Muammar Gaddafi killed as Sirte falls
Al-Alam, Iran

Presenter, Male #1
The UN secretary-general said the killing of Gaddafi ushered a historic and democratic transition for Libya, calling on Libyans to unite as they face the next phase. French President Nicolas Sarkozy described the killing of Gaddafi as an imperative phase in the liberation of Libya. For her part, EU Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton said the killing of Gaddafi ended a tragic phase in the Libyans' life. Meanwhile, the African Union announced it will grant membership to the Libyan National Transitional Council, NTC. The Islamic Cooperation Organization called for unity among Libyans and said to steer away from revenge. The organization welcomed turning the page of the former regime.

Presenter, Female #1
US President Barack Obama said difficult days lie ahead for Tripoli, indicating that his country and the United Nations will continue to support them in Libya's political process. In his first comment on the killing of Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi, Obama called on Libyans to form a transitional government and conduct elections soon. Obama considered the killing of Gaddafi the end of a long and painful chapter, and called on Libyans to build a democratic and tolerant country. The US president commended what he referred to as "international efforts" which led to the end of Gaddafi's regime.

Presenter, Male #1
The Libyan revolutionaries seized full control of the city of Sirte, Gaddafi's last stronghold, marking the full liberation of Libya, as confirmed by the NTC. With the fall of Sirte, Colonel Gaddafi has fallen dead, amid conflicting reports about the circumstances surrounding his death. In addition to Gaddafi, the NTC announced the death of his son Muatasam, his Defense Minister, and his army's commander, Abu Bakr Yunis. Incoming reports also confirmed the arrest of Gaddafi's government spokesman, Musa Ibrahim, and the pursuit of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi across the Libyan Desert.

Presenter, Female #2
The Colonel, who proclaimed himself as King of African Kings and General of the Arab rulers, has been killed. He was killed following 42 years of rule over Libya and nine months after the spark of the Libyan revolution. Muammar Gaddafi took his final breath in the Libyan city of Sirte, midway between Tripoli and Benghazi.

Guest, Male #2 (Abdel Hafiz Ghoga, NTC Spokesman)
We announce to the world the killing of Gaddafi at the hands of the revolutionaries, ending a chapter of oppression inflicted by Gaddafi and his regime on Libya and the world.

Reporter, Female #2
The circumstances surrounding Gaddafi's death remain ambiguous. "One thing is for sure: the Colonel has been killed," as the revolutionaries have put it. The revolutionaries stormed a basement in Neighborhood Number Two in Sirte, where the Colonel and his men were hiding. The Colonel was hit by several bullets, and sustained serious injuries to the head. Gaddafi died as the revolutionaries were transporting him to Misurata. The incident dominated the Libyan scene. New images emerged, confirming the death of the Libyan defense minister and the commander of the Armed Forces, Abu Baker Yunis. In addition, an NTC leader confirmed the death of the slain Libyan leader's son, Muatasam, and the arrest of Gaddafi's spokesman Musa Ibrahim. NATO forces recount one side of the story, as they announced the shelling of a convoy loyal to Gaddafi hours before he was captured in the same area. Sirte, which was the last standing stronghold, has fallen under the complete control of NTC forces.

Guest, Male #2 (Abdelkarim Belhaj, Tripoli Military Council Chief)
We completed a wonderful achievement, represented by the full liberation of Libyan soil. Libyans face the challenge of building the new Libya.

Reporter, Female #2
It's an event that the Libyan people are joyously celebrating, amid anticipation of what is coming next, following the collapse of the slain leader's regime after clinging to power for nearly half a century.

A wounded Gaddafi captured in Sirte and dies in custody
Al Jazeera, Qatar

Presenter, Female #1
Ibrahim Mohamed Mahjub, one of the brigade's fighters who found Gaddafi, said they transported Gaddafi, who was injured, on board one of their vehicles before he was taken by an ambulance, where he took his last breath.

Guest, Male #1
We arrested Abu Shafshufa. We found him along with some of his men hiding in an underground hole. I can't give the exact location, but the area is located near the chicken feed factory. We arrested him along with his supporters. Some of his men started shooting at us from their hole. We returned fire, and we closed in on them. As soon as he came out of the hole, he said "What's that? What's going on?" Then we captured him. He had a gun in his hand. He was first captured by one of our youths, a member of the Ghiran Brigade, and then more youths assisted. He was bleeding. We got him out along with the other prisoners. We transported him in an ambulance. First we put him in an armored car then an ambulance came and took him. He was killed. When I saw him, he was unconscious. He was hit before we hit him.

Presenter, Female #1
As we mentioned earlier, Abu Bakr Yunis, the defense minister in the Gaddafi government, who led the operations against the revolutionaries in Sirte, was killed in the confrontations that erupted between the revolutionaries and the Gaddafi brigades.
Footage obtained by al-Jazeera shows Yunis's body; Yunis was growing a beard and wearing formal clothes. The footage shows that he was hit by gunfire between his neck and chest. The revolutionaries' sources said that Yunis's body was transported by an ambulance to the city of Misurata as well.

