Gaddafi had announced his candidacy on November 14 and looked like one of the front-runners in the contest, scheduled for December 24. On Wednesday, however, the election commission ruled him ineligible. It is a preliminary decision and can be appealed in court. A military prosecutor in Tripoli had urged the …
Read More »Gaddafi heir runs for Libyan presidency despite arrest warrant
The 49-year-old was registered as a candidate in the December 24 presidential election, the divided country’s election authority has confirmed. Footage showing Gaddafi Jr. submitting the paperwork at an election center in the southwestern city of Sabha on Sunday was published by the local media. He was wearing a traditional …
Read More »The killing of Gaddafi 10 years ago has resulted in the death of the nation of Libya and the destruction of its people
There was never really an ‘Arab Spring’ in Libya the way there was in Egypt or Tunisia. Protests were much smaller, and as time went on to show, the biggest players turned out to be extremist groups and foreign actors, each trying to get a slice of the country. NATO’s …
Read More »Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saadi released after 7 years in Libyan jail – reports
“Saadi Muammar Gaddafi has been freed from prison,” a justice ministry source told AFP. “The chief prosecutor asked, several months ago, for the execution of the decision relating to Saadi Gaddafi as soon as all the required conditions had been satisfied.” Gaddafi, 48, was cleared of charges of “murder, deception, …
Read More »Gaddafi’s son seeks Libyan presidency 10 years after NATO-backed campaign plunged country into chaos – media
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi has begun to reach out to Western and other diplomats as he seeks to re-enter public life, the Times reported. Once viewed as his father’s successor, he is preparing to stand in Libya’s December 24 presidential contest. Speaking to the paper via telephone, he said he was …
Read More »Became known the details of the conspiracy against Gaddafi
Information was shared by a former adviser to the Libyan leader. Former adviser to former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi Bashir Saleh said that the President was killed as a result of the conspiracy, and not just because of the revolution. About Bashir said in an interview with RT. “This was …
Read More »From captivity in Libya freed of Gaddafi’s son
In Libya, the group “a Battalion of Abu Bakr as-Siddiq” released from captivity of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of the former Libyan dictator, where he spent 5 years. In Libya, the group “a Battalion of Abu Bakr as-Siddiq” was released after five years captivity of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the most …
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