Michael Woodward comments, below the story:

Kevin Dawes was not a “medical aide worker” he is a self styled medic who taught himself the “skills” through youtube. He has no firearms training and is suffering severely from delusional and paranoid behavior. He is a danger to himself and others. In other stories about him, it is said even that battle hardened rebels are afraid of him and think he is crazy. This story is not researched and needs to be fact checked. I am sure that if you do search for some of his old screen names (try Caro)you will find some of his postings. Also, check out his blog and youtube channel- you will find he is not what this article portrays him to be.

Dawes has been repeatedly permanently banned from the rowdy Internet forum Something Awful for being not just a troll, but a troll widely assumed to be suffering from a possible severe personality disorder due to his insistence that he was the victim of a far-reaching conspiracy involving the San Diego police acting in league with forum moderators. (Upon one banning, moderators advised him, “seek professional psychiatric help and get back on meds!”)

Regardless of his history of trolling SA, he is still performing medicine — operating on people, according to one YouTube video that he’s since made private — without any sort of professional medical training at all, which shouldn’t be encouraged even when it’s not done by unbalanced war tourists.

This isn’t to say that he wouldn’t make a fascinating subject for an in-depth profile, but … his claims probably shouldn’t just have been taken at face value.

NPR has deleted at least a few comments pointing out Dawes’ online history, though others remain.

GlobalPost correspondent Tracey Shelton said there is some question as to whether the instrument was a knife from the end of a gun, which Libyans call a Bicketti, or a utilitiy tool known as a Becker Knife and Tool, which is popularly known as a BKT.

This latest video discovery comes as international and human rights groups call for a formal investigation into how the former Libyan leader was killed. In video clips that have emerged of his capture, Gadhafi can be seen injured but alive. Later he is seen with what appears to be gunshot wounds to his head and chest. According to the Geneva Conventions, however, abuse of prisoners under any circumstance is not permissable.

The frame-by-frame look (warning very graphic) at the attack can be seen here. Below is a video decoding the cell phone footage of the capture. And, finally, at the bottom is the full video. You can see the attempt to sodomize Gadhafi at the 16 second mark.

WARNING: Extremely graphic

DECODING MOAMMAR GADHAFI’S CAPTURE:

FULL VIDEO OF MUOMMAR GADHAFI’S CAPTURE:

It’s possible that Gadhafi died of wounds that were inflicted before his capture. Mortal wounds inflicted in battle do not violate international law.

But emerging evidence suggests that he may have been killed while in custody. If so, that would constitute a serious war crime, human-rights advocates say. It could also tarnish the new government’s standing, especially if other crimes are revealed, and if the perpetrators are not held accountable.

Gadhafi was “found alone in the drain pipe, surrounded by the bodies of his guards who had been shot as they tried to flee Sirte,” reports GlobalPost’s Tracey Shelton citing anti-Gadhafi combatants. He had “injuries to his legs, torso and head,” she writes, but he was clearly alive.

An exclusive iPhone video obtained by GlobalPost shows the immediate aftermath of his capture. At first he walks under his own control, before being seized by an armed mob. Violence ensues. Libya’s longtime leader is kicked and punched. A gun is pointed at his head. Cries of Allahuh Akbar (God is Great) are punctuated with the staccato of gunfire — although in the scuffle it’s not clear whether the shots are aimed at Gadhafi. A knife is held to his neck, but the camera jolts away. Ultimately, a very bloodied but still apparently-walking Gadhafi is led to waiting vehicles.

Later, the NTC confirmed that Gadhafi was dead.

The matter is attracting international scrutiny.

“We believe there is a need for an investigation, and more details are needed to ascertain whether he was killed in the fighting or after his capture,” says Rupert Colville, spokesperson for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. An independent Commission of Inquiry for Libya, established by the United Nations Human Rights Council, “is very likely to look into this,” says Colville.

“There’s clearly blood on him” early in the video, notes Fred Abrahams, Special Advisor to Human Rights Watch, an expert in armed conflict fact-finding. “The question is, did he die of wounds inflicted before or after capture.”

“If Gadhafi was executed in captivity and that goes unpunished, it sends a message that Libyans can take justice into their own hands,” notes Abrahams. “Whether they’re senior officials, security officials or the neighborhood spy, people who committed crimes over the four decades should be tried in a court, and not lynched by their neighbors.”

He points out that arbitrary justice is exactly what Gadhafi exercised for 42 years. “The goal of the revolution was to break from the past, not to repeat it.”

Muammar Gadhafi’s death is not alone in raising questions. His son Mutassim was also killed yesterday under murky circumstances.

In Mutassim’s case, a three-second video posted on Facebook, purportedly taken after his capture, shows him sitting upright. He takes a drag from a cigarette, and begins to speak. His shirt is bloodied, but no wounds are visible. Later, photos show him dead with a wound in his neck. (The Facebook video’s date and authenticity could not be immediately confirmed by GlobalPost.)

Human Rights watch is calling for an independent inquiry into the death of Gadhafi and his Mutassim. “A lot of faces on the [Gadhafi] video are clear, so they should be able to speak with some of the people who participated in his capture. And we think that the investigation should have an international element, including an internationally supervised autopsy,” to provide that extra layer of transparency.

Meanwhile, Human Rights Watch is also concerned about the fate of others captured on Thursday, including Mansour Dow, a senior Gadhafi security official. The identity and number of captives remains unknown. “We’re afraid that these people will be mistreated or killed in custody.” Their treatment is essential not just for their well-being, Abrahams says, but for their value in future trials for crimes committed under Gadhafi.

Although clearly injured, Gadhafi is still alive during the capture. His captors can be heard shouting, “Don’t kill him! Don’t kill him! We need him alive!” throughout the footage.

According to an official statement by the National Transitional Council, Gadhafi was shot before his capture and died from his wounds on route to Misrata.

Fighters at the scene said he was injured in the shoulder and leg when he was found. Blood also appears to be flowing from a head injury. So far reporters and human rights groups have been blocked from viewing the body but footage has emerged showing bullet wounds to the torso and head which may cast doubt on the statement released by the interim government.

A crew of doctors leaving a family home where Gadhafi’s body was temporarily being held said they had performed DNA tests but did not have any results to release at this time. Gadhafi’s son Muttasim was also killed while trying to escape nearby.

WARNING: Graphic footage