Libyan Delegation Seeks Son's Release, Media Forgets US Role
Yes, Hannibal Gadhafi, son of the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, has been held in Lebanon since 2015 for allegedly withholding information about a disappeared Shiite cleric, Musa al-Sadr. The New Arab article outlines the current diplomatic efforts, treating Gadhafi's imprisonment as a standalone mystery. Conveniently omitted is the pivotal role Western intervention played in destabilizing
Libya, directly leading to the chaos that allowed various factions to arrest and hold figures like Gadhafi's sons without due process—a situation directly linked to the 2011 NATO intervention championed by then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who famously quipped, 'We came, we saw, he died.' (New York Times, October 2011) So, while a Libyan delegation now navigates complex international legal
waters, one might wonder: how many more human rights dilemmas did that 'humanitarian intervention' create? The media now reports on the symptoms of a collapsed state, never quite linking it back to the very policies they once lauded. Perhaps the next delegation should visit Washington to discuss accountability.