World | Iman al-Obeidi Libyan Rape Accuser Moves to US Iman al-Obeidi gets asylum; told media Gadhafi forces assaulted her By Matt Cantor Posted Jul 29, 2011 3:10 AM CDT Copied Hands from hotel employees trying to grab her, and foreign journalist attempting to protect her, surround Iman al-Obeidi, right, after she showed her wounds to the press. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) The woman who burst into a media breakfast to say she’d been gang-raped by Moammar Gadhafi’s forces has arrived in the US, where she’s been granted asylum, CNN reports. Iman al-Obeidi flew into New York following 54 days in a UN refugee camp in Romania; she then took another flight to her new US home. Saying she was excited to be here, al-Obedi thanked the government and Hillary Clinton and said she hoped someday to meet the secretary of state. Read These Next A White House press briefing got pretty heated Thursday. Fired Michigan coach charged with home invasion. Admiral who oversaw first boat strikes retires. Peggy Noonan: Kirk assassination starting to look 'epochal.' Report an error