They got Gadaffi, non-USA style.

[flobadob]

Apparently they have captured Gadaffi, without shooting him in the head and chest a few times ala Osama.

[emmie]

If he is dead then not sure this is a time of celebration, looks like the tribal style warfare will continue, and that doesn't bode well for Libya nor it's people. Going on the link, hardliners are moving in and some mosques have been attacked, surely this is what many fear, Islamic fundamentalists getting the foot in the door, and whilst the country is in a state of upheaval muscle in. This isn't over by a long way, and the talk of democracy is way too premature.

[Brenden]

The muslim brotherhood have been waiting in the wings a long time for this opening throughout the Arab states - with Irans backing.

[Gromit]

DTCrosswordfan was sure you Private Eye Cover link would have been this one

http://www.private-ey...covers.php?showme=124

[mountainboo]

BBC News are showing the vulgar footage over and over and over. Was it absolutely necessary to kill him? I guess he would have experienced a similar fate to that of Saddam otherwise. Everything I know about Gadaffi has come from the media and you know what they say 'If you don't watch the news you are uniformed. If you do watch the news you are misinformed'.

[DTCwordfan]

Lol - isn't that the one they are to republish when the Blessed Maggie goes?

[NoMercy]

Was it necessary to kill him?

Well... was it necessary to kill all the innocent people he killed?

[T&S]

And now the Yanks move in for the oil....

[DTCwordfan]

And how many did he kill and maim, mountainboo? I thought it was a result of a NATO attack on the convoy - did they know he was in it? I think it puts a cap on that one and spares all the court cases in Tripoli or The Hague, and the associated costs, and also the risk or glorification and martyrdom.

As I said earlier, I hope he is now with the Hell's Vestal Virgins, the Catholic priest ones from all the awful cases over there.

[jake-the-peg]

I wonder if the Sun is dusting off it's "Gotcha" headline

[mountainboo]

Ok. I didn't know that, well I wasn't sure. I guess it was for the best then. What happens now then, will there be a democratic government put in?

[DTCwordfan]

One hopes but the M-East isn't known for its democracy, it's an alien culture to most of them, their government and administration being much more clan-based (now in the form of Royal Families for most) and the use of advisory councils structured through society to feed issues and problems upwards - and the "solutions" downwards

[jno]

rather looks as if he was alive when captured and was then executed. mountainboo's question is a fair one.

[Brenden]

As the old saying goes "Live by the sword, die by the sword.

[Messi_Ten]

Wasn't he shot?

[flobadob]

I guess it was a delayed reaction USA style they went for in the end up.