Hana Gaddafi
Hana Moammar Gaddafi was allegedly the adopted daughter of Muammar Gaddafi. She was purportedly killed during the U.S. bombing raids in 1986.[1][2] However, records released after the fall of the Gaddafi administration suggest she may have survived the bombing and that details were forged for political purposes.
Hana may not have died; the adoption may have been posthumous; or he may have adopted a second daughter and given her the same name after the first one died.[3] Following the taking by rebels of the family residence in the Bab al-Azizia compound in Tripoli, The New York Times reported evidence (complete with photographs) of Hana's life after her declared death, when she became a doctor and worked in a Tripoli hospital. Her passport was reported as showing a birth date of 11 November 1985, making her six months old at the time of the US raid.[4] In August 2011, the Daily Telegraph reported on the finding of dental records relating to a Hana Gaddaffi by NLC staff taking over the London embassy. This report, which also cites her 1999 spotting by Chinese officials, cites an unnamed Libyan government spokesman as stating that Gaddafi had adopted a second daughter, and named her Hana in honor of the first one who had been killed in the 1986 raid.[5]
In September 2011, the claim that Hana had been killed in the 1986 bombing was further disputed when a video recorded in 1989 by Gaddafi's cameraman Mohammad Ali was obtained by The Daily Telegraph. In the video, Muammar and other members of the Gaddafi family refer to her by her name while playing football at a campsite. It is rumored that Hana fled to Algeria with her mother and three siblings Mohammed, Hannibal and Ayesha.[6]
References
- ^ Kincaid, Cliff (2011-02-22). "NBC's Mitchell Regurgitates Gaddafi Lies". Accuracy in Media. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
- ^ Müller, Patrick (2011-06-08). "Gaddafis Kinder—Totgesagte leben länger [Gaddafi's children—Declared dead]". Die Welt. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
"Hana Gaddafi soll 1986 beim Angriff amerikanischer Bomber umgekommen sein. Tatsächlich wurde ihr Tod offenbar nur vorgetäuscht. Eine Spurensuche." ["Hana Gaddafi [was said to have been] killed in 1986, during the attack of American bombers. In fact, her death was obviously faked. A search for clues."]
English language translation of same article: "Hana Gaddafi, Libyan Leader's Presumed Dead Daughter, May Be Still Alive". The World. The Huffington Post. 2011-08-09. Retrieved 7 June 2016. - ^ Walker, Peter (2011-08-26). "Gaddafi's daughter Hana: dead or a practising doctor?". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
[Subtitle:] "Some accounts say Hana Gaddafi died in a 1986 raid, others that she lived to become a doctor or never existed at all."
- ^ Shadid, Anthony (2011-08-28). "Enigmatic in Power, Qaddafi Is Elusive at Large". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
- ^ Kirkup, James; Watt, Holly (2011-08-12). "Dental records for Hana Gaddafi reopen mystery of Libyan leader's daughter". The Telegraph. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
Files stored in a basement room in one of London's most expensive districts could shed new light on one of the greatest mysteries of Muammar Gaddafi's Libya: the alleged death of his baby daughter Hana.
- ^ Telegraph Staff (2011-08-12). "Exclusive: Gaddafi's 'dead' daughter Hana alive and well in family video [Ali, Mohammed , videographer]" (video, with text description). The Telegraph. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
The Telegraph has obtained the first video evidence that Hana, the adopted daughter that Col Gaddafi claimed had been killed in an American bombing raid in 1986, was alive years after the attack.