Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of the former dictator, Col Muammar Gaddafi Photo: ReutersLibyan Militia Accused Of Torturing To Death Ambassador To France -- The Telegraph
One of Libya's many new militias has been accused of detaining and apparently torturing to death a former ambassador to France, the latest allegation of brutality to mar the victorious revolutionaries' reputation since the fall of Col Muammar Gaddafi.
Human Rights Watch said that Omar Brebesh, a career diplomat who was cultural attache and then ambassador to France between 2004 to 2008, was brought in for routine questioning in Tripoli over his work for the former regime.
His body turned up at a hospital in Zintan, the town two hours' drive to the south-west that was a hub of last year's revolution, beaten, bruised and with some of its toenails removed.
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My Comment: Goodbye to the old boss .... say hello to the new boss. The Gaddafi's and their allies were in power for a very long time .... making scores of enemies along the way. As a result I suspect that in Libya today .... revenge killings and retributions for past wrongs is the norm and not the exception.
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