• Man who found Gaddafi dies after being captured and tortured by militants earlier this year
    13 replies, posted
[img]http://imgkk.com/i/gel4.jpg[/img] [url]http://www.libyaherald.com/?p=15089[/url] [quote=Libya Herald]The Libyan revolutionary said to have been the first to discover Muammar Qaddafi last year died today in Paris. Omaran Shaban claimed to have discovered the former dictator on 20 October 2011 hiding in a drainage pipe in his hometown of Sirte. Shaban, who hailed from Misrata, was himself critically injured earlier this year after he was captured in the former pro-Qaddafi stronghold of Bani Walid. Together with a colleague, Shaban had been dispatched to the western hill-town on 12 July as part of the Libya Shield brigade, following the capture of two prominent Misratan journalists there four days earlier. Said to have been shot in the neck, Shaban is believed to have been severely tortured over the course of a two-month custody in Bani Walid, purportedly on account of his role in Qaddafi’s capture. Following his release on 13 September, doctors from Misrata said that he had received a bullet to the spine and was in a state of paralysis. He was subsequently transferred to Paris where he succumbed to his injuries. Reacting to the news of his death, National Congress President Mohammed Magarief described Shaban as a “martyr”, and pledged to find and prosecute those responsible for his treatment whilst in Bani Walid. Magarief had himself led the negotiations which led to Shaban’s eventual release. “I received with great sadness the news of the death of Omran Shaban”, Magarief said today. “He was a martyr who suffered from kidnapping and torture which led, in the end, to his death. “This is a punishable crime for which the perpetrators must be found and prosecuted.”[/quote]
I hope the Libyans succeed in getting rid of the militias. This is horrible.
[quote]Omaran Shaban claimed to have discovered the former dictator on 20 October 2011 hiding in a drainage pipe in his hometown of Sirte.[/quote] It's already a year ago? Time sure fucking flies!
I am really trying my best to remain optimistic about Lybia and other countries that got their chance after the recent events, but this is not making it hard :(
Those militia's gotta go ASAP. They were helpful during war, now it's peace, and all they do is cause problems and get in the way. They've become detrimental to the very thing they fought to achieve.
[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;37799543]Those militia's gotta go ASAP. They were helpful during war, now it's peace, and all they do is cause problems and get in the way. They've become detrimental to the very thing they fought to achieve.[/QUOTE] I dont think a pro-qaddafi militia was at all helpful during the war
You would expect the guy who found Gaddafi to be well off after the uprising. lol nope
A couple of people turned up for his funeral [img]http://imgkk.com/i/zy54.jpg[/img] [img]http://imgkk.com/i/6k88.jpg[/img] [img]http://imgkk.com/i/ensl.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=garychencool;37799974]You would expect the guy who found Gaddafi to be well off after the uprising. lol nope[/QUOTE] it always seems to come full circle
[QUOTE=smurfy;37807539][img]http://imgkk.com/i/ensl.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] I had no idea tilt-shift photography was still a popular gimmick.
[QUOTE=smurfy;37807539]A couple of people turned up for his funeral [img]http://imgkk.com/i/zy54.jpg[/img] [img]http://imgkk.com/i/6k88.jpg[/img] [img]http://imgkk.com/i/ensl.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] That's beautiful
[QUOTE=smurfy;37799312][img]http://imgkk.com/i/gel4.jpg[/img] [url]http://www.libyaherald.com/?p=15089[/url][/QUOTE] Shaban sort of looks like Shia Labeouf
[quote][img]http://imgkk.com/i/ensl.jpg[/img][/quote] This just looks fake to me, like they spliced a bunch of different photos together.
Libya is going through critical moments these times, and their history keeps being written on these dramatic moments. It has been almost 1 year since they found and gave Gadaffi they tyrant a good ol' popular opinion and this guy made a difference. RIP Omaran.
Sorry, you need to Log In to post a reply to this thread.