The End Nears for Dictator Moammar Gadhafi in Libya – Video Report 8/21/11

Tonight, the end is near for Libyan Dictator Moammar Gadhafi.

TIME: After 42 long years of Muammar Gaddafi’s rule, thousands of people poured into the streets of the capital Tripoli late Sunday night, firing guns in the air and cheering a column of rebel pick-up trucks which converged on the city, apparently meeting no resistance from regime forces. “We are coming for you, frizz-head!” the Associated Press reported some rebel fighters as screaming, mocking Gaddafi to the delight of residents.

As rebels stormed into Tripoli, there had been no sign of Gaddafi. But after midnight, he made a last-ditch plea for his supporters to defend Tripoli, telling them to “pick up your weapons, there should be no fear.” Speaking from an unknown hiding place, the audio address lasted just about one minute, suggesting that the leader might be in an insecure location. Shortly after 1 a.m. Tripoli time Gaddafi was back on television for the fourth time in 24 hours, pleading for rural tribal leaders to march on Tripoli to fight the rebels. Sounding enraged, he ranted against the rebel fighters and NATO alike. “If Tripoli was to burn like Baghdad, why would you allow this to happen?” he said. He claimed there were other assets at his command. “The women who are trained in weapons might also fight.” . . . .Read More