Guest, Male # 2
In the name of God the most merciful, the most compassionate. May God have mercy on the soul of the martyrs. Today, we turned the page on 42 years and we are starting a new Libya, today, on October 20.

Reporter, Male # 2
How do you want the new Libya to look?

Guest, Male # 1
We want a free and democratic Libya that belongs to the entire Libyan people. No to tyranny and no to the one person rule. Yes to freedom and democracy. Libya belongs to everyone.

Reporter, Male # 2
Hajj, are you from Tunisia?

Guest, Male # 3
No, I am from the Nafusa Mountains, I hail from the free Amazigh. The free! And the free Arabs!

Reporter, Male # 2
Why are you raising Tunisia's flag?

Guest, Male # 3
Tunisia rescued us! The spark was lit by Tunisia! The very first spark! The spark for Jerusalem! To Jerusalem! To Jerusalem! We will not forget Ahmed Yassin! We will not forget Ahmed Yassin!

Libya celebrates killing of Gaddafi
BBC Arabic, UK

Presenter, Male #1
A joyous and jubilant atmosphere prevailed in Tripoli and Sirte immediately following the announcement of Gaddafi's killing. More details in the following report.

Reporter, Male #2
This is how Libyans received the news of Gaddafi's death here in Tripoli, where they spontaneously gathered. Everyone is chanting, and everyone is jubilant. Their eyes express their joy; their foreheads are shining with elation. It is astounding how crowded it is after it was nearly deserted and abandoned by everyone except fighters. Libya is brimming with happiness. Flags are raised, people are ululating with joy and celebratory gunshots are fired in every square. Gaddafi was killed from wounds sustained in his birthplace of Sirte after eight months of battles that ended his rule. His killing came soon after he was captured in Sirte. This is one of the most tragic endings of the Arab Spring, which previously toppled the rulers of Egypt and Tunisia, and is now warning the leaders of Yemen and Syria. Many Libyan leaders were quick to announce the news of Gaddafi's killing. The first to announce the news were members of the National Transitional Council, Abdul Majid Ghouqa and Abdul Karim al-Hajj. Among a group of fighters who gathered around pictures of Gaddafi, one fighter confirmed that Gaddafi was killed and his sons are in custody. Gaddafi's capture came soon after the city of Sirte fell into the hands of the revolutionaries, meaning resistance by any of the former regime's supporters left in the city and its surrounding areas was pointless. With the end of Gaddafi, the National Transitional Council is now the new authority in Libya. Libyans have long anticipated the establishment of a democratic system, which the NTC has been expected to create once Libya is liberated. Today, that became a reality. Essam Abdullah, BBC.

Dr Jonathan Spyer on Gaddafi's Death
IBA, Israel

[Summary] Dr Jonathan Spyer of the IDC Global Research Center discusses this week's release of IDF Staff Sergeant Gilad Shalit and other regional developments, including the reported death of former Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.

Views on Gaddafi, NATO, and Oil
Press TV, Iran

Gaddafi: The strange fallen Libyan leader
New TV, Lebanon

Presenter, Male #1
The peculiar colonel with distinctive features, the Brother Leader and Guide of the Revolution ruled Libya for over four decades. In the name of Libya, he traveled around the world wearing a cloak and strange attires, completely disregarding all customs and norms in his interactions with the world. He is Muammar al-Gaddafi.

Reporter, Female #1
He is Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi, the Brother Leader and Guide of the Revolution, the King of African Kings, and the head of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. He had many titles but only one ending. Gaddafi fell dead in his hometown.
The man who expressed solidarity with Ben Ali during the latter's downfall, sympathized with Mubarak and held the Mossad responsible for the revolution in Egypt, was just another dictator who feared the loss of a throne in shambles on which he sat more than half of his life. His clinging on to the seat brought his end and he was killed by NATO's weapons. Forty-two years of tyranny, monopoly of wealth and implementation of special programs in European capitals; for 42 years, Gaddafi carried his tent and traveled with it from one capital to the next, taking with him his temperament and his women bodyguards. He tore up the UN Charter in the UN's own backyard.

Guest, Male # 2 (Muammar al-Gaddafi)
Now the Security Council is security feudalism, political feudalism for those who have permanent seats protected by them. And they are used against us. In turn, it should not be called the Security Council; it should be called the "Terror Council."

Reporter, Female #1
In his Green Book, Gaddafi represented himself as a social and political philosopher, and as being knowledgeable in medicine, art and sciences. He also compared himself to Jesus Christ and Prophet Muhammad. He said the status of European women is tragic because they have to work, and he wanted to support and help them. Once, he slapped a companion; another time, he harassed a female diplomatic envoy; he reintroduced democracy according to his personal dictionary and he proposed a solution to the two-state issue in the occupied territories with the term "Isratine."

