TRIPOLI, Libya — His name of choice was the Brother Leader, though his nearly 42 years of rule were rarely brotherly, and his leadership left a country with plentiful oil in shambles.
Rebel Government Struggles to Restore Water and Power in Tripoli (August 28, 2011) Libya's Interim Leadership Releases Its Members' Names (August 28, 2011) Times Topics: Muammar el-Qaddafi | Libya — Protests and Revolt (2011) Now, as the former subjects of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi comb through his family's estates, farms and seaside villas, the properties are revealing the details of lives lived far removed from the people, and ones filled with the signs of their peccadilloes and rivalries.
At one farm, horses wandered by marble statues of lions, tigers and bears, and on a sun-baked day, reindeer grazed by the deck of an empty pool. At the home of one son, Saadi, there were signs of a life mundane in its seeming frustration. A man who drifted through stints as an athlete, soldier and Hollywood producer, Saadi kept the English-language self-help book “Success Intelligence” in his master bedroom.
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