Sunday, August 28, 2011

How Well Did The Qaddafis Lived in Libya

Libyans combing through the buildings on the Qaddafis' large complex near Tripoli's airport on Saturday found signs of the family's privileged and isolated life. Tyler Hicks/The New York Times

Gilded Traces Of The Lives Qaddafis Led -- New York Times

TRIPOLI, Libya — His name of choice was the Brother Leader, though his nearly 42 years of rule were rarely brotherly, and his leadership left a country with plentiful oil in shambles.

Now, as the former subjects of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi comb through his family’s estates, farms and seaside villas, the properties are revealing the details of lives lived far removed from the people, and ones filled with the signs of their peccadilloes and rivalries.

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My Comment: They lived well and comfortably .... but like all good things .... it usually comes to an end.

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