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BENGHAZI, Libya — The U.S. dispatched an elite group of Marines to Tripoli on Wednesday after the mob attack that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans. Officials were investigating whether the rampage was a backlash to an anti-Islamic video with ties to Coptic Christians or a plot to coincide with the anniversary of 9/11. Tuesday's stunning attack on the American Consulate in Benghazi poses a daunting task for U.S. and Libyan investigators: searching for the culprits in a city rife with heavy weapons, m...
CAIRO — Egypt's military promised Monday not to fire on any peaceful protests and said it recognized "the legitimacy of the people's demands" ahead of a demonstration in which organizers aim to bring a million Egyptians to the streets to press for the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak. The military statement was the strongest sign yet that the army was willing to let the week-old protests continue and even grow as long as they remain peaceful, even if that leads to the fall of Mubarak. If the 82-year-old president, a f...
Egypt military promises no force against protests HAMZA HENDAWI MAGGIE MICHAEL Associated Press CAIRO — Egypt's military promised Monday not to fire on any peaceful protests and said it recognized "the legitimacy of the people's demands" ahead of a demonstration in which organizers aim to bring a million Egyptians to the streets to press for the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak. The military statement was the strongest sign yet that the army was willing to let the week-old protests continue and even grow as long as they r...
ibyan militia members who are now part of the forces against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi organize ammunition at a military base in Benghazi, in eastern Libya, Monday. AP Photo/Kevin Frayer Pro-Gadhafi forces fight rebels in 2 cities MAGGIE MICHAEL,Associated Press TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — International pressure on Moammar Gadhafi to end a crackdown on opponents escalated Monday as his loyalists fought rebels holding the two cities closest to the capital and his warplanes bombed an ammunition depot in the east. The U.S. moved n...
Gadhafi's vow: Will fight to 'last drop of blood' MAGGIE MICHAEL SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press CAIRO — A defiant Moammar Gadhafi vowed to fight to his "last drop of blood" and roared at supporters to strike back against Libyan protesters to defend his embattled regime Tuesday, signaling an escalation of the a crackdown that has thrown the capital into scenes of mayhem, wild shooting and bodies in the streets. The speech by the Libyan leader — who shouted and pounded his fists on the podium — was an all-out call for his b...
Gadhafi's hold on Libya weakens in protest wave MAGGIE MICHAEL SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press CAIRO — Deep cracks opened in Moammar Gadhafi's regime Monday, with Libyan government officials at home and abroad resigning, air force pilots defecting and a bloody crackdown on protest in the capital of Tripoli, where cars and buildings were burned. World leaders were outraged at the "vicious forms of repression" used against the demonstrators. The mercurial leader appeared on Libyan state television for less than a minute early T...
In this frame from video , officials remove a portrait of ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak at the main Cabinet building in Cairo, on Sunday, Feb. 13 2011. Egyptians are removing portraits of ousted President Hosni Mubarak which have hung in public and private institutions throughout his three decades in power. (AP Photo / APTN) Egypt's military rulers dissolve parliament MAGGIE MICHAEL,Associated Press SARAH EL DEEB,Associated Press CAIRO — Egypt's military rulers took sweeping action to dismantle the autocratic l...
Mubarak resigns, hands power to military MAGGIE MICHAEL PAUL SCHEMM Associated Press CAIRO — Egypt's Hosni Mubarak resigned as president and handed control to the military on Friday after 29 years in power, bowing to a historic 18-day wave of pro-democracy demonstrations by hundreds of thousands. "The people ousted the president," chanted a crowd of tens of thousands outside his presidential palace in Cairo. Several hundred thousand protesters massed in Cairo's central Tahrir Square exploded into joy, waving Egyptian f...
Supporters of Moammar Gadhafi fly the green flag at they drive past foreign journalists in Janzour, 12 miles west of Tripoli. Libya, Wednesday. After weeks of dramatic setbacks, Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi appears to have at least temporarily seized the momentum in his fight against rebels trying to move on the capital, Tripoli, from territory they hold in eastern Libya. AP Photo/Jerome Delay Oil installations ablaze in Libya as battles rage MAGGIE MICHAEL and PAUL SCHEMM, Associated Press RAS LANOUF, Libya — A giant yellow...
An anti-Gadhafi Libyan rebel fires in the air in the Ras Lanouf town, eastern Libya, Tuesday. Libyan warplanes launched at least three new airstrikes Tuesday near rebel positions in the oil port of Ras Lanouf, keeping up a counteroffensive to prevent the opposition from advancing toward leader Moammar Gadhafi's stronghold in the capital Tripoli. AP Photo/Hussein Malla Gadhafi forces score key victory against rebels MAGGIE MICHAEL PAUL SCHEMM Associated Press RAS LANOUF, Libya — Forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi have scored a s...
TRIPOLI, Libya — In a fiery broadcast from hiding, Moammar Gadhafi warned Thursday that loyalist tribes in his main strongholds were armed and preparing for battle, a show of defiance hours after rebels extended a deadline for the surrender of the fugitive leader's hometown. The rebels, who have been moving troops toward remaining Gadhafi bastions across Libya, had shifted the deadline for the town of Sirte in hopes of avoiding the bloodshed that met their attack on Tripoli. AP Photo/Francois Mori Libyan boy holding a f...
