Gaddafi's youngest son still alive: NTC source

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Source: xinhuanet.com

BENGHAZI, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Libyan fallen leader Muammar Gaddafi's youngest son Khamis is still alive, Libyan defense ministry source told Xinhua on Monday.

According to the high-ranking official who requested anonymity, Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam told ruling National Transitional Council's (NTC) forces that his little brother Khamis is still alive.

The NTC forces have located Khamis' whereabout in Terhouna, a city 90km southeast of Tripoli, and are expected to capture him in the coming hours, the defense ministry official said.

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Khamis' death was announced several times since Libya's conflict erupted. The NTC fighters claimed Khamis' death in the southeast of Tripoli on Aug. 29, an allegation later "confirmed" by a pro-Gaddafi Syrian television station.

Read more: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-11/22/c_122314971.htm

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Guardian blog link here :

0.09am: Muammar Gaddafi's youngest and most feared son Khamis is still alive and surrounded by NTC forces, according to unconfirmed reports coming out of Libya today.

An unnamed defence ministry official is quoted as telling Xinhua news agency that Khamis, the former commander of the special forces brigade that clashed with Misrata rebels earlier this year, is believed to be in Terhouna, about 70 miles south-east of Tripoli.

NTC forces are expected to capture him "soon", the official said. The information was given by Saif al-Islam, he added, Gaddafi's heir-apparent who was arrested at the weekend. There are also suspicions he led them to Abdullah Senussi, his father's former spy chief.

The Guardian's Chris Stephen says that the eponymous Khamis brigade is blamed for savage war crimes around Misrata and was also the most effective formation in Gaddafi's army, battling rebels all the way back to Tripoli, with units later holding the line at Sirte.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/middle-east-live/2011/nov/22/egypt-syria

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1. Personally, I hope he stays "alive" for a long time.