How the Arab World is Viewing the Fall of Qaddafi

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Today's headline in The National almost seemed like a warning. Arab leaders... PAY ATTENTION!


The Libyan capital erupted into a cacophony of car horns, machinegun fire and chants as news spread that the battle for Sirte, and the hunt for its most famous son, were both over.

In Martyrs' Square hundreds of men chanted: "Alleyway by alleyway, house by house, we found you Qaddafi" - a scornful echo of the former dictator's threat that his forces would hunt down every rebel in the town of Benghazi, where the uprising that ultimately deposed him began eight months ago.

Qaddafi's death ignited emotions, with men in cafes dropping their coffees and sprinting towards television screens to see for themselves. By 2pm the city was nearly deafening, with hands pressed firmly on car horns, yells of "God is great", the crackle of AK-47s emptied into the sky and the boom of celebratory anti-aircraft rounds fired over the Mediterranean.

"Qaddafi is dead, by God," said Jaber Ayoub, 30, a soldier in the NTC forces, as he observed the growing spectacle in Martyrs' Square in the centre of Tripoli. "I don't even know what to say. I won't be able to sleep for days. This is a truly great day."... http://www.thenational.ae/news/worldwide/middle-east/tripoli-erupts-into-a-carnival-celebration-over-qaddafi-death