He would be in a hole saying, "Don't shoot, don't shoot!"

Lets all feel sorry for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, as he will be so lonely at UN meetings without his bes buddy Gaddafi:haha:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rJNVj57m5N...the_droids.jpg
This isn't the Gaddafi you're looking for!

Well that confirms a hunch I had. Watching the reports of the fighting in Sirte, I was a bit puzzled how the forces there, despite being surrounded for quite a while and obviously in a desperate situation, kept fighting what seemed to be a meaningless battle against their own people. So I figured they had to be guarding something really important for that to be worth it. I didn't necessarily think it was the man himself, but that thought crept into my mind. Turns out I was right - nope, it wasn't just some miraculous resistance, they really were covering the big one...

In the footage showing his body, looked like a few in the crowd were taking machetes to it......

He used to be such a pimp.

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...addafipimp.jpg

According to BBC,

"Sometime in the early hours, Nato aircraft are reported to have attacked the convoy, according to Daily Telegraph reporter Ben Farmer approximately 3-4 kms west of the city.

There are some reports that Col Gaddafi was then initially captured, with serious injuries to both legs."

Then he was hiding out in the pipe, confronted by rebel fighters, shot, taken to hospital in Misrata (yup, 200km away), and died there. Sure no walk in the park!

Fascinating story if that's true! Perhaps symbolic of the whole conflict as such.

It seems Gaddafi was lynched and filmed.

I just hope the people get what they want in the end, and foreign governments don't meddle anymore. It only breeds contempt down the line. Which is always paid for in blood (We armed the taliban against Soviets, they used said materiel against the US later)

We (UN) did our part. Back out, let the people do theirs...For better or for worse.

I'm starting to suspect as much - very hard to tell from the pictures we're getting. If not that, I'm almost certain that someone among the captors pulled a gun and shot him while he was in custody - considering how high the emotions of all this are, and the depth of grudges that might be held, I wouldn't be surprised if that fact ended up being buried. He looks very much alive in the early pictures, and very dead and battered in late pictures. Whatever happened between that was probably not pretty. Not sure we'll know the truth here, but I don't think much of anyone will miss him either!

Another video,

Muammar Gaddafi killed as Sirte falls

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/af...520869621.html

Unlikely the people will get what they want. Someone similar to Gaddafi will take power.

Oh, rest assured the role that NATO played in this will be forgotten very quickly by Libya...until something goes wrong, and then it will all be NATOs fault.

The fate of libya is uncertain but i would bet on tribal war similar to whats going on in Iraq.

The tribes supporting Qaddafi are not defeated yet and there is a question if the rebels will stick together.
Add to this possible outside interests.

Another leader Qaddafi style is good case scenario.

Goodbye to bad rubbish :haha:

I will have to agree.

Qaddafi (in terms to middle eastern despots) was mild and at least able to be talked to diplomatically.

I remember him (so called) dismantling his nuclear program not too long ago to appease the UN (US). Which I saw as a good faith sign.

He just wasn't good for his own people, and that is all that mattered. (my country was born of rebellion too, so I get it)

Hopefully the people of Libya get what they fought and shed blood for. Would be a shame to see it spiral something even worse. Your point on tribal position jostling, and infighting leaves me in fear for their future.

When this revolution started, I said that Ghadaffi was gonna end up going out like Mussolini.

Anybody want to hear my other predictions? :know:

Only if you have the winning lottery numbers... :DL

It will be interesting to see what tribal leader will take his place. Will it be an anti-western dictator or a pro-western dictator. I'd wager this revolution will more specifically place a European friendly dictator in. And that it doesn't have jack squat to do with the freedom and democracy bandwagon everyone always drools over. Instead it's more to do with Europe's need for oil and preventing Russia from gaining complete control of how much oil Europe can have and at what price.

Russia several years ago went to war for oil so has the United States. Of course we hear from our pacifist European friends how wrong that is. But as we see in Libya, Europe will too. They just stage a revolution and let someone else spill their blood for it. I wonder if releasing al-Megrahi wasn't Europe's way of kissing Libyan butt to keep receiving its oil from BP instead of GAZPROM.

No, Magrahi was just to stop Britain humiliating itself again in the courts.