Guest, Male # 2 (Muammar al-Gaddafi)
The word democracy is made up of two syllables. De-mocracy, demo-cracy, democracy, democracy. It means "keep" and "chairs". It is an Arabic word. To stay on chairs.

Reporter, Female # 2
The ruler's four-decade-long reign was filled with all kinds of corruption and human rights violations. He seized power in 1969 in a military coup against King Mohamed Idris as-Senussi. Ever since he emerged as the leader of the revolution, Gaddafi's attires became announcements for his positions. Once he wore the picture of Omar al-Mukhtar on his chest while receiving Italians, the ones who killed him; another time he wore the map of Africa. He was known for his anecdotes and his many bouts of madness in the councils of Arab leaders. At the Arab summit in 1988, he wore a white glove on his right hand saying he does not shake hands that are stained with blood. At the latest Arab summit, he sat near the Saudi king puffing cigar smoke in his face. In between these two incidents, the colonel had a famous verbal exchange with the Saudi king.

Guest, Male # 2 (Muammar al-Gaddafi)
I told him the information I have indicate that American forces are flowing into Saudi Arabia. But how? He said, "Well, America is a powerful country and if it wants to enter we will allow it." I said, "How can it enter a sovereign state?"

Reporter, Female # 2
Gaddafi spent the years of his rule in political confrontations with the West. He turned into the enemy of the Americans and Europeans and was accused of carrying out two attacks. The first targeted an American airplane that crashed in Lockerbie of Scotland in 1988; the second targeted a French flight over Niger in 1989. But at the beginning of the new millennium, his decades of fighting against the West ended as he welcomed Westerners in Libya and visited them in their capitals. In 2003, he suddenly announced he was giving up a secret nuclear weapons program and admitted responsibility for the Lockerbie incident and the French airplane. He also financially compensated the victims' families. Gaddafi, who accused the Libyan mobilization of receiving orders from al-Qaeda, described the revolutionaries as rats and vowed to capture them "zenga zenga", or alley by alley, lost in the final battle in his hometown and main stronghold, and the "king of kings" fell. Libya has turned the final page of its Green Book, in hopes that it is not opening the door to the era of the "red book".

Guest, Male # 2 (Muammar al-Gaddafi)
Because I was talking to the young men at Green Square and I want to stay the night with them but then it started raining. I want to show them that I am in Tripoli, not in Venezuela. Don't believe the channels belonging to stray dogs. Peace.

Yemen rocked by more rallies, clashes
Press TV, Iran

In Yemen, clashes between regime forces and tribesmen loyal to the revolutionaries have broken out in the capital Sanaa. This, as tens of thousands protests against the government in several cities. Heavy gunfire explosions are being heard in several districts. No casualties have been reported. In the past three days alone, dozens of people have been killed in similar clashes.

Bahrain panel delays report on protest unrest
Press TV, Iran

The regime in Manama has delayed the release of a report into violent crackdowns on anti-regime protestors as it sentences more demonstrators to jail. The report will be released almost a month later than its October 30 deadline. Bahrain regime owned media says that the Bahrain Commission of Inquiry requested the extension to evaluate the thousands of complaints against the ruling al-Khalifa family.

Iraqi government forces carry out arbitrary arrest campaigns
Al-Rafidain, Iraq

Presenter, Male #1
In the last 24 hours, government forces conducted wide-scale arrest campaigns in a number of governorates. The Babylon Province police chief announced that 306 people were arrested, claiming they are wanted suspects. This comes as 80 people were arrested in Salah ad-Din Province. Police forces in Diyala Province also arrested 12 people.

Reporter, Male #2
Government forces are still launching wide-scale arrest campaigns against Iraqis without arrest warrants or giving any reasons for the arrests. Today, the Babylon Province police chief announced that police forces, in cooperation with government intelligence institutions in the province, carried out a series of raids throughout Babylon in the last 24 hours and arrested 306 people under the pretext that they are wanted suspects. This comes as a police source in Salah ad-Din Province reported that joint forces arrested 80 people during a security operation north of Tikrit city, claiming they have been accused of terrorism. The source said the joint security and army forces carried out raid and inspection campaigns in various areas of the Sharqat district and consequently arrested 80 people. The source claimed that the operations were carried out based on accurate intelligence information. During military operations in Diyala Province, the police arrested 12 people said to be wanted suspects. This broad campaign comes as the government's prisons are filled with thousands of innocent detainees who have long been accused of terrorism but have not been proven guilty through legal procedures. Most families of the detainees do not know where their family members are detained nor the relevant security institutions that carried out the campaigns.

Presenter, Male #1
Hundreds of citizens gathered in Tahrir Square in central Baghdad to protest the deteriorating security situation and condemning the government for its lack of legitimacy. They are also protesting against keeping occupation forces in the country for so-called training. Since February 25, 2011, Iraq has been witnessing weekly protests across the country demanding reform and the elimination of rampant corruption in the country. Meanwhile, protestors in all provinces have escalated their calls for demonstrations until their demands are fully met.

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