Al Jazeera
Libyan rebels skeptical that Qaddafi’s son was killed in airstrike
Al Jazeera’s Sue Turton, reporting from Benghazi, said there were “an awful lot” of suggestions in Libya that the news of the deaths could be fabricated.
“One of the main spokesmen for the Transitional National Council, Abdul Hafez Goga, is saying he thinks it could all be fabrication, that it may well be Gaddafi is trying to garner some sympathy,” she said.
Al Jazeera’s Sue Turton, reporting from Benghazi, said there were “an awful lot” of suggestions in Libya that the news of the deaths could be fabricated.
“One of the main spokesmen for the Transitional National Council, Abdul Hafez Goga, is saying he thinks it could all be fabrication, that it may well be Gaddafi is trying to garner some sympathy,” she said.
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Both sides have done nothing but lie about everything.
A plague on both your houses.
Rebar on May 1, 2011 at 12:49 PM
This is more macabre Kaddafi klan theatre. These (alleged) “grandchildren” are likely “human shield” orphans.
It is no secret that the coward Kaddafi intentionally (as a rule) surrounds himself with women (bodyguards) and children (orphans).
After Operation El Dorado Canyon (April 1986), Kaddafi “adopted” (post-humously) the child human shield, Hannah.
Every year, Kaddafi monstrously exhumes the memory of that child’s corpse to shake at the West– and mainstream media dutifully parrot his terrorist propaganda lies as fact.
Don’t drink Kaddafi’s Kool-Aid. Kaddafi is no victim. The deaths of his human shield victims remain on his blood-soaked hands.
Terp Mole on May 1, 2011 at 12:50 PM
Actual news would be that the Bengazi rebels erupted in celebratory victory demonstrations at the news of the confirmed deaths of Qaddafi’s grandchildren. What the hell else would the rebels say? Of course they’re skeptical. It’s the Ed Rooney approach.
BKeyser on May 1, 2011 at 1:04 PM