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Gunfight Erupts near Saadi Gadhafi Beach House in Tripoli
[An Nahar] A gunbattle erupted Wednesday near the beach house of slain Libyan dictator Muammar Qadaffy...who single-handedly turned a moderately prosperous kingdom into a dictator's fantasyland and was then murdered by his indignant subjects 42 years later... 's son, Saadi, in central Tripoli, Agence La Belle France Presse correspondents reported. Thick smoke billowed from near the house as rival militias, using heavy machineguns, clashed in the mostly business district not far from luxurious hotels like Corinthia Bab al-Africa and the yet-to-open J W Mariott. The cause was unclear, but some witnesses said the militias were fighting for control of the house. Saadi decamped Libya across its southern frontier to Niger in August during the fall of Tripoli that ended his authoritarian father's 42-year regime. Posted by: Fred 2012-02-02 |
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