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With an iron fist. human rights were denied, innocent civilians were detained, beaten and killed. libya wealth was squandered. enormous potential of the libyan people was held back and terror was used as a political weapon. today we can definitively say the qaddafi regime has come to an end. the last major regime stronghold have fallen. the new government is consolidating the control over the country. and one of the world s longest serving dictators is no more. one year ago the notion of a free libya seeped impossible. seemed impossible. but then the libyan people rows up and demand their rights. and when qaddafi and his forces started going city to city, town by town to brutalize men, women and children, the world refused to stand idly by. ....
Wound from those who got their hands on him after that attack? it remains unclear. nonetheless, the reports are he is dead, and we will hear the truth, we hope, from our own president in moments. now, he has the blood of many, many americans on his hands. not just libyans, americans, folks. the white house has been paying very close attention to this battle and, in particular, the our chief white house correspondent ed henry is at the white house awaiting the president as are we. reporter: such history because of the fact you will remember president reagan called qaddafi the mad dog of the middle east. this is a man who brought terror on many americans and many around the world. in the spring it nato-led campaign moved forward and this president faced a lot of criticism for not want to go put ground troops in and making clear at beginning of the mission the u.s. would have a lead role for days and not ....
We understand qaddafi s forces fired one in bani walid earlier in the campaign. they were bringing them back to tripoli to put them into storage. we have seen tanks and heavy weapons being moved back to tripoli. but the real concern, though, is those surface-to-air missiles. they are extremely dangerous as are mines. that is the key now, to get those weapons under control here, megyn. megyn: we can hear what we are told is celebratory gunfire in the background. tbfer al qaeda, before bin laden, there was moammar qaddafi. the deposed dictators considered one of the fathersf terror. who could forget president ronald reagan calling him a mad dog after a bombing at a berlin kiss cokilled american ....
Their rights. those leaders who try to deny their dignity will not succeed. for us here in the united states we are reminded today of all those americans that we lost at hand after qaddafi s terror. their families and friends are in our thoughts and in our prayers. we recall their bright smiles, their extraordinary lives, and their tragic deaths. we know that nothing could close the wound of their loss, but we stand together as one nation together by their side. for nearly 8 months many americans provided extraordinary service in support of our efforts to protect the libyan people and provide them with a chance to determine their own destiny. our skilled diplomats have helped lead an unprecedented global response. our brave pilots have flown in libyan skies. our sailors have provided support off libya s shores. and our leadership with nato has ....