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Gaddafi namesake in UAE to change name

Updated on: 04 March,2011 07:16 AM IST  | 
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A namesake of embattled Libyan leader Moammer Gaddafi has rushed to change his name in "solidarity" with Libyan people.

Gaddafi namesake in UAE to change name

A namesake of embattled Libyan leader Moammer Gaddafi has rushed to change his name in "solidarity" with Libyan people.

The 40-year-old Sudanese Moammer Gaddafi who lives in Sharjah is trying to change his name "in solidarity with the Libyans whose blood was shed" during an uprising against the Libyan leader.

The Sudanese man who said his father has named him after Gaddafi, "one year following his (the Libyan leader's) revolt against the king's rule" has begun with "the legal measures needed to change his name,"
"I was proud of the name and I even used to copy Gaddafi's hairstyle... but after what happened, especially when he described his people as 'rats' ... this made me feel that the name has become a curse I should get rid of," he said.




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