New York Times Beirut Bureau Chief Anthony Shadid discusses his capture by Moammar Gadhafi's forces in Libya, during a talk at the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum in Oklahoma City, April 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File) This article first

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