In 1986 Muammar Gaddafi reported that his six month old daughter was killed during an U.S.-led bombing. According to Gaddafi his daughter, Hana Muammar Gaddafi, was one of the victims in the bombing and he used her death to gain sympathy from people across the world. Well now evidence including a passport and college transcripts show that the Libya leader may have lied about his daughter’s death! Read more details after the jump
The evidence appears to contradict Qaddafi’s longstanding claim. When former President Ronald Reagan ordered the Tripoli bombing in 1986, in retaliation for Libyan agents bombing U.S. troops in a German nightclub, an America reporter was shown the body of a 6-month-old child purported to be Hana.
That story has since been thrown into doubt — doubts that were reinforced after rebels and the reporters following them gained entry in Qaddafi’s compound this week.
The Irish Times reported that some of the documents were found in a room that looked like it may have belonged to a young woman. “It’s Hana, it’s Hana, the daughter Qaddafi lied about. This was her room,” the rebels reportedly said when they entered.
Qaddafi’s whereabouts are unknown, as fighting rages on in Libya between the rebels and Qaddafi loyalists. The location of his adopted daughter, if she is alive, is also unknown.
