Qaddafi's Son is Alive, and He Wants to Take Back Libya

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🗓️ 22 October 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Before the Arab Spring, Seif al-Islam el-Qaddafi, the second son of the Libyan dictator Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, was establishing himself as a serious figure internationally. Then, the Arab Spring came to Libya. His father and brothers were killed and Seif himself was captured by rebels and taken to the western mountains of Libya. For years, rumors have surrounded the fate of Seif. Now he has re-emerged, touting political ambitions, but where has he been and what has he learned? Guest: Robert F. Worth, a contributor to The New York Times Magazine.

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0:00.0	So in May of this year, I was in Tripoli, the living capital.
0:09.6	And one morning, my friend Tahir picked me up.
0:13.8	He's a tall, muscular guy, bodybuilder with a very cynical sense of humor.
0:20.8	And we drove out from the city to the outskirts near an old, cut off, military base.
0:28.1	Who's chasing you?
0:31.1	We got out of the car.
0:32.9	It's in nothing new, but it's way bigger.
0:35.7	And we walked to a warehouse.
0:40.8	What was the time you were all there?
0:42.4	What was you thinking?
0:43.4	But it's now rusted and almost collapsed.
0:47.8	The guards used to hang out here.
0:50.4	Here was the kitchen I think.
0:55.3	And we had come there because Tahir had been held there,
1:00.5	along with a lot of other Libyans in 2011,
1:03.9	during the uprising against the Qaddafi regime,
1:06.2	which had been in power for 40 years.
1:10.3	Tahir, can you say again, who sat where and when?
1:13.5	That corner, guys from Xaviad, I joined them here from Tawaruk and Tabu.
1:23.4	Up against the wall, there were people from Zneton.
1:25.7	There were a lot of them.
1:28.2	About 150 people were crammed into this shed.
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