Libya

Gazza 'Went Drinking With Gaddafi's Sons'

Huffington Post UK | Posted 09.12.2011 | UK

Paul Gascoigne once went drinking with Muammar Gaddafi's sons and signed a "bomb" in the dictator's compound, the former England footballer has reveal...

Letter to Col.Gaddafi

Kevin Mbewa Anyango | Posted 09.12.2011 | UK
Kevin Mbewa Anyango

Dear Gaddafi (Col), Greetings and congratulations again for the birth of your new granddaughter in Algeria. I hope the mother and the new born are do...

Cameron Demands Report Into Liam Fox By Monday

The Huffington Post UK | Ned Simons | Posted 08.12.2011 | UK Politics

David Cameron has asked for a report on the initial findings from the internal Ministry of Defence investigation into Liam Fox to be on his desk on Mo...

Gaddafi Loyalists Make Last Stand In Sirte

The Huffington Post UK | Paul Vale | Posted 07.12.2011 | UK

The City of Sirte, one of Colonel Gaddafi’s last remaining strongholds, looks certain to fall following a day of fierce fighting in which troops for...

National Transitional Council Forces Take Much Of Sirte

BBC | Posted 07.12.2011 | UK

Libyan transitional government forces are battling pro-Gaddafi fighters in the centre of Sirte, one of the last cities loyal to the ousted leader. ...

Gaddafi Calls For 'New Million-Man Marches' To Resist NTC

Huffington Post UK | Posted 06.12.2011 | UK

Colonel Gaddafi has called on Libyans to "go out in new million-man marches" and resist the National Transitional Council in an audio message aired on...

Megrahi, The Scotsman and the Unionists

Peter Curran | Posted 04.12.2011 | UK Politics
Peter Curran

The Scotsman is in no doubt what the big story is today - Megrahi's death bed 'confession'. It puts confession in quotes, but it's a nod and a wink - ...

Lockerbie Bomber Megrahi Promises New Facts In The Case

PA | Posted 03.12.2011 | UK

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- The man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing has said "new facts" surrounding the 1988 tragedy which killed 270 people will be anno...

Labour's Libyan Albatross

Alexander Wickham | Posted 30.11.2011 | UK Politics
Alexander Wickham

When Colonel Gaddafi fled Tripoli last month he and his supporters were not the only ones living in fear. Either in the rush to leave - or in a last-d...

The Syrian Problem

Lord Weidenfeld of Chelsea | Posted 02.12.2011 | UK Politics
Lord Weidenfeld of Chelsea

The spontaneous uprising of the discontented in Cairo appears to have swept away the dictator seemingly effortlessly but the old structures of army, police and secret service are still in place and threaten to continue an only marginally relaxed, autocratic regime with the help of the multifaceted Muslim Brotherhood.

Residents Flee Gaddafi's Birthplace During Sirte Truce

BBC | Posted 02.12.2011 | UK

Streams of civilians are fleeing the besieged Libyan city of Sirte, ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi's birthplace. Hundreds of residents, in vehicles ...

The National Transitional Council Struggles to Form a Government

Karin Maree | Posted 28.11.2011 | UK
Karin Maree

For a truly democratic system to emerge in Libya, Islamists must be part of the process. Whether their claims to support pluralism are genuine or whether they hide a more hardline and intolerant agenda remains to be seen, however.

ITV Use Video Game Footage In IRA Documentary

The Huffington Post UK | Stephen Hull | Posted 27.11.2011 | UK

ITV has been forced to remove a new flagship documentary from its Player after admitting footage from an IRA propaganda video was actually a computer ...

Royal Navy Sailors Who Fought In Libya 'Face Sack'

PA | Posted 26.11.2011 | UK

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- Scores of sailors who risked their lives during the Libyan campaign are among hundreds who will be made redundant this week, it h...

The Ghost of Revolution Past Haunts the Arab Spring

Joe Dyke | Posted 25.11.2011 | UK
Joe Dyke

A protest begins in January in a small country over domestic conditions and democratic rights. Within months large neighbouring states are also in revolt, challenging the oppressive forces that dominate them.

Libya Operation May Have Cost UK £1.75 Billion

Guardian | Guardian | Posted 25.11.2011 | UK

The true cost of the UK's involvement in the Libya conflict could be as high as £1.75bn - almost seven times as much as government estimates, accordi...

David Cameron: 'UN Must Have The Will To Act'

The Huffington Post UK | Ned Simons | Posted 22.11.2011 | UK Politics

David Cameron has urged the United Nations to stand up to regimes that persecute their own people, in a strong defence of liberal interventionism. ...

'Rats And Scumbags' - The Musings Of Colonel Gaddafi

The Huffington Post UK | Paul Vale | Posted 21.11.2011 | UK

Broadcasts from Colonel Gaddafi have provided the Libyan revolution with one of its more bizarre features. Whether denying his downfall, urging hi...

Gaddafi Calls His Overthrow A 'Charade'

The Huffington Post UK | Paul Vale | Posted 20.11.2011 | UK

Colonel Gaddafi has issued another message of defiance, calling the overthrow of his regime a “charade, which can only take place thanks to the air-...

For the viewers at home: Libya - a new paradigm for Intervention

Benjamin Montero | Posted 15.11.2011 | UK Politics
Benjamin Montero

The success of Libyan rebels in toppling Muammar Gaddafi's 40 year regime is an immense achievement, and one that should not be seen as lessened due t...

Tony Blair's Two Trips To See Gaddafi

PA | Posted 17.11.2011 | UK Politics

Former prime minister Tony Blair twice visited Libya for talks with Colonel Muammar Gaddafi in the months leading up to the release of the Lockerbie b...

Gaddafi Spokesman Claims Nato Airstrikes Have Killed 354

The Guardian | Posted 17.11.2011 | UK

The ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has claimed that Nato air strikes have killed 354 people and injured hundreds more in his home town of Sirte....

Give it Back! Direct Citizen Oil Dividends in Iraq, Why Not?

Johnny West | Posted 16.11.2011 | UK
Johnny West

Direct oil dividends could target lots of economic and developmental goals -- redistribution, financial inclusion, poverty elimination, state cohesion, extending the tax base - a whole lot of things.

Anti-Gaddafi Fighters Battle For Final Loyalist Strongholds

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 16.11.2011 | UK

Anti-Gaddafi forces have launched fresh attacks on the last remaining strongholds of the deposed leader, hours after being met with strong resistance ...

PHOTOS: Libyan Crowds Cheer David Cameron And Nicolas Sarkozy

Huffington Post UK | Posted 15.11.2011 | UK

David Cameron, William Hague and Nicolas Sarkozy received a jubilant welcome when they visited Libya on Thursday. The prime minister announced a ne...