Libyan militia leaders who helped to topple the late dictator Moammar Gadhafi in an uprising this year have won top security posts in a new Cabinet appointed by the country’s National Transitional Council. Interim Prime Minister Abdurrahim el-Keib announced his Cabinet line-up in a news conference late Tuesday after weeks of negotiations. He granted the [...]
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November 23, 2011
November 23, 2011
Libya’s NTC Unveils New Government
Libya’s National Transitional Council has unveiled a new Cabinet that will govern the country until it holds its first elections since the ouster of Moammar Gadhafi. Interim Prime Minister Abdurrahim el-Keib told a news conference in Tripoli late Tuesday that “all of Libya is represented in the new line-up.” It includes several relatively unknown figures, [...]
November 22, 2011
ICC Prosecutor: Libya May Try Gadhafi’s Son
The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor says the captured son of Moammar Gadhafi may be tried in Libya rather than in The Hague, as long as the trial meets ICC standards. ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo met officials in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, Tuesday, as the country’s National Transitional Council prepared to name a new Cabinet [...]
November 20, 2011
Key Events in Libya’s Revolution
The capture of Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, son of Libya’s late leader Moammar Gadhafi and the only wanted member of the ousted ruling family to remain at large, is the just the latest in a series of dramatic events that has transformed the country. February 15, 2011: Riots break out in Benghazi inspired by Arab Spring [...]
November 15, 2011
Libya seeks UK firms to develop oil sector and construction industry
November 15, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Mission accomplished! Libya seeks UK firms to develop oil sector and construction industry –Nuri Berruien, head of Libya’s National Oil Company, said the government would ‘favour our friends’ to develop its reserves 14 Nov 2011 Libya began touting itself as the next Dubai to UK investors, as the country’s [...]
November 3, 2011
UN Chief in Libya, Seeks Weapons Controls
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has used a previously unannounced visit to Libya to urge the country’s new leaders to secure weapons stockpiled by the former Gadhafi government. Ban says he raised the issue Wednesday during a meeting in Tripoli with Libya’s transitional leader, Mustafa Abdel Jalil. The secretary-general says it is particularly important to [...]
November 3, 2011
ICC Trying to Secure Surrender of Gadhafi Son, Spy Chief
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) says his office has been “galvanizing efforts” to bring a son of Moammar Gadhafi to justice as well as the former Libyan leader’s spy chief. Luis Moreno-Ocampo says efforts are underway to secure the surrender of Gadhafi’s son, Seif al-Islam, as part of a broader probe [...]
November 1, 2011
Libya’s NTC Elects New Interim PM
Libya’s National Transitional Council has elected Abdel-Rahim el-Keeb as the country’s new interim prime minister, hours before NATO ended its Libya mission. The Tripoli native won with a slim majority Monday, gaining 26 of the 51 National Transitional Council members’ votes. El-Keeb is a U.S.-educated electrical engineer who earned his doctorate at North Carolina State [...]
November 1, 2011
NTC taps engineer who lived in U.S. for decades as interim leader
October 31, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis NTC taps engineer who lived in U.S. for decades as interim leader 31 Oct 2011 Libya’s National Transitional Council elected Monday an engineer who lived in the United States for more than three decades to serve as acting prime minister of the transitional government [following the US-backed coup]. Abdurrahim [...]
October 28, 2011
Libya Vows to Prosecute Gadhafi Killers
Libya’s ruling National Transitional Council said Thursday it will prosecute the killers of ousted Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, if an investigation shows he died after his capture. NTC leaders have been under intense pressure to investigate the circumstances of Gadhafi’s death last week after initially saying he was killed in crossfire after being pulled from [...]
October 27, 2011
The Right Word: ‘sharia’ scare in Libya | Sadhbh Walshe
As Nato ponders its withdrawal from Libya just a week after the announcement that all US troops are to be withdrawn from Iraq, conservatives are unsure if President Obama is deliberately trying to plunge the Middle East into chaos or just trying to get himself re-elected. Sean Hannity Sean Hannity has been deeply suspicious of [...]
October 26, 2011
NTC leader asks NATO to stay till end of 2011
October 26, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis NTC leader asks NATO to stay till end of 2011 –Libya’s interim leader [US-backed ExxonMobil mercenary] Mustafa Abdel Jalil asked NATO at a conference in Doha on Wednesday to continue its military campaign until the end of the year. NATO postponed a meeting to formalise the military phaseout from [...]
October 26, 2011
October 26, 2011
Gadhafi Buried in Secret Grave in Libyan Desert
Libya’s ousted leader, Moammar Gadhafi, was buried before dawn Tuesday in a secret desert location five days after he was captured, killed and his slowly decomposing body put on public display in a meat locker in the city of Misrata. Officials from the Misrata military council said Gadhafi, his slain son Mutassim and former defense [...]