Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam, the onetime successor of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, is reported to have been nailed on Saturday by the Libyan militia fighters. The 39-year-old Saif has been captured along with his three bodyguards early morning near Awbari while trying to join his brother in Niger. He has been on the wanted list by International Criminal Court for months.
Presently, Saif al-Islam is under arrest in Zintan. While it is most likely that Saif would be handed over to the International Criminal Court (ICC) on war crimes charges, but Zintan militia may want him to be brought to trial in his own country, Libya. This may take a few days to work out. But possibilities are that militia leaders in Zintan would like to cash on Saif’s capture and play hard for a big role in the new Libyan government.
Saif, the son of erstwhile leader Muammar Gaddafi of Libya, has been found slightly injured in the clashes, but otherwise he is in good health.
Libyans celebrated Saif al-Islam’s capture as thousands took to the streets and gun fires were shot to mark the occasion. Libyans were seen dancing and hugging each other, but, for once, nobody seemed to mind.
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Saturday, November 19, 2011
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Gaddafi given a secret burial
Muammar Gaddafi remains a mystery even after his death. The Libyan leader, known for his eccentricity and enigmatic nature, has been buried in an unknown location in Sahara desert on Tuesday morning. The deposed leader of Libya together with his son Mutassim and one of his ex-aids was given an Islamic burial five days following his capture and killing.
Khaled Tantoush, late Colonel Gaddafi’s cleric, who was also captured with the ex-Libyan head, read a prayer following which the bodies were shifted from Misrata after four days of public display. The bodies were then handed over to two National Transitional Council (NTC) loyalists for inhumation. The time of burial is suggested to be 5 am local time.
Earlier the body of the deposed Libyan ruler was put in a meat locker in the coastal city of Misrata for five days of public display.
One of the reasons for such top secrecy is that NTC wanted to avoid the attempt by Gaddafi loyalists to turn his burial site to become a shrine.
It is being said that the witnesses presented at Colonel Gaddafi’s burial had been sworn on the Holy Koran never to expose the true location of Gaddafi's grave.
Khaled Tantoush, late Colonel Gaddafi’s cleric, who was also captured with the ex-Libyan head, read a prayer following which the bodies were shifted from Misrata after four days of public display. The bodies were then handed over to two National Transitional Council (NTC) loyalists for inhumation. The time of burial is suggested to be 5 am local time.
Earlier the body of the deposed Libyan ruler was put in a meat locker in the coastal city of Misrata for five days of public display.
One of the reasons for such top secrecy is that NTC wanted to avoid the attempt by Gaddafi loyalists to turn his burial site to become a shrine.
It is being said that the witnesses presented at Colonel Gaddafi’s burial had been sworn on the Holy Koran never to expose the true location of Gaddafi's grave.
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Dramatic wipeout of Muammar Gaddafi
And finally justice has prevailed for the Libyans as the tyranny of Muammar Gaddafi met a brutal and shameful death. In his final hour, the self-proclaimed ‘King of Kings’ and his dwindling die-hard supporters were vastly outnumbered by National Transitional Council fighters (NCT). Colonel Gaddafi was captured while trying to flee from the coastal city Sirte, his home town and last strong hold, for the west. With his death comes an end of era marked by violent oppression and tyranny on Libyans and spread of instability and terror around the globe that lasted more than four decades.
Footage on Al Jazeera showed Muammar Gaddafi was captured alive. The fallen dictator of Libya had taken refuge in a highway drainage pipe after abandoning his jeep that he was using to escape from Sirte. His bloodied and staggering body was beaten and dragged through an angry and unrelenting crowd to an ambulance as he pleaded for forgiveness. Several conflicting accounts are coming out about the circumstances of his death. It is still to be known whether the Colonel died from gunshot wounds, bled to death in the ambulance on the way to Misrata or assassinated. There is also another version – he was shot in the chest by one of his guards. His partly naked body was driven to a mosque in Misrata (the western city) and DNA test was conducted. The forensic expert confirmed close-ranged bullet holes in his head and abdomen.
As of now, there is uncertainty about Colonel Gaddaffi’s burial. It has been postponed until a third party investigation over the circumstances of his death is carried out.
What a tragic end to a life that believed in violence and inflicting pain on others!
Footage on Al Jazeera showed Muammar Gaddafi was captured alive. The fallen dictator of Libya had taken refuge in a highway drainage pipe after abandoning his jeep that he was using to escape from Sirte. His bloodied and staggering body was beaten and dragged through an angry and unrelenting crowd to an ambulance as he pleaded for forgiveness. Several conflicting accounts are coming out about the circumstances of his death. It is still to be known whether the Colonel died from gunshot wounds, bled to death in the ambulance on the way to Misrata or assassinated. There is also another version – he was shot in the chest by one of his guards. His partly naked body was driven to a mosque in Misrata (the western city) and DNA test was conducted. The forensic expert confirmed close-ranged bullet holes in his head and abdomen.
As of now, there is uncertainty about Colonel Gaddaffi’s burial. It has been postponed until a third party investigation over the circumstances of his death is carried out.
What a tragic end to a life that believed in violence and inflicting pain on others!
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