Breaking: Muammar Qaddafi is Dead

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Breaking News: Muammar Qaddafi is Dead




 
Breaking News: The head of the Libyan military council said that Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi was killed Thursday as fighters battling the vestiges of his fallen regime wrested control of his hometown of Surt after a prolonged struggle.

Information Minister Mahmoud Shammam told the AP that he had confirmed that Gadhafi was dead from rebels who said they saw the body.

NATO and the U.S. State Department said they could not confirm the reports, but were attempting to find out exactly what had happened.

This news story is still developing.