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| Rebels Say Gadhafi Son Khamis Could Be Dead in Clash |
| 2011-08-29 |
| [An Nahar] Libyan rebels said Sunday that one of Moammar Qadaffy ...a reminder that a single man with an idea can screw up an entire nation... 's son, Khamis, whose death has been announced several times since the conflict erupted, may have been killed a day ago in a clash with rebels. Anybody got the severed head? No? Keep looking then... On Saturday, a brigade of rebel fighters in the city of Tarhuna, 80 kilometers southeast of the capital Tripoli "intercepted a military convoy which had several brand new Mercedes vehicles", rebel military front man Ahmed Omar Bani told news hounds in Benghazi. "As our fighters were trying to block the passing of the convoy, they were violently attacked and shot at," he said. "The brigade in Tarhuna responded and hit two vehicles in the convoy, killing their occupants. We faced strong resistance (from the pro-Qadaffy convoy) to protect these two cars which is why they were totally destroyed and burned with their occupants caught in the crossfire," Bani said. He said "it is very difficult to identify the charred bodies, but the soldiers captured on the spot told us that they were bodyguards of Khamis Qadaffy." "At the moment, we are unable to identify with certainty the occupants, but we will notify you once we have information," Bani added. In March and again in early August, the rebels had announced the death of Khamis in NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the cut of the American pants... raids. The information was immediately denied by the regime, and Khamis was subsequently seen on state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe? Khamis, 28, the youngest son of Qadaffy, commanded a brigade which was seen as the most effective and loyal force of the Libyan leader. Rebel fighters captured its base south of Tripoli in fierce fighting on Saturday. |
| Posted by:Fred |