TRIPOLI, Libya A distraught Libyan woman stormed into a Tripoli hotel Saturday to tell foreign reporters that government troops had raped her, setting off a brawl when hotel staff members and government minders of those reporters moved to detain her. Iman al- Obeidi was tackled by waitresses and government minders as she sat telling her story to journalists after she rushed into the restaurant at the Rixos hotel where a number of foreign journalists were eating breakfast. She claimed loudly that troops had detained her at a checkpoint, tied her up, abused her, then led her away to be gang raped. Her story could not be verified, but the dramatic scene provided a rare firsthand glimpse of the brutal crackdown on public dissent by Moammar Gadhafis regime as the Libyan leader fights a rebe...
Cracks are emerging in Col. Moammar Gadhafi's inner circle, raising the possibility that the Libyan dictator's grip on power may be weakening after 42 years. The regime appears split between two cease-fire proposals: one by Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, a son of and one-time heir apparent to the Libyan dictator, and the other carried by Deputy Foreign Minister Abdel Ati al Obeidi.
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Five U.S. Marines were killed in fighting with al- Qaida-led insurgents near the Syrian border and an Army soldier died of wounds suffered in Baghdad, making Wednesday the second deadliest day for American forces in Iraq this month. Eleven other Marines were wounded Wednesday in Obeidi, 185 miles northwest of Baghdad, according to a New York Times reporter traveling with U.S. forces.
The only person who has spoken with clarity about the endgame in Libya is the mother of Eman al-Obeidi. Obeidi is the brave Libyan law student who burst into a Tripoli hotel to tell Western journalists she'd been gang-raped by government goons; she was promptly dragged screaming out of the hotel by secret police. A government spokesman said she was a whore and would be charged with slander. Obeidi's mother, interviewed by CNN in the eastern town of Tobruk, said of Moammar Gadhafi: "If I were to see his face before me, I'd strangle him. I'd like to drive to Tripoli and cut his head off.
The only person who has spoken with clarity about the endgame in Libya is the mother of Eman al-Obeidi. Obeidi is the brave Libyan law student who burst into a Tripoli hotel to tell Western journalists she'd been gang-raped by government goons; she was promptly dragged screaming out of the hotel by secret police.
Pitzer features Dr Mahdi Obeidi, Saddam Hussein's former nuclear and bioweapons scientist. Obeidi has with him the four prototypes of a machine that looks like a futuristic motorcycle, that can jump-start a covert bomb program.
BENGHAZI, Libya - An envoy of Moammar Gadhafi told Greece's prime minister Sunday that the Libyan leader was seeking a way out of his country's crisis two weeks after his government's attacks to put down a rebellion drew international airstrikes, Greek officials said. Abdul-Ati al-Obeidi, a former Libyan prime minister who has served as a Gadhafi envoy during the crisis, will travel next to Turkey and Malta in a sign that Gadhafi's regime may be softening its hard line in the face of the sustained attacks.
BAGHDAD -- The moderate leader of the largest Sunni bloc in parliament was assassinated Friday after delivering a sermon at a Baghdad mosque, a killing that could set back efforts to reconcile differences between the two Muslim sects before national elections. Harith al-Obeidi, 47, was an outspoken advocate for prisoners' rights, one of the most divisive issues in relations between the disaffected Sunni minority and the Shiite-led government.
TRIPOLI, Libya - A distraught Libyan woman stormed into a Tripoli hotel Saturday to tell foreign reporters that government troops raped her, setting off a brawl when hotel staff and government minders tried to detain her. Iman al-Obeidi was tackled by waitresses and government minders as she sat telling her story to journalists after she rushed into the restaurant at the Rixos hotel where foreign journalists were eating breakfast.
A Libyan woman who burst into a Tripoli hotel to tell foreign journalists how she was gang raped by Moammar Gadhafi's troops will face criminal charges, a government spokesman said Tuesday. The spokesman, Moussa Ibrahim, said the men accused by Iman al- Obeidi are now suing her.
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