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Gates: Intel reports Gaddafi planting dead bodies

Gates: Intel reports Gaddafi planting dead bodies

On Face the Nation, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said that intelligence reports Moammar Gaddafi's forces are planting dead bodies to sites attacked by coalition forces.

 

Libyan Woman Struggles to Tell Media of Her Rape

A woman burst into the hotel housing the foreign press in Tripoli Saturday and fought off security forces as she told journalists that she had been raped and beaten by Qaddafi militia members.

 

Rebel forces claim victory in key Libyan city

Rebel forces claim victory in key Libyan city

Opposition fighters took control of Ajdabiya overnight after allied fighter jets bombed Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's tanks that were entrenched at the city's gates, according to an opposition spokesman.

 

Gaddafi's forces hit with Tomahawks, air strikes

The coalition enforcing a no-fly zone over Libya fired 16 Tomahawk cruise missiles and flew 153 air sorties in the past 24 hours targeting Muammar Gaddafi's artillery, mechanized forces and command and control infrastructure, a U.S. military spokeswoman said on Friday.

 

NATO takes command of part of Libya operation

NATO agreed late Thursday to take over part of the military operations against Libya - enforcement of the no-fly zone - after days of hard bargaining among its members. But attacks on the ground will continue to be run by the coalition led by the U.S., which has been anxious to give up the lead role....

 

Turkey and France clash over Libya air campaign

Turkey and France clash over Libya air campaign

The Turkish prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, accused France of seeing Libya as a source of 'oil, gold mines and underground treasures'.

 

Obama under fire over Libya

Obama under fire over Libya

Top Obama administration officials are expected to face continued criticism Thursday over their handling of the crisis in Libya, and louder calls for a clearer explanation of U.S. policy in the war-torn North African nation.

 

U.S. Air Force fighter crashes in Libya

A U.S. Air Force F-15E fighter crashed in Libya overnight and one crewmember has been safely rescued and the other is "in the process of recovery," a spokesman for the U.S. military's Africa Command said on Tuesday.

 

Unrest -- country by country

Demonstrations have spread across parts of the Middle East and North Africa.

 

Arab League criticizes allied airstrikes on Libya

The head of the Arab League has criticized international strikes on Libya, saying they caused civilian deaths.

 

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