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Qaddafi's son KILLED + system DOWNE.
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So far, Qaddaffi and his son have killed over 25 thousand peaceful protesters in the past 7 months. It's about GODDAMN time this heartless dictator is sentenced to death. 
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By Ariel Zirulnick, Staff writer / August 5, 2011
• A daily summary of global reports on security issues.
Khamis Qaddafi (r.) is seen alongside his father Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi and brother Saif al-Islam (l.) in a picture held by a student near a building at Fatih University, in Tripoli, Libya, in this June 18 file photo. According to Libyan rebels, on August 5 Khamis Qaddafi, who served as one of the main commanders of the Libyan leader's military forces, was killed in an overnight NATO raid on the western town of Zlitan.
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According to Libya's rebels, Muammar Qaddafi's son Khamis was killed in an overnight NATO raid on the western town of Zlitan.
His death, if true, is a much bigger blow to the Qaddafi regime than that of his brother, Saif al-Arab, who was killed earlier in the war in another NATO airstrike. Saif al-Arab held no significant leadership role, unlike Khamis, the leader of the Khamis Brigade – one of the country's most elite fighting units and most feared elements of Qaddafi's regime.
The rebels say that spies among Qaddafi's forces told them about Khamis's death and that it was confirmed in radio dispatches from Qaddafi's troops that they overheard. More than 30 other people were killed in the strike on a command center for Libyan government troops, Agence France-Presse reports.
Khamis's unit was one of several fighting from the front-line town of Zlitan, which lies between rebel-held Misurata and Qaddafi-held Tripoli, Reuters reports.
NATO has confirmed the strike in Zlitan, but has not yet confirmed Khamis's death, which has been rumored before but then turned out to be false.
Rebels have been fighting this week to take Zlitan and fighters said earlier this week they were making progress, but Qaddafi's troops say they are firmly in control of the town, AFP reports. Taking Zlitan would open up a direct route from rebel-held Misurata to Tripoli, which remains Qaddafi's stronghold, Reuters reports. The two sides have been largely locked in a stalemate around the town, which lies about 90 miles southeast of Tripoli.
The government brought foreign journalists to the town on Thursday before the airstrikes to show that it was in Qaddafi's hands. AFP reports that regime forces held the town, but that "intensive artillery fire was heard in the distance." Residents told AFP that the front line is less than 10 miles from the town center and a rebel official said that their troops control three of Zlitan's eastern neighborhoods.
Meanwhile, Qaddafi's oldest son, Saif al-Islam, told the New York Times Thursday that the regime had formed an alliance with some of the country's Islamists – a group that the regime previously accused of fomenting the unrest.
The interview revealed a bizarre about-face. Formerly secular Saif fingered prayer beads during the interview and said that Libya could emerge from the war as an Islamic state.
The liberals will escape or be killed,” he said. “We will do it together. Libya will look like Saudi Arabia, like Iran. So what?”
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Libya as a nation really needs to rid itself of this tyrannical dictator and anyone who supports him. It's time for the people of North Africa to finally gain true freedom for themselves. They have been under harsh rule ever since the beginning of the imperial age and democracy is what these people need. I hope one day all of Africa has the opportunity to gain a freedom similar to that of Egypt and Tunisia. Examples and standards have already been set, I believe it's only a matter of time.
