Oct. 20, 2011 Leave a Comment
Libya’s transitional government claims that deposed dictator Moammar Khadafy has been killed in the attack and fall of Sirte, his hometown. Interim Libyan Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril told reporters in Tripoli that Khadafy was killed in the attack and fall of Sirte, his hometown. An unnamed US official also confirmed Khadafy’s death to the Associated [...]
June 27, 2011 1 Comment
The Hague-based International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and his son and intelligence chief. The court charges the men committed crimes during the popular rebellion that has been going on in Libya for months. The charges indicate that Gadhafi arranged for the killing, maiming and jailing of civilians [...]
May 28, 2011 Leave a Comment
James Foley recounted his time as a prisoner of war under Libyan Leader Moammar Khadafy’s regime, and revealed a secret that he and his three colleagues had to keep throughout their 44 days of imprisonment. Foley, a correspondent for the Boston-based GlobalPost, revealed that he and the three others kept their knowledge of an unarmed [...]
March 19, 2011 Leave a Comment
A “United Nations conflict” has started. The United Kingdom and France have taken the lead in enforcing a no-fly zone over Libya. British warplanes and French Rafale and Mirage jets have begun flying sorties over Benghazi and other parts of Libya. A Moammar Gadhafi loyalist fighter jet was seen being shot down in an Associated [...]
March 16, 2011 Leave a Comment
NEW YORK — Four New York Times journalists, including a Pulitzer Prize winner, have been reported missing in Libya, the newspaper said. Editors said they last heard from their employees on Tuesday. Executive editor Bill Keller reports on NYTimes.com that Libyan officials told the Times that they are trying to find the journalists. “We have [...]
Sept. 24, 2009 Leave a Comment
Dr. Cole spoke about citizenship and how his colleague, Margaret Somers, defines citizenship in her new book (a definition borrowed from former Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren) as the “right to have rights.†We all have basic human rights, of course as guaranteed by universal declarations and the Lockean theory that everyone, as human beings, is entitled to the necessities of life and liberty. However, without a state or government or body to enforce these rights and protect them when they are violated, they are always out of reach.