17/10/2013 A Libyan man seized earlier this month in a US raid in Tripoli has pleaded not guilty in a New York court to two US embassy bombings in 1998. Abu Anas al-Liby, whose real name is Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai, entered the plea through his attorney. He is accused of links with al-Qaeda and involvement in the bombings of US [ Read More ]
Posted by Pushpinder Khaneka Thursday 10 October 2013 The rule and downfall of Gaddafi feature strongly in recent work, but books like Ibrahim al-Koni’s The Bleeding of the Stone offer a very different view of the Arab In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar Hisham Matar’s novel reflects the brutality of Gaddafi’s Libya through the eyes of a young boy. [ Read More ]
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