From JR: Every major (and minor) news outlet on the planet is carrying the story, but -- call me jaded -- I still question my decision to post it, considering the number of false death reports of high-profile leaders (or "doubles") we've seen over the years. (The BBC notes: "None of the video footage [of Gaddafi's death] has been independently verified.") Still, Obama, Cameron, Sarkozy, et al., are convinced enough to have already praised the killing, and Obama's spokesman is talking it about it on CNN as I write this, so...
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Thousands of Libyans poured on to the streets of the capital on Thursday, ecstatic at the news that Muammar Gaddafi had been killed in his birthplace of Sirt. As depicted in several cellphone video images, it was a violent and gruesome death for a man who had ruled this country with an iron fist for 42 years.
After an hour and a half of unconfirmed reports, the news came on at about 3.30 p.m. that Gaddafi was indeed dead. Footage on Al Jazeera Television, showed a bloodied Gaddafi being dragged by his arms on the street toward a vehicle. Images also showed Gaddafi's body, apparently killed in gunfire, his eyes rolled back lifeless. ...
More:
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2097446,00.html
Also:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15389550
Graphic video:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/graphic-video-gaddafi-wounded-but-alive/2011/10/20/gIQANWko0L_video.html
Extremely graphic, violent video:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/middle-east-live/2011/oct/20/syria-libya-middle-east-unrest-live
Blog, a searchable database of obituaries
back to 2001:
http://DeadCelebrityAlert.com
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