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The Battle For Tripoli In Photos: Gaddafi And al-Megrahi Prepare To Talk Or Die In Libya

by | 22nd, August 2011

THE battle for Tripoli is raging. The SAS are on the ground. Men with Herefordshire accents are making ready to capture Gaffadi – or to kill him.

Rebel commanders have taken the headquarters of state TV.

The new Libyan Charge d’Affairs to the United Kingdom Mahmud Nacua is meeting with the Prime Minister.

Abdelbaset Mohmed Ali al-Megrahi is in his house – the big new one Gaddafi gave the man who was jailed for the biggest act of mass murder on British soil. He killed 270 people in the Lockerbie bombing. He might now be wishing he was back in a Scottish prison.

Will the truth of that PanAm flight now out? It’s time to talkā€¦

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Libyan rebel fighters prepare to shoot towards pro-Gadhafi forces during fighting in downtown Tripoli, LIbya, Monday, Aug. 22, 2011. Libyan rebels claimed to be in control of most of the Libyan capital on Monday after their lightning advance on Tripoli heralded the fall of Moammar Gadhafi's nearly 42-year regime. Scattered battles erupted, and the mercurial leader's whereabouts remained unknown. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)



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