Back in 2009, Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, the only person convicted in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland was released from prison on "compassionate" grounds, ostensibly because he was expected to die from prostate cancer within three months. (The real reason, according to a U.S. Senate report, had to do with lucrative Libyan oil contracts sought by British-based oil giant BP.) Upon his return to Tripoli, al-Megrahi received a hero's welcome, and he's been living in luxury ever since. But in August, he told CNN he really is so totally going to die soon. And now he's giving ONE FINAL INTERVIEW, before disappearing into Al Capone's vault for good. more ›

This year, Time's Person of the Year is sort of you: It's The Protester. Time's managing editor Rick Stengel said, "No one could have known that when a Tunisian fruit vendor in a town barely on a map set himself on fire in a public square, it would spark protests that would bring down dictators in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya and rattle regimes in Syria, Yemen and Bahrain. Or that that spirit of dissent would spur Mexicans to rise up against the terror of drug cartels, Greeks to march against unaccountable leaders, Americans to occupy public spaces to protest income inequality, and Russians to marshal themselves against a corrupt autocracy." more ›

Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, the son and former heir-apparent of murdered Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi, was captured at a checkpoint in the desert near the town of Obari at around 1:30 a.m. He was later transported to the western mountain town on Zintan. According to Reuters, Gadhafi was afraid he'd be killed like his father. "At the beginning he was very scared. He thought we would kill him," one of his captors said. Asked by a reporter if he was physically okay, Gadhafi answered, "Yes." According to the Times, news of his capture caused massive celebrations in Tripoli. more ›

Everyone's favorite Mark Twain-hating city councilman Charles Barron is upset that Libyan despot Moammer Gadhafi was killed at the hands of his own countrymen last month. "One person's horrible person can be another person's hero," he told the Daily News. Barron spoke at a memorial service for Gadhafi last week, presumably attended by representatives from Just for Men Gel and the treasurer of the Condi Rice Fan Club. more ›

In our modern era of political "analysts" who are paid to scream mindless talking points written by D.C. thinktanks on slick TV sets, Glenn Greenwald is a reasoned laser beam, armed with copious citations and his experience as a constitutional and civil rights attorney. Though he's often hailed by the left, his columns are dense and unsparing of Democrats and Republicans alike. Greenwald is a graduate of NYU Law and currently splits his time between New York City and Rio De Janeiro, where he lives with his boyfriend. more ›

As Libyans struggle to unite in anticipation of next month's elections, new details are emerging about the days leading up to the death of Libyan dictator Moammer Gadhafi, and the exact circumstance of how he died. While there have been several different accounts of how Gadhafi was killed after he was captured by rebels this week, a witness told the London Times that rebels shot Gadhafi with his own favorite golden gun in the midst of the chaos. more ›

Sometimes, TV sitcoms can predict the future...and the deaths of Libyan strongmen. The Daily News reports, "Twenty four years ago, a short-lived sitcom starring Matthew Perry predicted the death of Moammar Khadafy -- right down to the year and manner in which he was killed." more ›

[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. more ›

Convicted Lockerbie bomber, Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, couldn't bother to speak with a CNN reporter at his Libyan home in August. Since his release by Scottish authorities for "compassionate" reasons 2009, he's been bedridden by prostate cancer. But Reuters was able to visit Megrahi's sick bed, and wouldn't you know it, the convicted murderer of 270 people in 1988 is fiestier than ever. "The facts [about the Lockerbie bombing] will be come clear one day…The West exaggerated my name. Please leave me alone. I only have a few more days, weeks, or months." Years, whatever. more ›

Former British prime minister Tony Blair secretly met with deposed dictator Moammer Gadhafi—even flying to the country on one of Gadhafi's private jets—in 2008 and in 2009, one day before Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basset al-Megrahi's prisoner release form was signed. In correspondence and email found by the Telegraph, Blair refers to Gadhafi as "The Leader," and also met with the chairman of Libya's state-owned National Oil Company. "These new meetings between Mr. Blair and Gadhafi are disturbing, and details of what was discussed should now be made public," Oliver Miles, former British ambassador to Libya said. "I am astonished Tony Blair continued to have meetings like this out of office." more ›

On the anniversary of his 42nd year as dictator today, Syrian television broadcast an audio recording made by the country's hidden leader, Moammer "You'll Never Catch Me Or The Spelling Of My Name" Gadhafi. Speaking from an undisclosed location surrounded by armed henchman, Gadhafi encouraged Libyans to die like heroes rather than live like slaves without his boot on their necks. "The Libyan people would rather die than be suppressed," Gadhafi declared from his secret bunker that may not even be in Libya. "This is something we will not allow the traitors to do—let Libya be occupied and suppressed and humiliated." more ›

After questioning the credibility of reports that Libyan Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basset al-Megrahi is once again close to death, New York Senator Chuck Schumer has written a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton asking her to withhold aid to Libya's nascent governing body, the National Transition Council. "If the new Libyan government continues to shield this convicted terrorist from justice, then they should not get one more cent of support from the United States," Schumer writes. more ›

According to his family, Libyan Lockerbie bomber and murderer of 246 people Abdel Basset al-Megrahi is really really sick and can't come out to play or face extradition. Sure, he's been on death's door before, only to miraculously stop acting keep living to ensure safe passage from Scotland to Libya in exchange for sweet sweet oil. But Senator Chuck Schumer tells the Daily News that he isn't buying it this time: "We're going to need a lot more verification than the word of local Libyan officials." more ›

