At age three, Khamis Gaddafi was injured in the 15 April 1986 US bombing of Libya, suffering head injuries when the Bab al-Azizia military compound was attacked in retaliation for the 1986 Berlin discotheque bombing.
16 Facts About Khamis Gaddafi
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Khamis Gaddafi graduated from the military academy in Tripoli, receiving a bachelor's degree in military arts and science, further graduating from the Frunze Military Academy in Moscow and the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia.
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In 2008, Gaddafi visited Algeria, where he was received by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika.
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Khamis Gaddafi, who was said to be uninterested in politics, rose in prominence in the 2000s due to the exile of his older brother Mutassim, who was sent to Egypt in 2001 after being accused by senior officials of plotting to seize power from his father.
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Khamis Gaddafi was especially close to his reformist older brother Saif al-Islam and spent considerable time with him in the early phase of the Arab Spring.
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In early 2011, Khamis Gaddafi worked as an intern at AECOM Technology Corporation.
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Khamis Gaddafi's forces took part in the Battle of Misrata.
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On 20 March 2011, it was reported by the anti-Gaddafi Al Manara Media that Khamis Gaddafi had died from injuries sustained when pilot Muhammad Mokhtar Osman allegedly crashed his plane into Bab al-Azizia a week earlier.
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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stated that she was aware of reports that one of Khamis Gaddafi's sons had been killed in non-coalition air strikes, after hearing them from "many different sources", but that the "evidence is not sufficient" for her to confirm this.
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On 29 March 2011, the Libyan government showed footage of what it said was live footage of Khamis Gaddafi greeting supporters in Tripoli, in an attempt to refute the claims, though it had used false live images before and these images were not verified.
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On 9 June 2011, a captured pro-Gaddafi soldier in Misrata told the rebels that Khamis Gaddafi was alive in Zliten, and was leading the soldiers there.
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However, a rebel commander later stated that he believed Khamis Gaddafi was in Bab al-Azizia.
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In mid-September 2011, a report stated that Khamis Gaddafi was in Bani Walid, but had left the city and his men to their fate.
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Khamis Gaddafi reportedly died in a NATO airstrike later that same day.
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Amid a military campaign against Gaddafi loyalists in Bani Walid, the deputy prime minister of Libya claimed in a tweet that Khamis Gaddafi was killed during fighting in the town on 20 October 2012, a year to the day Gaddafi's father Muammar was captured and killed by rebel forces in Sirte.
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Khamis Gaddafi's body was purportedly found after a day of heavy fighting between the town's pro-Gaddafi garrison and militias allied to the Libyan government.