President Obama announced the death of bin Laden from the White House, seen live at warnewsradio.org.
via AlJazeeraEnglish Libyan government says one of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s sons has been killed in a NATO attack on a Tripoli house. NATO did not confirm reports of 29-year-old Saif al-Arab’s death. Opposition forces voiced scepticism, suggesting that the news could have been fabricated. Al Jazeera’s Caroline Malone reports.
via AlJazeeraEnglish Tunisia has summoned Libya’s ambassador in protest at incursions by Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s forces over its western border. Much of the fighting there has been taking place away from the spotlight. However, Al Jazeera has travelled to the isolated Nefusa Mountains, which had been under siege by Gadaffi forces. Al…
via NATOCOMMUNITY At the ANP headquarters in Lashkar Gah, a network of checkpoints is co-ordinated with the aim of slowly growing and improving security. But how is that happening on the ground? How are the ISAF troops sent to effect this making it happen?
via AlJazeeraEnglish Al Jazeera’s Anita McNaught, reporting from Tatouine, Tunisia (at the Libyan border) said that the Libyan towns at the Tunisian border have been raging their own battles, but with fewer journalists there, the images of the fighting and destruction have not yet been seen. She said that the rebel…
via AssociatedPress AP video journalist Raul Gallego on the ground with fighters taking on Moammar Gadhafi.
via RussiaToday NATO’s insistence it’s bombing Libya only to protect civilians is losing credibility. In a month of air strikes against Colonel Gaddafi’s forces, his personal compound has been a regular target. RT contributor Yekaterina Zatuliveter thinks the coalition has taken sides in a civil war to secure a lucrative…
via AlJazeeraEnglish Al Jazeera’s Andrew Simmons walks around the now-quiet Tripoli Street in the rebel stronghold of Misurata in western Libya. The city is clear of pro-government troops but Muammar Gaddafi’s forces continue to attack the city’s main source of supplies — the port.
via AlJazeeraEnglish Oil exports from eastern Libya have been severely hit after facilities were targetted in the fighting. Gaddafi forces are also occupying oil installations along the coast, because they know that NATO cannot hit oil tanks close to civilian populations.
via AssociatedPress President Barack is shaking up his national security team by naming a new secretary of defense and director of the CIA. AP White House Correspondent Mark Smith reports. (April 27)
