Background
He was the fourth son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, and a member of his father"s inner circle. His mother was Safia Farkash. He was captured during the Battle of Sirte by anti-Gaddafi forces, and executed along with his father.
He was the fourth son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, and a member of his father"s inner circle. His mother was Safia Farkash. He was captured during the Battle of Sirte by anti-Gaddafi forces, and executed along with his father.
Negotiations with the United States
In April 2009, Mutassim Gaddafi met United States. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the highest-level diplomatic exchange between the two countries since they resumed diplomatic relations several years earlier. Foreign Gaddafi, it was a serious display of his new responsibilities as the National Security Advisor. He overreached his role as National Security Agency in 2008 by requesting $1.2 billion from the National Oil Corporation to form his own special forces brigade.
Mutassim Gaddafi met United States. Senators John McCain and Joseph Lieberman in 2009, expressing a strong need for military support in Libya.
Gaddafi warned, "There are 60 million Algerians to the West, 80 million Egyptians to the East, we have Europe in front of us, and we face Sub-Saharan Africa with its problems to the South." He was concerned about upgrading Libya"s military equipment, and said he could purchase arms from Russia and China, but wanted to buy material from the United States. Possible successor
Mutassim Gaddafi lived in Egypt for several years after allegedly attempting to take control of Libya from his father.
His return led to a reconciliation with his father and a high-ranking position as National Security Advisor of Libya. Libyan civil war
During the Libyan Civil War, Gaddafi commanded the units in the Brega region notably during the Battle of Brega–Ajdabiya road and the skirmishes in the area.
He had been subject to a travel ban and an asset freeze over his close links and membership of his father"s inner circle.
Gaddafi was allegedly in Tripoli in the Bab al-Azizia compound, and assisting in commanding what remained of pro-Gaddafi forces in the city during the Battle of Tripoli. He commanded the loyalist forces in their unsuccessful defense of Sirte, Muammar Gaddafi"s hometown, until the city fell. Mutassim Gaddafi was captured when Sirte fell on 20 October 2011.
NTC commanders at the front in Sirte and officials in Tripoli claimed that he was captured as he was trying to leave the city in a family car, and sent off to Benghazi.
Film and photographs of Mutassim Gaddafi alive after being captured have been published. Later photographs released by Saudi television channel First Rate (at Lloyd's) Arabiya show Mutassim Gaddafi bearded and lying dead on a hospital bed, with a gaping wound in his throat.
