Friday, September 16, 2011

Syrian-based TV channel says he has footage of Gaddafi recorded in last 48 hrs & would broadcast it soon

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LIVE Libyan Unrest: September 16, 2011

Posted on September 16, 2011 by KLN1

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11:43am: The head of a Syrian-based television channel which has become Muammar Gaddafi’s last platform for the outside world said he had a duty to broadcast the ousted Libyan leader’s comments and promised another video statement soon

“We have in our hands (in Libya) footage of a speech by Gaddafi,” Jabouri said, adding it had been recorded in the last 48 hours and would be broadcast as soon as what he called technical problems in Libya were overcome.

10:15am:Forces loyal to the interim government battled for control of Sirte on Thursday.The city is Muammar Gaddafi’s birthplace and one of the last pockets of resistance against the former rebel movement, the National Transitional Council. A spokesman for the NTC said one of its men was killed in the fighting with Gaddafi loyalists. Twenty were injured.Pro-NTC forces earlier raised their flag on the outskirts of Sirte as they entered the city through its suburbs in the south and west.

9:40am: Britain cleared the way on Thursday for essential travel to the capital Tripoli and a number of other Libyan towns, lifting curbs that had held back businesses seeking to win contracts to rebuild the North Africa country.

The Foreign Office had previously advised against all travel to Libya and recommended that British nationals there leave because of the fighting between supporters and opponents of ousted leader Col. Muammar Gaddafi.

9:10am: Columns of anti-Gaddafi forces sped towards Bani Walid on Friday after their position came under attack and one of their number said they were planning to take the town, one of the last bastions of support for the ousted Libyan leader.

“We have received orders from our commanders and we are going into Bani Walid today from different locations,” anti-Gaddafi fighter Mohammed Jwaida told Reuters at a factory 20 km (15 miles) north of the city, where the rebels were dug in.

9:09am: Turkey’s prime minister heads to Libya today, a day after the French and British leaders won a hero’s welcome there for helping to overthrow Col Muammar Gadafy and in the midst of a fierce battle over his home town.

Tayyip Erdogan, on a North African tour to assert Ankara’s regional influence, will be hoping to reap political and economic dividends from Libya’s new rulers for his country’s help in their struggle to end Col Gadafy’s 42-year grip on power.

8:34am: The NTC said on Friday that its fighters had suffered heavy casualties in their battle for control of fugitive Muammar Gaddafi’s hometown Sirte, with at least 11 killed and 34 hurt.