Murdered son of Muammar Gaddafi was perceived as a threat to Libya’s elite
Saif al Islam Gaddafi, shot dead by gunmen on Tuesday, appealed to ‘a nostalgia for a past that is remembered as more secure’ The assassination of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the...
By Patrick Wintour · The Guardian World
Saif al Islam Gaddafi, shot dead by gunmen on Tuesday, appealed to ‘a nostalgia for a past that is remembered as more secure’ The assassination of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi , the second son of Libya’s late dictator Muammar Gaddafi, is a reminder of both how violent Libya remains more than 15 years after his father’s demise – and how much Saif had come to be perceived as a threat to Libya’s governing elite. The Gaddafi green movement remained a potent gathering point for some Libyans nostalgic for a return to imagined past security that Saif’s father symbolised. Continue reading...