UN recognized NTC.
This is more of a “roll the dice, Gaddafi is so bad you almost have to do better” situation - even quite a few dictators do better for their people than he did, after all. The Libyan people themselves obviously agree; they too are in a position of having to worry about what the results will be, but thought it was worth the gamble. And they thought it was worth fighting and dying over, not just spending money on drones and such.
There’s good reason to expect it will be a Western-friendly government, at any rate.
The rebels have finally taken Sabha. Still fighting for Bani Walid and Sirte.
Could someone identify the “thing” (weapon?) painted with the Libyan flag’s colours on this picture?
Your link no longer shows the right picture; but having glanced at it when it did, I would assume it’s a very low-calibre multiple rocket launcher, though I’ve never seen a cylindrical one before. If I’m correct, the pointy things sticking out front were the heads of the rockets and the back end was a vent (or whatever the correct term is).
An expert on the topic I am not, as you can tell. 
Jibril promises to resign from government as soon as the war ends. Hm. OK, so if this revolution produces any new strongman I guess it won’t be him.
Yes, because no wannabe-strongman ever promised to resign in the near future.
This obviously ain’t a situation where he could get away with not resigning. If it were that, there would already be his plants clamoring for him to stay. And I can understand why Jibril would rather let somebody else take on the headache from this point.
Bani Walid falls! But there’s still one last pocket of resistance in Sirte.
Sirte has fallen, and the new government is reporting the capture of Qaddaffi.
BBC reporting he’s been captured:
Wikipedia says he’s dead.
So does the Times of London:
(No link since it’s behind a pay wall. Yes, I subscribed so I could fire off an angry letter to The Times!)
We’ll see. CNN says it’s still unconfirmed…
Until then, he’s Schroedinger’s Dictator.
It’s just a flesh wound!
This thread was started on February 16th. What a long strange trip it’s been.
Finally the end (whether or not he’s alive). I’m greatly satisfied, and I’m going to the neighborhood cafe to buy a round and celebrate.
:):):):)
I wish I could send some congratulations to Libyans, but I don’t know how/where to do that.
Video, not gonna link to it, confirms death.
Two to go.
How will this affect the other dictatorships in the Middle East after witnessing this unparalleled event unfold?