U.S, FRANCE & BRITISH K!LLED SAIF AL-ISLAM GADDAFI TO KEEP LIBYA IN PERPETUAL DIVISION.
SAIF AL-ISLAM GADDAFI, the 53-year-old son and one-time heir apparent of the late MUAMMAR GADDAFI, was reportedly executed in his residence south of ZINTAN by a four-man commando team who disabled surveillance cameras before the ättäck.
The TRIPOLI-based 444th Combat Brigade denied involvement; analysts suggest his k!lling removes a potential presidential poll winner, but risks turning him into a martyr for former regime loyalists.
ABDULLAH OTHMAN ABDURRAHMAN told al-Ahrar TV channel that SAIF AL-ISLAM was k!lled in his house by a group of four unidentified men.
“Four armed men stormed the residence of SAIF AL-ISLAM GADDAFI after disabling surveillance cameras, then executed him,” ABDURRAHMAN was reported as saying.
His lawyer revealed to AFP that he was k!lled by a “four-man commando”.
MARCEL CECCALDI said, that he was told by one of SAIF AL-ISLAM’S close associates about ten days ago “that there were problems with his security”.
SAIF AL-ISLAM was a suspect wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of crimes against humanity.
Earlier, his adviser and head of his political team, ABDULLAH OTHMAN, told LIBYA AL-AHRAR television that the 53-year-old, long viewed as a potential successor to his father before the regime’s fall in 2011, was k!lled inside his home by a group of four unidentified men.
The channel quoted OTHMAN on X as saying that “four armed men stormed SAIF AL-ISLAM’s residence and k!lled him after disabling the surveillance cameras.” OTHMAN had earlier announced the death in a Facebook post without providing details.
The same channel reported in a phone call with his cousin, HAMID GADDAFI, that “Dr. SAIF AL-ISLAM has been martyred,” adding, “We have no other information.”
For years, SAIF AL-ISLAM sought to project an image as a moderate reformer, a reputation that collapsed with the outbreak of the 2011 uprising when he threatened “rivers of blood.”
He was arrested in southern LIBYA and held for a long period by an armed group in ZINTAN, about 145 kilometers southwest of the capital, TRIPOLI.
SAIF AL-ISLAM, who was subject to an international arrest warrant via Interpol, appeared before LIBYAN courts between 2012 and 2013. In 2015, he and several figures from his father’s era were sentenced to death on charges including gẹ̄noc!de and the v!olent suppression of protesters during the LIBYAN revolution.
However, the armed group holding him refused to hand him over to the judiciary and released him in 2017.
DENIALS AND POLITICAL FALLOUT:
The 444th Combat Brigade, affiliated with the Defense ministry of the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity, denied any involvement in SAIF AL-ISLAM GADDAFI’s k!lling.
In a statement, the brigade issued an “absolute” denial of any link to clashes reported in ZINTAN or to reports surrounding his death. It said no official orders had been issued to pursue SAIF AL-ISLAM, stressing that such matters were not among its “security or military” duties.
In 2021, despite being wanted, he submitted his candidacy for the presidential election, banking on support from loyalists of the former regime. The vote was later postponed.
Analyst IMAD BADI said his k!lling could “turn him into a martyr in the eyes of a large segment of the population” and potentially alter electoral dynamics by removing a “major obstacle” to the presidency, given the controversy surrounding his candidacy.
Former GADDAFI regime spokesman MOUSSA IBRAHIM condemned what he described as a “treacherous act,” saying he had spoken with SAIF AL-ISLAM two days earlier.
IBRAHIM wrote on X that SAIF AL-ISLAM “wanted a unified, sovereign, and secure LIBYA for all its people. They have assass!nated hope and the future and sown hatred.”
Since the fall and killing of MUAMMAR GADDAFI in 2011, LIBYA has remained deeply divided, with a struggle for power between two rival authorities: the internationally recognized Government of National Unity in TRIPOLI, led by ABDUL HAMID DBEIBEH, and a parallel administration in the east based in BENGHAZI and backed by Field Marshal KHALIFA HAFTAR.
SAIF AL-ISLAM GADDAFI Was Killed By U.S, FRANCE & BRITISH to keep LIBYA in perpetual division.
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U.S, FRANCE & BRITISH K!LLED SAIF AL-ISLAM GADDAFI TO KEEP LIBYA IN PERPETUAL DIVISION
