Is this the end??
Libya’s former rebels have surrounded the ousted dictator Moammar Khadafy, and it is only a matter of time until he is captured or killed, a spokesman for Tripoli’s new military council said Wednesday.
Anis Sharif would not say where Khadafy had been found, but said he was still in Libya and had been tracked using high technology and human intelligence. Khadafy is trapped within a 40-mile-radius area surrounded by rebels, he said.
“He can’t get out,” said Sharif, who added the former rebels are preparing to either detain him or kill him.
Locating Khadafy would help seal the new rulers’ hold on the country. The announcement after convoys of Khadafy loyalists, including his security chief, fled across the Sahara into Niger in a move that Libya’s former rebels hoped could help lead to the surrender of his last strongholds.
Some former rebels depicted the flight to Niger as a major exodus of Khadafy’s most hardcore backers. But confirmed information on the number and identity of those leaving was scarce given the vast swath of desert — over 1,000 miles — between populated areas on the two sides of the border.
In Niger’s capital, Niamey, Massoudou Hassoumi, a spokesman for the president said Khadafy’s security chief had crossed the desert into Niger on Monday accompanied by a major Tuareg rebel.
“Frizz-head, we’re coming to get you,” some chanted, using a now-commonly heard insult for Khadafy.
Looks like the book is about to close on the man that Libyans call “Frizz head”
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