[Libya Herald] Another key member of the Qadaffy coup is dead. General Khuwaildi Al-Hamidi who on September 1969 seized Tripoli...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn...
radio station, died yesterday in the intensive care unit of an upmarket Cairo clinic. He is understood to have suffered a heart attack.
Hamidi, who was 75, remained a member of the Revolutionary Command Council until the end. His position was to an extent secured because his daughter married the dictator's son Saadi. At various times he was minister of the Interior and of Local Government as well as chief of military intelligence and head of the military courts.
He held a field command during 2011 but fled to Morocco and thence to Egypt. In exile he formed a Qadaffyst political party, the Libyan Popular National Movement which sought unsuccessfully to register for the 2012 general election.