Gaddafi Son Saif Al-Islam Not Captured, Appears On Supporters’ Shoulders In Tripoli

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by Frances Martel | 8:15 pm, August 22nd, 2011

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A member of the Libyan government has finally come out in public and confirmed he is alive and relatively well since the rebel forces (aided by NATO) entered the capital of Tripoli this weekend. Muammar Gaddafi‘s son, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, reportedly appeared at a hotel in the city where most journalists are harbored and confirmed to them that he is fine, later wandering the streets on the shoulders of supporters.

The initial reports of Saif Al-Islam’s appearance in Tripoli came from Twitter, where it was first rumored that he was out and about, and subsequently confirmed by CNN’s Matthew Chance, who is staying at a hotel in Tripoli, that Gaddafi’s son had entered the hotel where most journalists were headquarted and spoke face to face with them, after initially calling a “press conference” without showing up. Images later surfaced on networks like Al-Arabiya and subsequently made their way to CNN, where the younger Gaddafi was displayed speaking to cameras and being held on the shoulders of supporters in a Gaddafi-friendly area of Tripoli.

Reports are still rolling in of how Saif Al-Islam ended up at the hotel, though his version (according to the BBC and various other sources) of the story appears to be that the rebels were lying about him being in custody in the first place, and that his father was alive and well in Tripoli. It is also unclear if Gaddafi will appear in public, or what his son will do from here.

Initial images via CNN below, followed by Fox News’ report (whose reporter managed to interview Saif al-Islam from Tripoli):

CNN, Libya, Libyan revolution, Muammar Gaddafi, NATO, Saif Al-Islam

Scrub

that was kind of unexpected

shouldn’t there be like secret service members or something there nabbing that guy?
http://www.facebook.com/people/Tyler-Dockter/1596236310 Tyler Dockter

Gaddafi has been circling the drain for months now. Wake me up when he’s actually in bracelets or hanging from a street lamp.
Richie

Someone capture this raghead.
Greg

The information war is the great and mostly untold element of this conflict.
Artscypher

All of you 4 comment people are complete idiots! This is all staged, like a movie, and you have no idea just how badly this thing will end!

It will be bad, and embarrass us as a nation, and you are canon fodder for the final assault. So pathetic!
Anonymous

So, should we roll that Mission Accomplished banner back up, or what?
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1035808942 Gary Nelson Harper

There have been several well groomed middle eastern men with Virginian accents on the news out of there. Rather curious. President Obama mentioning Lockerbie left me with an odd feeling about this. An event long ago. Lockerbie was a major foul up on the part of certain parties. It’s might be about money..Stay tuned for the next global currency manipulation..Belly up to the bar boys..I’ll make ya a bloody money cocktail..we’ll watch it all go down on the CNN..got another screen.. we can watch the game too..

Saif..Your old man ain’t what these guys think he is..he is whack.. but he ain’t all bad.. Get the Aerospatiale and your woman and head to cooler waters bro.. Nothing there but pain now..It’s a done deal for Pop.. but you can roll..sorry about all those talcm’s on the children in your house…You should have never let Pop buy that gold toilet man…American’s hate that…
Anonymous

Boy, it’s awfully quiet in here.
Farnsworth

I wonder when the people calling for bannings in the Sarah Palin stalker thread are going to show up here calling for similar
TruDat

Like I said on another thread, it ain’t over till it’s over. These “rebels” just might find themselves surrounded, and exterminted, by Gaddafi supporters.
Anonymous

raghead? I thought you people got agitated when you’re called out on your racism? but seriously, what do you suggest we do when you say things like that? wait for your generation to pass on?
waronignorance

Obama Doctrine Emerging in New Libya; Cowbagger Diplomacy ‘Refudiated’

The imminent ouster of Col. Muammar Gaddafi will have been a victory for this administration and the operation will provide a template for how future such troubles
must be handled. It will have the added benefit of serving as the final
repudiation of Cowboy Diplomacy while formally introducing the long
overdue Obama Doctrine. The accomplishment will have
come without the support of a loyal opposition in America. Indeed, it
will have come despite a bed wetting and back stabbing DISLOYAL opposition …
Article:
http://beeryblog.wordpress.com/2011/08/22/obama-doctrine-emerging-in-new-libya-cowbagger-diplomacy-refudiated/