Khamis Gaddafi, 30 or Khamis is thought of by some as the dark horse in any eventual war of succession among the Gaddafi brothers. Update: Believed killed during the fall of Tripoli to rebel forces. Muammar now invokes his lucky survival that day during his many bromides against the U. For those attacking Sirte they seemed for a while to be insuperable obstacles, not least the long barrier blocking access to the vast plaza of the Ouagoudougou conference centre.
There were small counter-attacks as the government forces crept forward, sometimes with rocket-propelled grenades that burst in the air or crashed into buildings. At other times machine-gun fire rattled into the bullet-pocked facades of offices, banks, schools or villas.
They probed for weak positions. There were rumours of cars attempting to break out as the net closed. And with each day fighters posed the same question to which they could not supply an answer: why was it that those fighting on the Gaddafi side would not give up? How Gaddafi came to be in Sirte — if not the reason that he went to one of the few locations still strongly supportive of him — remains murky.
It is believed he fled from Tripoli shortly before it fell in August. Motorcades carrying his wife and daughter to Algeria, and at least one other son to Niger, were spotted and the details leaked to the media by Nato. But the convoy carrying the dictator appears to have been missed. For his escape, Gaddafi had only one highway to travel — leading south of the capital to Beni Walid, 90 miles from Tripoli, the only highway not in rebel hands. A further detour would then have been necessary to avoid the rebels who were pushing in all directions out of the coastal city of Misrata, involving the convoy driving south-east, deeper into the Libyan desert, to the only traffic junction leading to Sirte at Waddan.
The rebels were deeply divided over where Gaddafi was. Some believed he had fled on one of the convoys carrying his wife and other sons that were spotted crossing south to Niger and east to Algeria. Still others thought he had driven to the fabled Bunker, a possibly mythical concrete complex constructed deep in the desert by the dictator for such an emergency.
They were all wrong. And like Gaddafi, Dhao was not supposed to be in Sirte. Mahant Ravindra Puri elected as new president of Akhara Parishad. Afghanistan: Record Fearing another Covid wave, China goes for strict lockdown in Ejin county. Sudan PM Abdalla Hamdok held in apparent coup; general declares emergency. Shiba Inu to Dogecoin: 7 best Cryptocurrencies for long-term investment.
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It shows you I have values, morals, that I draw the line. Gradually, Mansour Daw let his guard down. Strictly speaking, he revealed nothing, only hinted at things, but through these hints he confirmed that those close to Gaddafi were familiar with most of his activities, even participated in some of them, and tolerated no criticism.
Anyone who hindered him could count on his wrath. And Mansour Daw was unable to hide his contempt. He looked for women everywhere; that was his specialty and his primary function; he would even pick up prostitutes on the street.
She actually carried a lot of weight with Gaddafi, and was glued to his side on a permanent basis. I was so revolted by her that I refused to shake her hand on three separate occasions. She had networks all over and dealt, among other things, with the wives of state leaders.
In any case, there were several of us who wanted to tell him that Mabrouka Sherif and Mesmari practiced it. He was the head of state and I was nothing but a paid employee.
But they still asked me to go to Spain, to France, et cetera. I knew how to protect myself. How Salma and Mabrouka kidnapped her in Sirte, her successive rapes, her incarceration in a basement at Bab al-Azizia. He shook his head, devastated. I could have opposed it. They would have put me in prison. I swear I knew nothing about that basement! It goes against my values! I am a respected military man, a father, a grandfather. Can you see me as a rapist? A pimp?
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