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Tragic Son

On Saif al-Islam Gaddafi (1972–2026).
The son of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi,
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi in August 2007. (Photo via MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP via Getty Images)

Last Tuesday, there was a death in Libya—a murder, an assassination. The victim was Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, a son of Muammar, who ruled Libya from 1969 until his own death—his murder, his assassination—in 2011. Some dictators die in bed, some do not. The same applies to their children, especially their sons.

Jay Nordlinger is a senior resident fellow at the Renew Democracy Initiative and a contributor to its publication, The Next Move. He is the music critic of The New Criterion. He can also be found on Substack at Onward and Upward.

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