya, on Tuesday after militants stormed the U.S. consulate, angry about an American-made film that depicts Prophet Muhammad as a frau…
American State Department Officer Killed in Libya Consulate Attack; Cairo Embassy Also Stormed in Protest Over Film
KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/GettyImages(BENGHAZI, Libya) — An American State Department employee was killed in Benghazi, Libya, Tuesday, when islamic extremists stormed the U.S. consulate.
Some reports have linked the attack in Libya to an apparently U.S…
Libyan Militant Claims Waterboarding, CIA Abuses: Report
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — A new report from Human Rights Watch alleges that in the years before Libya’s popular revolution, the U.S. served up several captured anti-Gadhafi militants to the Libyan dictator — but not before the Americans “t…
Gadhafi Foe Elected Interim President of Libya
File photo. PHILIPPE DESMAZES/AFP/Getty Images(TRIPOLI, Libya) — Libya has a new leader: Mohamed Yousef el-Magariaf, a longtime foe of ousted dictator Moammar Gadhafi.Magariaf had lived in exile for decades, setting up an opposition to Gadhafi’s regi…
Historic Voting Continues in Libya Despite Violence
PHILIPPE DESMAZES/AFP/Getty Images(TRIPOLI, Libya) — Voting in Libya’s first free election in decades continued for a second day on Sunday at polling stations that were closed the day before thanks to violence, which prevented citizens from cast…
Libya Set to Hold First Free Election in Six Decades
PHILIPPE DESMAZES/AFP/Getty Images(TRIPOLI, Libya) — On Saturday, Libyans will do something they haven’t done in 60 years — vote in a free multi-party election.Just nine months ago, Libyans were celebrating the end of 42 years of rule under the…
US Consulate in Libya Bombed by Militant Group
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(TRIPOLI, Libya) — In the first attack on a Western mission since the ouster and death of Col. Moammar Gadhafi last fall, an American diplomatic mission in eastern Libya was bombed Wednesday by a militant group claiming the assau…
Russia ‘Outraged’ After Pro-Gadhafi ‘Mercenaries’ Sentenced in Libya
MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP/GettyImages(MOSCOW) — Two dozen Eastern European “mercenaries,” including two Russians, were convicted and handed harsh sentences in Libya Monday for allegedly helping to target NATO warplanes on behalf of Libyan dictator…
Only Man Convicted in Lockerbie Bombing, Buried in Libya
MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP/GettyImages(TRIPOLI, Libya) — The only man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing was buried Monday in Tripoli. Just under a hundred family members and friends attended the funeral of Abdelbaset al Megrahi, who was buried at Zarwan…
Al-Megrahi Dead: Was Justice Served in Lockerbie Bombing?
Manoocher Deghati/AFP/Getty Images(TRIPOLI) — Libyan intelligence officer Abdel-baset Ali Mohamed al-Megrahi, the only man convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing died at home in Libya Sunday, according to his brother. He was 60. Yet doubts have persi…
Pan Am Bomber Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi Dies At 60
Manoocher Deghati/AFP/Getty Images(TRIPOLI) — Libya’s Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, the only man convicted in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, died in Tripoli on Sunday, according to published reports. He was 60.Al-…
Former Libyan Oil Minister Found Drowned In Vienna
MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Libya’s former oil minister, one of the most prominent officials to defect from the Gadhafi regime, died by drowning in the Danube River, an autopsy concluded Monday amid questions as to whether it was an a…