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Bryan Denton / The New York Times via Redux
A rebel celebrates while wearing a hat, necklace and scepter thought to be taken from Col. Moammar Gadhafi's Bab al-Aziziya compound, in Tripoli, Libya, Aug. 23, 2011.
Reuters reports:
A Libyan rebel, wearing a flamboyant military peaked hat that he said he had seized from Moammar Gadhafi's bedroom in his Tripoli compound, said he planned to give the trophy to his father. Continue reading.
Rachel Maddow shares the story of a man in Tripoli who claims to have looted some of Gadhafi's accessories and is now wearing them for all to see.
P. De Poulpiquet / Maxppp via Zuma Press
An armed rebel fighter kicks a soccer ball near Gadhafi's Bab al-Aziziya compound as it is engulfed in flames on Aug. 23.
Sergey Ponomarev / AP
Rebel fighters trample on a head of Moammar Gadhafi inside the main compound in Bab al-Aziziya on Aug. 23.
See our slideshow of pictures from the Libyan conflict: Tears, cheers, prayers as regime crumbles.
Bryan Denton, the photographer who made the top picture of the guy in the hat, is on assignment for The New York Times. Read about his trip into Tripoli, and see more pictures, on a Lens Blog post from Aug. 22. Denton’s web site is http://bryandenton.photoshelter.com/.
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At first glance I could have swore that guy in the first picture was chris rock.
It is Chris , he is just moonlighting.
Weird, I thought he looked like Wyatt Cenac from the John Stewart show.
If the rebels were smart they would put all of his stuff on ebay.
Gadafncked....
I'd like one of those AKs that seem to be a dime-a-dozen over there!
The AK47 is the most produced weapon ever. Kids over here get a Daisey Red Rider bb gun for their birthday. AK47s over there.
I hope It works out for them.
double post dam newsvine
Why destroy everything? It's a shame a bunch of illiterates we are going to give billions to are in charge, at least until the next tyrant takes over. It could get much worse for those fools.
Look at the trillions we have given our Tyrant here in America. Our revolution will reach victory in November 2012 and his goodbye Party will be in January 2013
Carl,,, You can't fool anyone,, You are blogging from Saddams rabbit hole, you Sunni's just can't get over the practical joke Cons played on you, cah you? --- Get over it loser
The main question here is. "Have they located his supply of Botox yet" When they find that then he will be close by
Carl,,, No & they won''t find it either --- Gadhafi gave it to Lindsey Graham when he stayed at the terrorist's ranch & it's now in Bachmann's vanity
I heard the Tea Party offshored their headquarters to Dubai following the Tea Party Downgrade
Man, this is so awesome to watch unfold. Especially if you're a history buff like me. Go Libya go! Freedom is yours for the taking!
Yep,,, Wrapped this one up in a few months, WMD's found without the loss of one American life & trillions in treasure. Conservatives are freaking out
Look at these oil companies,, they remind me of vultures circling over a carcass,, as if they haven't gotten fat enough on our recession
Jim; your senseless diatribe is getting old. Oh, i get it, you're giving Obama credit for taking down Libya now. Wow. Did you know that most of the stockpile of anti-aircraft missiles have been looted and cannot be accounted for? They have no idea if AlQaeda, or another potential U.S. hater has them. Chemical weapons could be next. Don't you think that should have been on top of Obama's list, if you're going to give him all the credit, once again for something he had minimal involvement with.
You call it "diatribe" because you are a conservative,,,, You want America to "Fail" on all issues, our "Big Government" Worked for "Freedoms & Liberties" & you can't stand it
Everyone else on the globe including Libya who has made Obama a member of the "Fantastic 4" Superhero Club tells you I'm speaking "TRUTH"
The guy with the soccer ball looks like a Chevy Chase character from the movie Fletch.
whynot,,,, Didn't the dude with Gadhafi's hat & hair look like Uday ?
Muslims teach Creationism --- Maybe Perry can get a job in Libya teaching,, he's been terrible for public schools in Texas
It amazes me that those people across this country who speak out against the Islamic Shari'ah have no clue about what it actually is! - Ideally, its a legal framework built around mutual consultation/consensus - the driving force behind it is the inclination towards social justice, compassion, mercy and reconciliation...
In effect, what could occur is that a group of self-anointed, religious nuts under the framework, can agree to execute someone for stealing a loaf of bread because they were close to starving! - These are the kinds of extreme, religious nuts who have driven Al-Islam into the very dark ages - I appeal to the scholars on this blog: Please bring forth some solid info on the subject, so that we can stop throwing the baby out with this filthy corrupted bathwater - Can this kind of thing happen with our beloved Constitution!??
Long live the U.S. Constitution - Long live the American Republic!!!
It amazes me that conservatives running for the highest office in "our" America think that Sharia Law could ever happen in the United States of America
Oop's, my bad,,, I guess I should have said "the Corporation's America" --- Romney keeps boasting that "They Are The People"
Jim it could after WW3 , if there are survivors . If you think that will never happen youre in denial .
I guess you never heard of Citizen's United,,, If you think your citizen vote has been impowerd,,, you are in denial
Thats quackdaffy's wig . In reality he has hair like George Castanza .
Somedude,,, Didn't that dude look exactly like Uday? I saw that & almost spilled my coffee
The rebel looks like Michael Jackson now.
Amen golden boy. Americans talk a lot of s--t about other countries and cant solve their own problems. These people suffer under real hardships and if the f---king lights go out here ,there is chaos.Americans bitch about everyone and everything outside of America,but wont put their f---king latte's down long enough to realize,we would never do to our government ,what these people have done to theirs .For one thing ,theres no need>If America is so bad.......go live somewhere else!!! would you have the guts to fight the American ARMY,NAVY AND AIRFORCE...NO!!!! the police force would whip your asses and none of you fight to get lower train fares let alone try to change a government .....please. There has been two times only Americans spilled blood to change anything here and both civil..The Civil war and the civil rights movement. America crapped itself at 9/11 .Can you imagine that everyday!!!!!!!What ever happens in the world ....everyone runs to this screw up f- up ,young little country called America......why is that ??? if we are so bad. I if we ever did muster the guts to fight like these people do ,what would we fight for ? better Digital tv programming ,movies that dont suck.Realize where you live ....and be thankful. Where do Americans go ..........everyone comes here....but where would WE go,if we didn't have America protecting all the dumbass ideas we sometimes come up with .Some time Americans act like if we just change the seating arrangement on the deck ,the Titanic won't sink.Look for the real problem....the iceburg.
Now we know he dressed up in women`s clothes and wore wigs , make-up.
No wonder he looked so young for his age.
that's not a soccer ball, silly americans