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Which Way, L.A.?

Libya at a Bloody Crossroads

Defecting Libyan diplomats are among those saying there's a "massacre" taking place in their country and demanding that Colonel Moammar Gadhafi step down after 41 years in power. Estimates of the numbers dead in Libya are reaching into the hundreds: protesters killed by soldiers and by mercenaries from other countries.

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By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

Defecting Libyan diplomats are among those saying there's a "massacre" taking place in their country and demanding that Colonel Moammar Gadhafi step down after 41 years in power. Estimates of the numbers dead in Libya are reaching into the hundreds: protesters killed by soldiers and by mercenaries from other countries. In a defiant speech, Gadhafi said he would fight "to the last drop of blood," despite defections by diplomats and military desertions. Some tribal leaders have threatened to stop the flow of oil from one of the world's major sources unless security forces "stop the bloodshed." We hear more about the most violent Middle Eastern uprising so far and the implications for the US, Europe and the rest of the Arab world.

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    Warren Olney

    former KCRW broadcaster

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    Vivienne Walt

    Time magazine

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    Susan Glasser

    staff writer at The New Yorker, co-author of “The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021”

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    Eljahmi Mohamed

    Libyan-American Activist

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