Kal Korff

Democracy - The Execution of Muammar Gaddafi

by Kal K. Korff
Internationally Syndicated Copyright 2011 by Kal K. Korff - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

In the aftermath of the death of former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, some disturbing details have now emerged concerning how he met his demise. The short version is that he was executed in cold blood by the rebels which captured him, despite the fact that he had been taken alive, although seriously wounded. This is the complete story, pieced together from independently confirmed reports and eyewitnesses who were present. The beginning of the end for Gaddafi and his loyalists began when they were engaged in a literal last stand, occupying buildings in the dictators home town of Sirte confined to an area of some 700 by 300 meters wide. The firefight between them and the National Transitional Council rebels was as fierce as the house to house fighting was between the Germans and Russians at Stalingrad. It was a fight to the death, on both sides. Despite being outnumbered hundreds to one by the rebels, Gaddafis inner circle fought to the last man in many instances. It took the rebels a little more than two days to storm and take a single building, despite non-stop fighting. The first day of this last major offensive to take Sirte, more than 130 rebels died in less than 24 hours. Reinforcements were quickly called in. In the morning before Gaddafi was killed, shortly after 8:00am, with the situation obviously now hopeless for him, he tried to make an escape in a large convoy of vehicles. Unbeknownst to Gaddafi, flying overhead and monitoring the situation was a U.S. Predator drone and a French NATO fighter. Their mission was to reconnoiter the area, coordinate with electronic communications surveillance, and provide badly needed air cover. The rebels previous attempts to take Sirte had stalled until NATO air power turned the tide in their favor yet again.

At a few minutes past 0830 hours, missiles and air cannon fire reigned down on Gaddafis convoy, taking out at least 15 vehicles. Photos of the charred bodies and wreckage of what remained of the vehicles were later photographed by the media. As the convoy was under attack, it followed standard procedure to break up into smaller groups and scatter in all directions. The vehicle Gaddafi was traveling in was hit, the Libyan dictator was now injured and bleeding. Unable to flee by car, he and a few of his bodyguards scrambled for shelter and what they hoped was some temporary safety in a nearby drainage area which contained two one meter wide tunnels which handled runoff from a nearby sheep farm. When Gaddafis convoy originally tried to break out of Sirte, the rebels had no idea who the group was, or that Gaddafi was among them. Confused and uncertain, they chased the vehicles. When they saw them come under missile attack, they paused and observed the battle. Seeing people get out of them and run away into the nearby field, the rebels promptly pursued and tracked them to the narrow drainage tunnels. Quickly, a fierce firefight briefly erupted. Gaddafis men were killed, with Gaddafi himself ordering the last of his protectors to stop firing and surrender. According to several eyewitness accounts, Gaddafi cried out, Dont shoot! Dont shoot me, my son! One of Gaddafis bodyguards at this point yelled out that his master was here, which told the rebels that the Libyan dictator was now in their hands. Gaddafi was then taken prisoner, he was bleeding profusely from wounds he had sustained. As he was quickly bundled into a vehicle, he was driven a short distance where a macabre scene quickly unfolded, captured for posterity on several mobile phone video cameras. Instead of being treated for his injuries, he was instead propped on the hood of a car and paraded about as a captured trophy. He was then unceremoniously pulled from the hood of the vehicle, with a crowd of rebels shouting at him and pulling his arms and manhandling him, tugging at his hair, face and any part of him that they could grab.

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With people yelling everything from kill him to dont shoot him, Gaddafi was then taken away from the vehicle after asking his captors and the men who wanted to terminate him right there and then, What did I ever do to you? This whole scene was filmed on video. Not coincidentally, the footage suddenly cuts out. The next scene which is visible, taken just seconds later, shows Gaddafi already dead, with what clearly appears to be a hole in the side of his head. According to witnesses, he was murdered execution style at point blank range, shot with a 9mm pistol. The NTC had put a bounty on his head, saying that Gaddafi was wanted dead or alive. They also offered amnesty to anyone who killed him. What was supposed to happen but did not, is that after Gaddafi was taken prisoner, having voluntarily surrendered, he should have been treated for his injuries and then put on trial to face justice. Instead, none of this happened. The decision to execute him thug style was deliberate. Predictably, no world leader, not even Barack Obama, congratulating the Libyans for eliminating Gaddafi, dares mention any of this. The account of his death as officially stated by the NTCs Mahmoud Jabril, that Gaddafi had died in a crossfire is blatantly untrue. Video of the now dead dictator still alive and pleading for his life while in custody easily proves this. 1.0v1 Oct 22, 2011 Kal K. Korff is an officially accredited internationally known author, columnist and investigative journalist.

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