[UPDATE] Gadhafi Killed, Graphic Photo And Video Surfaces

This is how we'll remember him. (AP/Abdel Magid Al Fergany)

[UPDATES BELOW] Former Libyan dictator Moammer Gadhafi is "killed"! Or wounded! But definitely captured. Or maybe not? Something's happening. We'll update as information becomes available, but at press time that other guy who killed 270 people in the Pan Am 103 bombing is still chilling in his crib.

CNN claims to have video of his capture. But as of 8:30 a.m. there are still conflicting reports on whether Gadhafi was killed or captured in the fall of Sirte. Reuters cites Libya's ruling National Transition Council [NTC] saying Qaddafi was captured and wounded in both legs when NATO warplanes attacked a convoy when he was trying to flee. Of course, in August the NTC said they'd captured his son, but then he strolled into the luxury hotel where many reporters were staying/trapped in Tripoli.

Update 8:45 a.m.: The BBC's Gabriel Gatehouse in Sirte says, "I have spoken to the man who says that he captured him... he said he found him hiding in a hole." A spokesman for the NTC says, "Gaddafi is dead, absolutely dead. He was shot in both legs and in the head." It seems safe to say that Gadhafi was either killed or wounded while trying to escape Sirte in a convoy. Here is a graphic cell phone photo supposedly showing the wounded dictator.

Update 10:40 a.m.: Libyan Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril says Gadhafi has been killed. Al Jazeera video appears to show his corpse. A military spokesman for the interim government, Abdel Rahman Busin, says, “Surt is fully liberated.” And the BBC reports that a fighter in his 20s, wearing a New York Yankees baseball cap, said he had found the colonel hiding in a hole in the ground.

Sue Cohen, whose daughter died in the bombing of Pan Am flight 103, tells CBS 2, "If this is true this is going to be the happiest day of my life since Dec. 20, 1988. Lockerbie happened on Dec. 21st. This would be a great day. A tyrant has fallen. If this is true, that is a wonderful thing."

Update 12:46 p.m.: Here's Hillary Clinton reacting to the initial reports of Gadhafi's capture:

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By John Del Signore in News on October 20, 2011 8:39 AM

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HigginsKaye

@facebook-1568658707:disqus NTC confirms he's dead..my buddy's ex-wife makes $87/hr on the laptop. She has been without a job for 7 months but last month her paycheck was $8894 just working on the laptop for a few hours. Go to this site MakeCash2.com

Mr Mel

If there's one thing Arabs do well, its kill other Arabs.

TheDoctorWhoCuresCancer

With this horrible man gone, we are left with an even more horrible possibility: Libya ruled by the Muslim Brotherhood who have the support of Iran. There are tens of thousands of rocket launchers unaccounted for that will fall into the hands of the MB.

When Gadaffi took over the country, it was one of the continent's poorest countries. He helped turn into the richest. He refused to allow a central bank, so the government was debt free. Gadaffi also planned to introduce a gold dinar currency. Those facts didn't go over well with the European Central Bankers. So what to do?

Send in NATO. Our air superiority has been the difference.

Nos Feratu

Seems to have died with his boots on. I guess he deserves some credit for that.

On the other hand, no one should forget that the Libyan Coup d'état of
1969, that elevated Gaddafi to power, was largely staged by the CIA.

This is how America pays back its useful idiots.

ANGRYGOD11

Unlike Tunisia and Egypt, Libya has a small population and a lot of oil revenue. It might not work out, but Americans should stop saying its better to have a dictator to control those moslem dogs. That plan didn't work out very well in Iran, Cuba, etc.

Merid Muleta

either capturing or killing gadaffi is same story . because must be for his dictatorialness.

grifforama

That photo is far from being a cell phone capture. It's for certain a movie taken on a small camera or an actual video camera. You can tell by the icons all over the screen capture.
Expect a video upload soon.

Sara G

". Here is a graphic cell phone photo supposedly showing the wounded dictator." .....Ummm, wounded? That pic is a little more than "wounded", whoever it is.