Saif Gaddafi Killed in NATO Strike
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A Libyan government spokesman has announced Muammar Gaddafi's youngest son Saif was killed in a NATO air strike on Saturday. Gaddafi himself was in the large residential villa that was targeted in the strike, along with his wife and other friends and relatives, but was not harmed. "The attack resulted in the martyrdom of brother Saif al-Arab Gaddafi, 29 years old, and three of the leader's grandchildren," said spokesman Moussa Ibrahim. He called the strike "a direct operation to assassinate the leader of this country," but stressed that "the leader himself is in good health." Journalists have reported severe damage at the building and claim one undetonated bomb is still there.
Sayf al-Arab Gaddafi, embattled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's youngest son, and three of his grandchildren have been killed in an airstrike, a government spokesman says.
"The house of Mr Sayf al-Arab Muammar Gaddafi ... who is the youngest of the leader's children, was attacked tonight with full power. The leader with his wife was there in the house with other friends and relatives," Moussa Ibrahim told a news conference in Tripoli early on Sunday morning.
"The attack resulted in the martyrdom of brother Sayf al-Arab Muammar Gaddafi, 29 years old, and three of the leader's grandchildren," Ibrahim said.
"The leader himself is in good health; he wasn't harmed. His wife is also in good health; she wasn't harmed, (but) other people were injured," he said.
"This was a direct operation to assassinate the leader of this country."
Ibrahim had earlier taken journalists to the remnants of a house in Tripoli.
Given the level of destruction, it is unclear that anyone could have survived, raising the possibility that if Gaddafi was there, he had left beforehand.
Gaddafi's son killed in NATO strike
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Saif al-Arab Gaddafi was 29 years old. (myartikel.wordpress.com)
A NATO strike has killed Saif al-Arab Gaddafi, the 29-year-old son of the embattled Libyan leader, according to a Libyan government spokesman.
Moussa Ibrahim says three of Moamar Gaddafi's grandsons were also killed but the leader himself was unharmed.
"The house of Saif al-Arab Gaddafi ... who is the youngest of the leader's children, was attacked tonight with full power," he said.
"The leader with his wife was there in the house with other friends and relatives."
Saif al-Arab was a civilian and a student who had studied in Germany.
But Mr Ibrahim told a news conference in Tripoli that Moamar Gaddafi himself was not hurt.
"The leader himself is in good health; he wasn't harmed," he said.
"His wife is also in good health; she wasn't harmed [but] other people were injured.
"This was a direct operation to assassinate the leader of this country."
Muammar Gaddafi son killed by Nato air strike – Libyan government
Saif al-Arab and three of Muammar Gaddafi's grandsons killed, according to reports – but the Libyan leader was unharmed
A Libyan government picture shows a missile which officials said was from a coalition air strike on the home of Saif al-Arab Gaddafi. Editor's note: picture was taken on a guided government tour. Photograph: Louafi Larbi/Reuters
A Nato air strike in Tripoli has killed the youngest son of Libyan leaderMuammar Gaddafi, a Libyan government spokesman has said.
Saif al-Arab Gaddafi, 29, was killed along with three of Muammar Gaddafi's grandsons, according to reports.
The Libyan leader was in the building at the time of the strike, but was unharmed. Several of Gaddafi's friends and relatives were wounded.
Libyan government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim said: "This was a direct operation to assassinate the leader of this country."
"The attack resulted in the martyrdom of brother Saif al-Arab Gaddafi and three of the leader's grandchildren," he said.
"The leader with his wife was there in the house with other friends and relatives. The leader himself is in good health – he wasn't harmed. [Muammar Gaddafi's] wife is also in good health."
Nato forces are permitted under United Nations resolution 1973, passed in March, to use 'all necessary measures' to protect civilians from pro-Gaddafi forces.
Ibrahim added: "We think now it is clear to everyone that what is happening in Libya has nothing to do with the protection of civilians.
This is not permitted by international law. Nato does not care to test our promises, the west does not care to test our statements. Their only care is to rob us of our freedom."