Back in 2009, Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, the only person convicted in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland was released from prison on "compassionate" grounds, ostensibly because he was expected to die from prostate cancer within three months. (The real reason, according to a U.S. Senate report, had to do with lucrative Libyan oil contracts sought by British-based oil giant BP.) Upon his return to Tripoli, al-Megrahi received a hero's welcome, and he's been living in luxury ever since. But now CNN reports that he really is so totally going to die soon, and his family is sad. more ›

The European Union is preparing for a "post-Gadhafi" era; the United Nations Secretary General is working to facilitate Libya's transition; and Egypt, Oman and Bahrain have formally recognized the rebel authorities. There's just one problem (okay, myriad problems): That rascally Moammer Gadhafi remains at large! And yesterday his son—who was supposedly in the hands of the rebels—strolled into the luxury hotel where many reporters are staying/trapped and took several of them on a drive through parts of Tripoli still under the regime’s control. "We have broken the backbone of the rebels," he told BBC, adding that the rebels had fallen into a trap. more ›

Sure, the economy is hurting so a job's a job... but will any public relations firms agree to take on Moammer Gadhafi and the Libyan government as a client? The NY Post reports, "The Libyan strongman...is looking to hire a New York public-relations rep to scrub his homicidal image, asking for help to counter the fallout of a civil war that threatens to topple his brutal regime." Some of the duties would include "head[ing] daily press briefings and spread[ing] the good word on the tyrant's 'moral' and 'legal' claims to power -- all while rebel forces battle to end Khadafy's 42 years of terror." Wow, we can see the Happy Friday email pitches now! more ›

Nearly two years after his release on "compassionate grounds" by Scottish authorities, the convicted bomber of Pan Am flight 103 from JFK that killed 270 people, 103 of them Americans, in 1988 was seen on Libyan state television yesterday being introduced at a tribal rally. The announcer in the video declares that Abdelbaset al-Megrahi was arrested because "half the world conspired against" him, and BBC reports that the broadcast yesterday was "live." Megrahi's appearance reflects poorly upon the Scottish authorities, who released Megrahi because Libya threatened to withold contracts to British-based oil giant BP worth "hundreds of millions of dollars." more ›

There has been little Hope or Change in the position of our country's chief executive with regard to waging war since 2008, as Barack Obama continued to prosecute the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan with vigor. With the US involvement in Libya becoming less about mere "democratic aspirations" of the Libyan people and more about how it and other Western nations think Gadhafi must "go and go for good," Congress is calling Barry on his dangerous precedent. A bipartisan group threatens to file a lawsuit against the president and House Speaker John Boehner demands an explanation as to why they haven't been consulted. Even George "We'll Smoke 'Em Out" Bush asked for a vote. For one of his wars, at least. more ›

Yesterday, a NATO missile strike reportedly killed one of Libyan leader Moammer Gadhafi's sons. The Libyan government said Saif al-Arab Gadhafi, as well as three of Col Gaddafi's grandchildren, died in the attack on a villa in Tripoli. The NY Times calls this "the sharpest intensification yet of the NATO air campaign intended to pressure the Libyan leader from power." However, Al Jazeera reports there's "growing scepticism" over whether Saif al-Arab Gadhafi was killed. more ›

Today, Pope Benedict gave his Easter message to the Catholic masses from the Vatican, and urged that the fighting in Libya end, "In the current conflict in Libya, may diplomacy and dialogue replace arms, and may those who suffer as a result of the conflict be given access to humanitarian aid," and held hope for peaceful resolutions in North Africa and the Middle East, "May all citizens, especially young people, work to promote the common good." more ›

Chris Hondros, a photographer for Getty Images, died yesterday from wounds suffered in a mortar attack in Misrata, Libya which also claimed the life of photojournalist Tim Hetherington and wounded two other photographers. Hondros, 41, had suffered a fatal brain injury and Getty issued a statement, "Chris never shied away from the front line, having covered the world’s major conflicts throughout his distinguished career and his work in Libya was no exception. We are working to support his family and his fiancée as they receive this difficult news, and are preparing to bring Chris back to his family and friends in the United States. He will be sorely missed." more ›

Tim Hetherington, a photojournalist whose 2010 documentary about the war in Afghanistan, Restrepo, was nominated for an Oscar, was killed in Libya today. Hetherington was in Misrata when he and other photographs were "caught by mortar fire on Tripoli Street, the main thoroughfare leading into the center of Misrata, the only major rebel-held town in western Libya and besieged by Muammar Gaddafi's forces for more than seven weeks," according to Reuters. Three others photographs were also injured, two severely. more ›

Sure, La Guardia isn't as nice as say, JFK, Newark, Penn Station, Grand Central Terminal, but is it a "Third World Airport," as fake-haired vulgarian Donald Trump claimed it was yesterday? It sure is, according to someone who would know: Port Authority Executive Director Christopher Ward told the Daily News, "This is recently the only thing he's actually been somewhat right about." Oh REALLY? What about his clear-eyed assessment of the Libyan situation? And we look ghastly every morning before we apply Trump's patented QuikStik (the searing pain means it's working!). more ›

As the Libyan rebels continue to give ground to Moammer Gadhafi's loyalist forces, a Queens local fears for the lives of his nine brothers, two sisters, and numerous cousins who have all been cut off from their telephones and the Internet, the Daily News reports. more ›

President Obama addressed the nation last night, explaining why the U.S. was involved in military actions against Libyan forces, "To brush aside America’s responsibility as a leader and -- more profoundly -- our responsibilities to our fellow human beings under such circumstances would have been a betrayal of who we are. Some nations may be able to turn a blind eye to atrocities in other countries. The United States of America is different. And as President, I refused to wait for the images of slaughter and mass graves before taking action." more ›