Reply #19: Where could Libya's Muammar Gaddafi be?

[pinboy3niner]

Sun Sep 4, 2011 5:39pm GMT


TUNIS Sep 4 (Reuters) - Ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is on the run after being driven from power by a rebellion after 42-years of rule. Following are some details on the search for him:


• Libya's NATO-backed National Transitional Council, whose fighters drove Gaddafi from power, says it is using a network of informants from Gaddafi's entourage to track him down.

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• The interim rulers say Gaddafi never speaks on a mobile phone nor can they listen to the calls of his inner circle, but they can trace the calls of some of his peripheral friends.

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• There are three main towns in Libya still outside of provisional government control -- Bani Walid, Sirte and Sabha -- and there has been speculation that Gaddafi could be in any one of them. Some analysts, though, think the former strongman is too wily to stick around while NTC forces amass thousands of fighters and plan possible assaults should the towns refuse to surrender without a fight.

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• Sabha -- in the middle of the Sahara desert -- is 600 km (400 miles) south of Tripoli and is also often referred to as a potential last staging post for Gaddafi and his sons. It was here that Gaddafi announced the "the dawn of the era of the masses".

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http://af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFL5E7K40JP20110904?sp=true