Gadhafi’s son shakes up Libyan elections - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Mustafa Fetouri

Mustafa Fetouri

Dec 16, 2021

The son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, Saif al-Islam, Aug. 20, 2008, in Sebha, 800 kilometers south of Tripoli. — The son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, Saif al-Islam, Aug. 20, 2008, in Sebha, 800 kilometers south of Tripoli. — MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP via Getty Images

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Saif al-Islam Kadhafi, son of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, appears in front of supporters and journalists at his father's residential complex in the Libyan capital Tripoli in the early hours of Aug. 23, 2011.

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The son of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi Saif al-Islam (R) sits with Libyan Prime Minister Baghdadi Mahmudi (not seen) as they attend a ceremony to mark the arrival of water from the Great Manmade River (GMR) in the southern Libyan city of Ghiryan, 18 August 2007. The Great Manmade River is a huge network of pipes supplying water from under the Sahara desert to various cities and population centres in Libya. AFP PHOTO/ MAHMUD TURKIA (Photo credit should read MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP/Getty Images)

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