Khamis al-Gaddafi

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Khamis al-Gaddafi ( Arabic خميس القذافي, DMG Ḫamīs al-Qaḏḏāfī ; English Khamis Gaddafi ; * May 27, 1983 †?) Is a Libyan military man . He is the seventh and youngest son of the former ruler Muammar al-Gaddafi and his second wife Safaja Farkash . In 2011 and 2012 his death was reported and denied several times. Moussa Ibrahim , the former spokesman for Muammar al-Gaddafi, is also said to have denied the most recent death report from October 2012 . It is unclear whether Khamis al-Gaddafi is still alive.

Education and career

On April 15, 1986, at the age of two, Khamis was injured in the head during the bombing of the Bab al-Aziziya military camp as part of Operation El Dorado Canyon . He left the military academy in Tripoli with a Bachelor of Military Sciences and then continued his studies at the Frunze Military Academy continued. He then took part in a general staff course in Moscow .

In 2008 Khamis al-Gaddafi visited Algeria and was received by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika .

Since April 2010 he has been studying for a master’s degree at IE Business School (formerly Instituto de Empresa ) in Madrid . He was expelled from this school in March 2011 because of “his connections with the attacks on the Libyan population”.

He was the commander of the Khamis Brigade (32nd Brigade), an elite unit of the Libyan armed forces .

Death reports

2011

  1. The death of al-Gaddafi was first reported in March 2011. According to unconfirmed reports, he died on March 20, 2011 during the civil war in Libya as a result of injuries in a suicide attack by a deserting jet pilot on the Bab al-Aziziya barracks complex . However, the Libyan regime denied the pilot's crash. On 28/29 In March 2011, pictures of Khamis were shown on Libyan state television, in which he was cheered by supporters of the regime. It could not be determined with certainty whether the recordings were current.
  2. For the second time, Khamis al-Gaddafi was pronounced dead on August 5, allegedly being the victim of an air strike.
  3. Afterwards, his death was announced again on August 23, when the news channel Al-Jazeera reported that his body had been found next to that of Abdullah al-Senussi , who was head of the Libyan secret service under al-Gaddafi's father.
  4. A few days later, his death was reported for the fourth time. According to the Libyan rebels to Gaddafi, in turn, along with Abdullah al-Senussi, on August 27, 2011 near the cities of Tarhuna and Bani Walid , according to individual reports in Wadi Dinar 80 kilometers southeast of the capital Tripoli have come killed . He is said to have been buried in Zliten . On September 15, 2011, however, the Guardian reported that Khamis al-Gaddafi was on Sirte Beach , where he had holed up with units of the Khamis Brigade.
  5. A Syrian television station also confirmed the death of Khamis al-Gaddafi in mid-October 2011. He was killed in the fighting for the city of Tarhuna. It is the first death report from a source who is loyal to Gaddafi, reported RIA Novosti . Also from the ARD his death was reported with reference to the Syrian TV channel Al Rai for 29 August 2011 in Tarhuna.

2012

On October 20, 2012, Omar Hamdan, spokesman for the Libyan General National Congress , stated that Khamis al-Gaddafi was killed in a battle in Bani Walid . The Associated Press mentioned "unconfirmed rumors" of an arrest of Khamis, who allegedly was killed last year. Moussa Ibrahim , the former spokesman for Muammar al-Gaddafi, is also said to have reported both his own arrest and the arrest or death of Khamis al-Gaddafi via an audio message on Facebook , the authenticity of which has not yet been confirmed, have denied.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Former Gadhafi spokesman denies capture in Libya ( English ) In: CNN.com international edition . October 21, 2012. Retrieved October 22, 2012: "Official sources also said Saturday that one of Gadhafi's sons, Khamis Gadhafi, was killed after fighting in Bani Walid."
  2. ↑ Ghadhafi son Khamis killed according to report . In: Basler Zeitung . October 20, 2012. Retrieved October 22, 2012.
  3. ↑ a b Libye - La déclaration du docteur Moussa Ibrahim ( French ) In: Algeria ISP . October 20, 2012. Archived from the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved on October 22, 2012.
  4. ^ David A. Copeland: The Greenwood Library of American War Reporting: The Vietnam War & post-Vietnam conflicts. Greenwood Press, Westport, Conn., 2005, ISBN 9780313329302 , p. 346
  5. ↑ a b Un hijo de Gadafi estudia un master en Madrid , El País . February 22, 2011. 
  6. ↑ Madrid's IE Business School Expels Qaddafi's Son From MBA , Bloomberg. March 4, 2011. 
  7. ^ Khamis Gaddafi Recruits Mercenaries to Shoot Protestors . International Business Times. February 11, 2011. Retrieved May 19, 2011.
  8. ↑ Khamis Ghaddafi: The agent of fear . Afrol News. February 23, 2011. Retrieved May 19, 2011.
  9. ↑ The many deaths of Khamis Ghadhafi
  10. ↑ Gadhafi son is allegedly dead Time Online (March 26, 2011)
  11. ↑ We stopped Gaddafi's fatal advance in: faz.net of March 29, 2011
  12. ↑ a b The many deaths of Khamis Ghadhafi . In: Tages-Anzeiger . August 30, 2011. Retrieved August 31, 2011.
  13. ↑ Reiner Hermann: Last rest before Bani Walid. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . September 9, 2011, accessed September 12, 2011 .
  14. ↑ Rebels report the death of Gaddafi's son Khamis ( Memento from September 8, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  15. ↑ Chris Stephen: Gaddafi's birthplace 'captured by rebels' in battle for last Libya coast stronghold ( English ) In: The Guardian . September 15, 2011. Retrieved September 23, 2011.
  16. ↑ RIA Novosti : Syrian broadcaster confirms: Gaddafi's son Khamis dead
  17. ^ Gaddafi's penultimate bastion fallen ( memento from December 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), Tagesschau from October 18, 2011
  18. ↑ Chris Stephen: Khamis Gaddafi 'killed during fighting in Bani Walid' ( English ) In: The Observer . October 20, 2012. Retrieved October 22, 2012.
  19. ^ Paul Schemm, Associated Press: Libyan turmoil persists year after Gadhafi death ( English ) In: boston.com . October 21, 2012. Archived from the original on November 24, 2012. Retrieved October 22, 2012: "(...) unconfirmed rumors about the detention of Gadhafi's son Khamis, who was reportedly killed last year."
  20. ↑ dab / dpa / AFP: Confusion about Gaddafi's ex-spokesman . In: Spiegel Online . October 21, 2012. Retrieved October 22, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Gaddafi, Khamis al-
ALTERNATIVE NAMES خميس القذافي (Arabic); Gaddafi, Khamis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Libyan military
DATE OF BIRTH May 27, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Tripoli