PhiGéo - Marc Imbeault
Suliman Alzway dans le New York Times relate les derniers jours de Kadhafi, privé d'eau et d'électricité la plupart du temps, il vivait entouré d'une garde rapprochée comme un fugitif. L'un de ses proches, Mansour Dhao Ibrahim, interrogé par les journalistes, a raconté comment il refusait de quitter la Libye qu'il avait dirigé depuis plus de 40 ans.
Suliman Alzway dans le New York Times relate les derniers jours de Kadhafi, privé d'eau et d'électricité la plupart du temps, il vivait entouré d'une garde rapprochée comme un fugitif. L'un de ses proches, Mansour Dhao Ibrahim, interrogé par les journalistes, a raconté comment il refusait de quitter la Libye qu'il avait dirigé depuis plus de 40 ans.
Voici comment Dhao relate les dernières heures du Colonel:
"About two weeks ago [...] the colonel and his sons were trapped shuttling between two houses in a residential area called District No. 2. They were surrounded by hundreds of former rebels, firing at the area with heavy machine guns, rockets and mortars. “The only decision was whether to live or to die,” Mr. Dhao said. Colonel Qaddafi decided it was time to leave, and planned to flee to one of his houses nearby, where he had been born. On Thursday, a convoy of more than 40 cars was supposed to leave at about around 3 a.m., but disorganization by the loyalist volunteers delayed the departure until 8 a.m. In a Toyota Land Cruiser, Colonel Qaddafi traveled with his chief of security, a relative, the driver and Mr. Dhao. [...] NATO warplanes and former rebel fighters found them half an hour after they left. When a missile struck near the car [...]. He said he tried to escape with Colonel Qaddafi and other men, walking first to a farm, then to the main road, toward some drainage pipes. “The shelling was constant,” Mr. Dhao said, adding that he was struck by shrapnel again and fell unconscious."
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| M. Dhao - Photo Mauricio Lima for the New York Times |
"About two weeks ago [...] the colonel and his sons were trapped shuttling between two houses in a residential area called District No. 2. They were surrounded by hundreds of former rebels, firing at the area with heavy machine guns, rockets and mortars. “The only decision was whether to live or to die,” Mr. Dhao said. Colonel Qaddafi decided it was time to leave, and planned to flee to one of his houses nearby, where he had been born. On Thursday, a convoy of more than 40 cars was supposed to leave at about around 3 a.m., but disorganization by the loyalist volunteers delayed the departure until 8 a.m. In a Toyota Land Cruiser, Colonel Qaddafi traveled with his chief of security, a relative, the driver and Mr. Dhao. [...] NATO warplanes and former rebel fighters found them half an hour after they left. When a missile struck near the car [...]. He said he tried to escape with Colonel Qaddafi and other men, walking first to a farm, then to the main road, toward some drainage pipes. “The shelling was constant,” Mr. Dhao said, adding that he was struck by shrapnel again and fell unconscious."
Monsieur Dhao soutient que lui et les autres proches de Kadhafi ont tenté de convaincre le Guide d'abdiquer et que les "révolutionnaires" n'étaient ni des "rats", ni des traîtres mais des Libyens et qu'il valait mieux céder. Dhao affirme aussi que Kadhafi était moins intransigeant que son fils. Tout cela n'a plus d'importance aujourd'hui.
In His Last Days, Qaddafi Wearied of Fugitive’s Life - NYTimes.com
In His Last Days, Qaddafi Wearied of Fugitive’s Life - NYTimes.com
