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Gaddafi's son vows to avenge father's death
Sunday October 23, 2011 06:50:18 PM,
RIA Novosti
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Cairo: Seif al-Islam, one of the sons of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi,
has vowed to take revenge for his father's death.
Gaddafi was killed Thursday by the National Transitional Council (NTC)
fighters near his hometown of Sirte.
Al-Islam appeared on the Syria-based Alrai TV channel Saturday
night with an appeal to his supporters, saying he was alive and
staying in Libya and intended to fight to the bitter end against
the rebels.
"We are continuing resistance. I am in Libya, I am alive and free
and willing to fight to the end and take revenge," the TV channel
loyal to the Gaddafi regime quoted him as saying.
A website of Gaddafi's supporters earlier posted a statement that
Seif al-Islam had been named an heir to the Libyan dictator and
charged with the command of forces fighting the rebels.
Gaddafi, who ruled Libya for 42 years, was captured by the
National Transitional Council fighters seven months after an
international West-led alliance launched a military operation in
Libya March 19.
There is still much controversy over the circumstances surrounding
his death.
The NTC officials claim he was caught in crossfire between
loyalists and anti-Gaddafi troops but witnesses say he was shot
dead point-blank by young rebels after being captured.
Gaddafi's body is currently being kept in a cold store in a
shopping centre in Misrata, and hundreds of Libyans have been
queuing to see it.
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