The Algerian government has confirmed that members of Moammar Qaddafi's family have fled to Algeria, including his wife Safiya, his daughter Aisha, and two of his sons, Hannibal and Mohammed. Interestingly, none of Qaddafi's strategically significant children (i.e. military commanders Khamis and Mutassim, or heir apparent Seif Islam) were among those crossing the border on Monday.
This follows unsubstantiated reports on Sunday that Qaddafi himself had arrived in Zimbabwe on "President" Robert Mugabe's private jet. (Note: the link goes to a story in the Daily Mail with some pretty gruesome photos of an alleged massacre by Qaddafi-loyalist forces of 150 people . . . you have to scroll past a lot of charred corpses to get to the claims regarding Qaddafi's exile).
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