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Tx4obama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-12-11 05:32 PM
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Gadhafi son reported captured
Source: CNN

Sirte, Libya (CNN) -- Moatassim Gadhafi, a son of ousted Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, was captured Wednesday after a four-hour firefight in Sirte, said Abdallah Naker, the head of the Tripoli Revolutionary Council, who cited field commanders in Sirte.

Moatassim Gadhafi and a number of aides were captured around noon in an area considered the center of operations for Gadhafi loyalists, Naker said. They were then taken to Benghazi. The scion had been directing operations in Sirte, the hometown of his father, which had been surrounded since Tuesday night, Naker said.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/12/world/africa/libya-gadhafi-son/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
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