| Libya strife, Hannibal Khadafy's extravagance Apr 9th 2012, 19:51 Libya struggles to contain tribal conflicts - Yahoo! News Quote:
SABHA, Libya (Reuters) - When 26-year-old Yussef heard about clashes in the Libyan oasis city of Sabha, he wasted no time in picking up a rifle and heading across the desert to support his fellow Tibu fighters.
Yussef said he felt compelled to make the 150 km drive from the southern town of Murzuq to stand up for his Tibu people, a black African ethnic group, when it fought a local Arab militia for six days last month.
"There is no strong government to protect us, our families," he said, pointing to bullet-scarred buildings in a mainly Tibu neighborhood of Sabha. "I had to come to help my people defend themselves," said Yussef, who declined to give his full name.
While the opposing sides agreed to end the fighting after about 150 people died, residents fear it will reignite even though the army was sent to restore calm in the desert city.
| This sort of thing might make Khadafy's rule seem like the Good Old Days: Quote:
Gaddafi was always quick to end any ethnic clashes in the desert region and in 2009 he put down a tribal rebellion with helicopter gunships. But Libya's new rulers are weak and often out-gunned by the militias they are trying to control.
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Sabha residents want faster action. Dozens of women took to the city's streets this week calling for a stronger army. The prime minister, an academic who lived abroad before his appointment in November, was not tough enough, they said.
"We respect El-Keib as a person but he is someone with a Western mentality. The Libyan society needs someone firm," 50-year-old teacher Khadija Taher said. "The government should adopt a better policy or else we will have another revolution."
| Gaddafi's Son Ordered His Own Cruise Ship, Complete With Shark Tank | NewsFeed | TIME.com Quote:
Hannibal Gaddafi's dream was to have a cruise ship, one that he could call his own – complete with a frilly shark tank bounded by marble pillars and decadent mirrors. And according to new reports, he nearly got it.
| That ship was only partially completed when Khadafy's regime was overthrown, and a cruise-ship operator is now completing it, but without the shark tank. It will be launched as MSC Preziosa in 2013. His wife Aline Skaf had committed some VERY nasty domestic violence: Ethiopian maid burned and abused by the wife of Gadhafi's son Aline Skaf gets treatment - YouTube There's more. From  Hannibal Muammar Gaddafi, Quote:
In 2008, Swiss authorities arrested Gaddafi and his wife, Aline Skaf, on charges of "bodily harm, threatening behaviour and coercion," after an incident involving two of their staff at the Gaddafis' hotel in Geneva. The charges were later dropped, but relations between Libya and Switzerland soured.
| The couple lived in extravagant luxury: Luxury, horror lurk in Gadhafi family compound - CNN Quote:
The bedroom held a circular bed, while the in-suite bathroom was complete with sunken Jacuzzi tub lined with plastic white flowers. Outside, a hot tub, a bar and a barbecue area adjoined the private beach.
Another villa contained a white baby grand piano and more expensive stereo equipment. Next door was a huge swimming pool and diving complex, a gym, a steam room and a sauna faced in white marble. In other house.
| Also, lots and lots of expensive alcoholic drinks, like Johnny Walker Blue Label Scotch, Laurent Perrier pink champagne, Cristal champagne, and fine St. Emilion Bordeaux wine. Hannibal Khadafy and Aline Skaf had fled to Algeria last year, but they seem stuck in their gilded cage of an estate there. | |
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