Quotes of the Day

Smoke billows from the site of an explosion across an area in which strongman Moamer Kadhafi has his residence, in Tripoli on June 7, 2011.
Tuesday, Jun. 07, 2011

Open quoteWe welcome death. Martyrdom is a million times better. Close quote

  • COLONEL MUAMMAR GADDAFI,
  • in an audio recording aired on Libyan state television, vowing never to surrender to NATO's air campaign; on Tuesday, NATO warplanes dropped more than 80 bombs on the capital of Tripoli, obliterating large areas of Gaddafi's command compound
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