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Libya Asks Lebanon to Release Gaddafi's Son

  • #Libya
  • #World
  • #Politics
  • #Lebanon
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AUG 2023
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story last updated AUG 2023

The Spin

Narrative A

Hannibal Gaddafi has been held without a trial since 2015 in connection with the disappearance of a Lebanese warlord in 1978 when Hannibal was merely three years old. One can't suggest that Lebanese authorities believe that a toddler could know anything about the imam's whereabouts; Hannibal's punishment is simply because he is the son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Lebanon cannot keep innocent people in prison.

Al Jazeera

Narrative B

The fate of Hannibal Gaddafi, son of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, is in fact linked to that of Lebanese cleric Musa al-Sadr. Many in Lebanon believe that Muammar Gaddafi was responsible for Sadr's disappearance. According to sources, Sadr was alive at least 15 to 20 years after his disappearance. This is why the Lebanese authorities genuinely believe Hannibal could hold crucial information that could end four decades of speculation and conspiracy theories over Sadr’s whereabouts.

The National

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