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Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril comment on Gadhafi death

(20 Oct 2011) 1. Wide of news conference by Libyan Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic followed by English translation at source) Mahmoud Jibril, Libyan Prime Minister: "We have been waiting as Libyans for this historic moment. Moammar Gadhafi has been killed. As for how and by whom he has been killed, our experts now at the morgue are investigating and as soon as we have the results it will be announced to everyone." 3. Wide of news conference STORYLINE Moammar Gadhafi, who ruled Libya for 42 years until he was ousted by his own people in an uprising that turned into a bloody civil war, was killed on Thursday when revolutionary forces overwhelmed his hometown, Sirte, the last major bastion of resistance two months after his regime fell. "We have been waiting for this moment for a long time. Moammar Gadhafi has been killed," Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril told a news conference in the capital Tripoli. The news was met with cheers and shouts of "Allahu Akbar" or "God is Great" in Arabic. "As for how and by whom he has been killed, our experts now at the morgue are investigating and as soon as we have the results it will be announced to everyone," Jibril added. Initial reports from fighters said Gadhafi had been barricaded in with his heavily armed loyalists in the last few buildings they held in his Mediterranean coastal hometown of Sirte, furiously battling with revolutionary fighters closing in on them Thursday. At one point, a convoy tried to flee the area and was blasted by NATO airstrikes, though it was not clear if Gadhafi was in the vehicles. Details of his death remained unverified. "As for how and by whom he has been killed, our experts now at the morgue are investigating and as soon as we have the results it will be announced to everyone," Jibril added. Libya's new leaders had said they would declare the country's "liberation" after the fall of Sirte. The death of Gadhafi adds greater solidity to that declaration. It rules out a scenario that some had feared, that he might flee deeper into Libya's southern deserts and lead a resistance campaign against Libya's rulers. The fate of two of his sons, Seif al-Islam and Muatassim, as well as some top figures of his regime remains unknown, but their ability to rally loyalists would be deeply undermined with Gadhafi's loss. Sirte's fall caps weeks of heavy, street-by-street fighting as revolutionary fighters besieged the city. Despite the fall of Tripoli on August 21, Gadhafi loyalists mounted fierce resistance in several areas, including Sirte, preventing Libya's new leaders from declaring full victory in the eight-month civil war. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...