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The Fall of Tripoli: Is This the End of the Gadhafi Regime?
Libyan rebel forces moved swiftly over the weekend and claimed control over most of Tripoli. After more than four decades, Gadhafi's regime finally appears to be ending...
By Sara Terry • • 47m ListenLibyan rebel forces moved with surprising swiftness over the weekend and claimed control over most of Tripoli. After more than four decades, Gadhafi's regime finally appears to be ending. On this rebroadcast of today's To the Point, guest host Sara Terry looks at the prospects for a democratic regime. What sort of justice will the rebels mete to Gadhafi, whose whereabouts are currently unknown? How should the West respond? Also, remembering Martin Luther King, Jr. Twenty-five years in the making, a memorial to him finally opens on the Washington Mall.
Banner image: A Libyan rebel fighter stands in front of a closed shop in the embattled city of Zawiya, some 25 miles west of Tripoli, on the fourth day of fighting against leftover pockets of forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, August 18, 2011. Photo by Marc Hofer/AFP/Getty Images
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2 storiesThe Fall of Tripoli: Is This the End of the Gadhafi Regime?
Within hours after heavy fighting erupted in Libya's capital this weekend, it appears that Colonel Moammar Gadhafi's regime is finally on its way out. Rebel forces are claiming control of 95 percent of Tripoli as skirmishes continue in the capital, and the Libyan strongman's whereabouts are unknown.
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It's been 48 years since a young Martin Luther King, Jr. roused the nation with his I Have a Dream speech, he promised, "With this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope." Nearly 50 years later, the civil rights leader is being honored with a memorial on the Washington Mall.
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