Information about Saif al Arab and Khamis, the two youngest of Qaddafy's, or Gaddafi's, or Khaddafy's, seven sons, remains sketchy. But does anyone doubt for a minute that in one way or another greed, like love, will find a way, and that they too are surely also on the Libyan oil gravy-train, the recipients of all kinds of special treatment and special gifts that allow me to give this posting its title.
Here is Wikipedia, sometimes idiotic,and sometimes, as here, useful:
"Gaddafi has eight children, seven of them sons. His eldest son, Muhammad Gaddafi, was born to a wife now in disfavour, but runs the Libyan Olympic Committee and owns all the telecommunication companies in Libya.
The next eldest, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, was born in 1972 and is a painter. He runs a charity which has been involved in negotiating freedom for hostages taken by Islamic militants, especially in the Philippines. In 2006, after sharply criticizing his father's regime, Saif Al Islam briefly left Libya, reportedly to take on a position in banking outside of the country. He returned to Libya soon after, launching an environment friendly initiative to teach children how they can help clean up parts of Libya. He has also been on the forefront of resolving the HIV case of the Palestinian doctor and Bulgarian nurses described previously.
The third eldest, Al-Saadi Gaddafi, is married to the daughter of a military commander. Al Saadi runs the Libyan Football Federation, plays for Italian Serie A team U.C. Sampdoria, made billions of dollars in the petrol industry and produces films.[In 2003 he was chosen to play for the Serie A Perugia team, but was dropped when almost immediately charged with drug-taking].
Gaddafi's fourth son, Mutasim-Billah Gaddafi, was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Libyan army. He fled to Egypt after allegedly masterminding an Egyptian backed coup attempt against his father. Gaddafi forgave Mutasim-Billah and he returned to Libya where he now holds the post of national security adviser and heads his own unit within the army. Saif Al Islam and Mutasim-Billah are both seen as possible successors to their father.
The fifth eldest, Hannibal once worked for General National Maritime Transport Company, a company that specializes in Libyan oil exports. He is most notable for being involved in a series of violent incidents throughout Europe, including charges against him for beating up his then pregnant girlfriend, Alin Skaf. (In September 2004, Hannibal was involved in a police chase in
Paris.) On
July 15,
2008, Hannibal and his wife were held for two days and charged with assaulting two of their staff in
Geneva,
Switzerland and then released on bail on
July 17. As a result, unless the Swiss government apologizes for the arrest, the government of Libya put a boycott on Swiss imports, reduced flights between Libya and Switzerland, stopped issuing visas to Swiss citizens, recalled diplomats from
Bern, and forced all Swiss companies such as
ABB and
Nestlé to close offices and their staff arrested. General National Maritime Transport Company, which owns a large refinery in Switzerland, also halted oil shipments to Switzerland.
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Gaddafi has two younger sons, Saif Al Arab and Khamis, a police officer in Libya."
