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By William Tucker

The U.S., nor NATO, has confirmed this news as of yet. A spokesman for Libya’s NTC has stated that Qaddafi was trying to flee Sirte as NTC forces took the city, but his convoy was hit by a NATO airstrike. Other reports claim that Qaddafi survived the strike although he suffered wounds to his head and both legs. It is still premature and further news will come out shortly, but if this report is accurate it will likely be an end to any Qaddafi led insurgency against the NTC. An Islamist based insurgency, however, is still a very real possibility.

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Photo: reported to be Qaddafi after his capture from AFP.