Wednesday, October 26, 2011

The Last Weeks Of Gaddafi As Revealed By His Bodyguard



In Final Weeks, Gaddafi Felt Both Rage And Despair, Frequently Changed Hideouts, Aide Says -- Washington Post

MISRATA, Libya — Moammar Gadhafi, Libya’s all-powerful leader for four decades, spent his final weeks shuttling from hideout to hideout in his hometown of Sirte, alternating between rage and despair as his regime crumbled around him, said a regime insider now in custody.

Gadhafi, his son Muatassim and an entourage of two dozen die-hard loyalists were largely cut off from the world while on the run, living in abandoned homes without TV, phones or electricity, using candles for light, said Mansour Dao, a member of the Gadhafi clan and former chief bodyguard.

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My Comment: He was probably in denial .... right up to when he was captured and beaten by his captors. But what caught my eye in this report was the following comment from his bodyguard ....

.... “I feel sorry for him because he underestimated the situation,” Dao said. “He could have left and gotten out of the country and lived a happy life.”

Yup ... he could have left the country and lived a happy life. But .... I guess he and his family could not accept the idea that they could lose all this power .... that after ruling for decades the possibility of losing everything never entered their minds .... hence the battle to the end.

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