Moammar Gaddafi's allegedly dead son Khamis spotted on state television
Moammar Gaddafi's allegedly dead son Khamis spotted on state television
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Rebels celebrate on a destroyed tank in Ajdabiya yesterday. A video grab of Khasmis Gaddafi.
A man bearing a striking resemblance to Khamis was shown greeting supporters at his father's compound in Tripoli. The pictures showed Khamis, dressed in military uniform, meeting a crowd of supporters.
According to the TV anchor, the images refuted the reports in the Arab media and on the Internet that Gaddafi's son was killed by an air force pilot who purposefully crashed his jet into the family's Bab al-Aziziyah compound in the Libyan capital.
According to government officials, the reports were part of a deliberate campaign of misinformation by the country's enemies.
Khamis (27), is the sixth son of the Libyan leader.
Last week US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that she had heard reports that one of Gaddafi's sons may have been killed in an air strike, but there was not enough evidence to confirm it.
Internship
Khamis, who was in the US as reported was present there on an internship programme.
The month-long internship was sponsored by AECOM, a global engineering and design company based in Los Angeles, and with the assistance of the State Department. AECOM has business dealings with Libya.
The younger Gaddafi travelled from coast to coast meeting with high-tech companies, universities and defense contractors.
His itinerary included stops in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Colorado, Chicago, Houston, Washington and New York City.
New attacks
Rebels in Misrata were trying to fight off fresh attacks by forces loyal to Gaddafi yesterday, and eight civilians were killed overnight, a rebel spokesman said.
Libyan government tanks and rockets blunted a rebel assault on Gaddafi's hometown of Sirte yesterday and drove back the ragtag army of irregulars, even as world leaders prepared to debate the country's future in London.
Gaddafi's exile
BRITAIN, the United States and Italy have signalled that they may be prepared to allow Gaddafi to flee Libya, possibly into swift exile in Africa. The possibility has been raised as more than 40 foreign ministers, and the leadership of the United Nations, NATO, arrived in London.
Khamis Gaddafi founded the Khamis Brigade and consists of the most well-trained and well-equipped force in the Libyan military
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