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US to Give Libyan Rebels Non-Lethal Aid

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration plans to give the Libyan opposition $25 million in non-lethal assistance in the first direct U.S. aid to the rebels after weeks of assessing their capabilities and intentions, officials said Wednesday. Amid a debate over whether to offer the rebels broader assistance, including cash...

WikiLeaks: Gadhafi Stashed $32 Billion in Cash in Foreign Accounts

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has signed dozens of multibillion-dollar deals over the past decade with foreign firms eager to exploit his country's vast oil and natural gas reserves. So where has all that money gone? Not to ordinary Libyans, around one-third of whom are thought to live in poverty. Instead, Gadhafi and his...

The WikiLeaks Guide to the Gadhafi Clan

Libyan dictator Col. Moammar Gadhafi heads a fractious family obsessed with power, wealth and chart-topping R&B stars, according to U.S. diplomatic cables released by anti-secrecy site WikiLeaks. Those damning documents portray the tyrant and his eight children as a bizarre and brutal Brady Bunch, who were seemingly so...

Ambassador to Libya Outed by WikiLeaks Returns to DC

The American ambassador to Libya who wrote secret cables about Moammar Gadhafi, including one about his reliance on a blond Ukrainian nurse, has been recalled to Washington and, according to one report, may be leaving his post. Ambassador Gene Cretz, a longtime diplomat, was in Washington for consultations, the State...