Syria wants Gaddafi’s son back, asks Lebanon to release him

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hannibal gaddafi 2015The Syrian regime has reportedly demanded that Lebanese authorities release from custody Hannibal Gadhafi, the son of late Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi, according to a Monday report by the Kuwaiti daily al-Anba .

Lebanese authorities received the request to release Hannibal, who was kidnapped in Syria last Sunday by Amal Movement gunmen and brought to Baalbek, Lebanon where he was interrogated and beaten before he was released and found by the Lebanese Intelligence branch on the Baalbek-Homs international highway near the northern Bekaa town of al-Jamaliyeh

The al-Anba sources predicted that Hannibal will be released soon after he gives his testimony in the disappearance of Amal Movement founder Imam Moussa al-Sadr.

Former Hezbollah MP Hassan Yaaqoub, the son of Sheikh Mohammed Yaaqoub who disappeared in Libya while accompanying al-Sadr in 1978 , denied any links to the kidnapping.

Hannibal is married to Lebanese model Aline Skaf with whom he is not on good terms, according to the MTV report. The Skaff family refused to meet with MTV and said Aline is in Algeria. Similarly the Amal Movement refused to comment on the kidnapping by its members.

Security sources told al-Mustaqbal daily on Monday that investigations with Hannibal have not revealed any new lead in Sadr’s disappearance.

Hannibal, 51 was 3 years old when the Shiite Imam disappeared

He is set to give his testimony later on Monday.

His father and Hafez al Assad , father of the embattled Syrian president were allies for decades.

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5 responses to “Syria wants Gaddafi’s son back, asks Lebanon to release him”

  1. Michaelinlondon1234 Avatar
    Michaelinlondon1234

    Sounds like you are wasting your time and resources. Give him a good meal, a nice coffee take his statement and pass him back. Better to have friends than enemies.

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar

      Hey Michael … you know the sins of the father just simply need to be addressed by the son … or at least he has to be whacked around a little to let him know Daddy wasn’t nice. Why he’s in Damascus is never answered. He’s supposed to be safe in Oman. But for Lebanon, maybe he saw the Adverts. :-)))
      ‘Don’t dream it. LIVE it.’ :-)))))

      1. Michaelinlondon1234 Avatar
        Michaelinlondon1234

        I find it incredibly difficult to understand groups coming out of WW2. It is like people after years of savagery rediscovering the joys of making something nice. With a lot of cultures one step up from subsistence including the UK. Gaddafi for all his idiosyncrasies worked with the society he was in to build Libya in the best way they knew.
        Regarding Hannibal… The guy is 5 years younger than me and I have difficulty remembering the 90’s let alone when I was 3. So I suspect the Amal movement was wasting its time unless it is current history.
        Like I said the best thing to do is take his statement. Give him a good meal and share a coffee and send him on his way. This would get more information long term.

  2. 5thDrawer Avatar

    By the way, just an aside, who’s doing the MATH for these news stories??
    2016 – 1978 = 38 ……….. 51 – 38 = 13. Still young, but a 13-yr-old could throw his school-book … or be excited to hear a ‘bang’ when told to pull a trigger … depending on what kind of family he has.

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