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Tuesday 30 August 2011

Rebels Believe Khamis Killed, But Still No Official Confirmation [A warning to Hun Sen's family]



Tripoli Post
30/08/2011

Despite the fact that no dead bodies have as yet been produced, Libyan rebels are almost certain that Khamis (pictured), the Libyan dictator Muammar Al Qathafi's son and his intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi have been killed during fighting with their units.

If true, their deaths would mark the highest-profile casualties on the Al Qathafi side since an uprising began six months ago aimed at ending fugitive Al Qathafi's 42-years rule in the country.

Top rebel military spokesman Ahmed Bani has been reported saying: "We have almost certain information that Khamis A: Qathafi and Abdullah al-Senussi were killed on Saturday by a unit of the national liberation army during clashes in Tarhouna (90 km southeast of Tripoli)."

Bani has been reported telling the pan-Arab channel Al Arabiiyah, "Khamis Al Qathafi was buried in Bani Walid,"

Khamis has been reported dead twice before this latest, during the uprising, only to reappear, on television as to proof he was alie each time. Mustafa Abdul Jalil, who heads the rebel National Transitional Council, said on Monday that he did not have any official information about Khamis's death.

Claims about the death of Khamis - leader of the notorious Khamis Brigade - come as the Algerian foreign minister said the dictator's wife and three of his other children had now escaped to that country.

This is the third time that reports claimed Khamis, commander of one of the government's most loyal and best-equipped units had been killed, the last time was on August 5. The first just days after the start of the uprising, in March.

If confirmed, the death of Khamis would be a severe blow to his father's campaign to resist a six-month-old uprising. He is currently in hiding as the rebel forces currently occupy over 90 percent of the country and are set to attack his hometown of Sirte.

Khamis used to command a brigade of around 10,000 men. It used to be described by analysts as Libya's most effective unit and a central part of the security apparatus. It was used to be considered the best equipped and most capable of defending the regime.

Earlier in the conflict, in March, there were the first reports that Khamis had been killed in a kamikaze crash by a disaffected Libyan air force pilot.

Khamis would be the second of Al Qathafi's sons reported killed since the uprising against his 42-year rule began in February. The first was Seif al-Arab, the victim of a NATO air-strike.

Colonel Al-Mahdi Al-Haragi, in charge of the Tripoli Brigade of the rebel army, said earlier that he had confirmation that Khamis, who commanded an elite brigade suspected of atrocities, had been badly wounded and died of his wounds in hospital.

A US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters the United States could not yet independently confirm Khamis's death but said similar information was being received in Washington from "reliable sources."

Earlier on Monday, prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo of the International Criminal Court (ICC) said may apply for an arrest warrant for Khamis, accusing him of crimes against humanity.

Human Rights Watch said members of the Khamis Brigade, a force commanded by him, appeared to have carried out summary executions of detainees whose bodies were found in a warehouse in Tripoli.

The Hague-based ICC has already approved warrants for the arrest of Muammar Al Qathaf, another of his sons, Seif al-Islam, as well as intelligence chief Senussi on charges of crimes against humanity.

Khamis is also said to have been was wounded in a 1986 US air attack on Tripoli ordered by President Ronald Reagan. However, he took up a military career as commander of the 32nd Brigade, one of Libya's best equipped military formations that played an important role in the government's counter-insurgency campaign.

15 comments:

Anonymous said...

you guy need to stop twisting the news by adding more title. you keep dreaming about Cambodian leader. it will not happen because everybody is investing and want to be part of the growing not put this country back to war zone. did you see how much chaos in libya? it will take years to rebuild and you really don't know what ahead of libya. Look at Iraq, everyday bombing from the terriorist groups. There is no stability in that region. Cambodia wants some of that? Good luck if you want it so bad.

Anonymous said...

Unwarranted assumption!!!

MM said...

Let speak the truth, Hun Sen[himself] and some of his clans are totalitarian and extremist leaders. Some of his relatives, such as his nephews are the thugs in our society for the past few decades, and some of the relatives of other leaders are also thugs in our country. But talking about Hun Sen's children some of them are very good people, e.g. Hun Maneth, he educated, never harm anyone, very patriotic toward his people and country, he is a very pleasant individual..

Anonymous said...

hun manet deserve to be tortue when hun sen is down. all hun family and clan all deserve to torture exepted hum money who is a better person toward khmer people when hun sen down.

Anonymous said...

From point of view, some of authors and posters(not all)on this website seem to be terrorists trying to put my country back to zero level. you are an idio.

Anonymous said...

The author of this article is nothing but idiot. We are not listening to your subversive and extremist views. Why do you want Khmers to rise up and bring chaos to their own country when they had just risen up of the ash pit? for the sake of what? So that you can rule the country instead of Hun Sen?

Listening to your mental logic makes me laugh dude! You are one mental retards who try and swap one kind of chaos for another worse one in return. Do you want to take the Khmer people back to year zero as all your predecessors did?

Anonymous said...

I might not like Hun Sen, but I don't Cambodia to be unstable. Actually, I just don't all Cambodian politicians. They are all the same.

Anonymous said...

I am not a big fan of Sam Rainsy and I hate him to the bone because he has done nothing since his arrival except to creat chaos. I am glad he is no longer in the country. I respect Hun Manet, he is very pleasant person. All of PM Hun Sen children are pleasant and never harm anybody unlike other official leaders. Don't try to bring middle east into Cambodia. Are you blind? Don't you see how much their people suffering from the regime changed? You must be idiot. True Khmer, you are not khmer. I think you are the "True Youn" or " True Thai" Bring your ass to Phnom Penh and I will show you revolution.

Anonymous said...

Hun Sen must very scared of what happened or going to happen to Gaddafi and his family. Gaddafi, like Hun Sen, has built up a formidble personal and private army, but look at him? He can't run anywhere because the international criminal court is looking for him. He and his son , Al-Islam, will be sent to this court when arrested or they will be killed by the Libyan rebels or by his own guards who want to return to their family to live in peace. Hun Sen and his family's situations might not be different when his time comes and it will come one day.

Anonymous said...

Any aspired Khmer leaders who do not have enough balls to hang on to his post by running to the outside world for help is not worthy to become the next Cambodian prime minister. You can bark all you want, whinges all you want, weep all you want, and you are nothing more than a traitor to you own race when you want to bring the problem in the middle east to Cambodia. He or she is not "True Khmer" but a "True Idiot Khmer".

Anonymous said...

That old head needs to step down and give others a chance to rule the country. Don't be to greedy, step down now and stop being ah Youn's dog. Nobody wants to destroy their own country. It's the leaders the one that destroying his own country.

Anonymous said...

"Young head and foolish heart".

Anonymous said...

or should I say, "young head, foolish heart; nothing more than a bunch of retards".

Anonymous said...

no, i think young head, full of shit. this is what happen when sam rainsy cannot become prime minister, he cries to the world and push the young head full of shit to do riot. what an idiot. there is a song called "hit the road jack, and don't come back no more, no more.."

Anonymous said...

Hun Sen's day will come one day like what happened to other dictators like Saddam Hussein, Gaddafi, etc.