The son of Defense Minister Al-Thani is said to have been kidnapped in the Tripoli suburb of Janzur by gunmen. A member of Prime Minister Zeidan’s staff was kidnapped in Tripoli on Sept. 23. Former Guantanamo inmate Abdulhamid Abdussalam El Ghazzawi, 50, has arrived in Libya from Georgia, where he had been transferred by US authorities in 2010. He is said to be a veteran al Qaeda associate and member of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group. Arsonists partially destroyed a 7,600-square meter “peace flag” in Benghazi; it was the largest peace flag in the world.
