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Leader moammar gadhafi. apparently he s been wounded in both legs and is being taken away by ambulance. there s also word that transitional forces claimed control of sirte, colonel gadhafi s birthplace. and that s where most of the forces loyal to him were holding out. gadhafi, of course, came into power in libya back in 1969. there s also reports that one of his top deputies has been killed in this. so we ll find out more as it develops. we have two sources so far reporting this story. when we came in earlier this morning, we saw reports on the wires that sirte had fallen. and it was sort of the alamo for gadhafi, the last place he had any measure of support remaining. so you started to wonder if he would be found there. and it sounds, according to some reports he has been. so the latest word right now is that moammar gadhafi has been wounded and is in custody with transitional forces. so and i can only assume that ....
Drone fired upon a convoy carrying the former dictator as he attempted to flee his hometown of sirte. what happened next is an evolving story. chief pentagon correspondent has been working his sources over the day. what are you learn being the are drone strike? u.s. military officials are telling us a predator drone fired a missile at moammar gadhafi s 15-vehicle convoy. in addition, one nato war plane fired a rocket at that missile at that very convoy. according to the officials, several of the vehicles were either struck or disabled. the rest had been scattered. it appears that moammar gadhafi was in or near one of the vehicles struck. he made his way to a nearby drainage pipe alongside the highway where his rebel captors eventually found him. took him into custody and that video where we see him alive and ....
They report gadhafi was wounded in both legs and captured in trying to flee his hometown of sirte. nato reports they did hit his convoy. that s where adrian is this morning. reporter: it s been a long haul for the fight for freedom in libya. the rebel forces say they ve got gadhafi. we ve not been able to confirm whether this is true. they re also now saying that gadhafi was killed in the process of being captured. he was believed to have been found in sirte, which is his hometown and strong hold of gadhafi loyalists. apparently, they made a push this morning that lasted about 90 minutes and then finally took over. we were on our way down from misrata to sirte, when we started hearing rumors from various checkpoint militia men that gadhafi had been caught. ....
And something secretary clinton was tough on in her press conference with president karzai. i don t see any change in e itinerary at this point. mike, thank you very much. if you re just joining us, it s 6:33 p.m. local time in libya. if you re just joining us in terms of what we know at the moment. we have the details for you coming out of libya where the prime minister and other officials are reporting ma moammar gadhafi has been killed. that is what we know. graphic images have been circulating, including video captured by a rebel fighting. the cell phone video showing the former libyan leader s dead body. rebels say they shot gadhafi as he tried to flee the town of sirte. the white house is working urgently to determine if the reports are true or false. rebels are dancing in the streets of sirte and say they now have gadhafi s hometown completely under their control. sirte was their last remaining ....
misrata that shows the body of moammar gadhafi. the video is graphic. it is disturbing and it is not appropriate for all viewers. in the video which we are going to show you now, several fighters are seen surrounding the corpse shouting slogans. they re shouting allah akbar, god is great. others saying the blood of martyrs are not in vain. he has wounds on his face including one on his forehead. gadhafi was reportedly killed by a bullet to his head near the hometown of sirte. we ll show you another video taken as he was dying or after he died. this is also gruesome. the transitional council released this information. he was captured wearing an undershirt and trousers and they took a dna sample while they say his blood was still hot. hair samples were taken as well. some of the hair, though, was found to be artificial. samples from his face and armpit were taken to prove to the national transitional council that it was, indeed, gadhafi. gadhafi s was a journey from rev ....