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Matthew VanDyke

American POW Turned Libyan Resistance Fighter Matthew VanDyke Tells His Story

In August, The Takeaway first  spoke  with Matthew VanDyke and his mother Sharon. VanDyke, an American who described himself as a journalist, was captured by loyalists to Moammar Gadhafi in Brega, and held in solitary confinement for six months, before escaping on August 24. He finally escaped captivity in August, but has stayed on in Libya out […]

Matthew VanDyke: An American Fighter in Post-Gadhafi Libya

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Former American prisoner said to have joined Libyan resistance

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An American imprisoned in Gadhafi’s Tripoli

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