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october the twentieth two thousand and eleven libya's ex leader colonel moammar gadhafi was captured and killed. an end to get out of his forty two year rule. among the hopes for the rebirth of a nation where hopes for resolving a mystery surrounding a charismatic cleric in a moose a southerner was the leader of the shia muslim sect in lebanon. in the summer of one nine hundred seventy eight assad or disappeared along with two companions while on a visit to libya to meet. for over thirty years the in mems disappearance has remained shrouded in mystery a shadowy story from the ruthless world of politics. what became of the enigmatic cleric whose popularity transcended religions and who had transformed

lebanon's shia from a downtrodden minority into political activists. could the downfall of the soldier who seized power and became a ruthless dictator offer up hope of new evidence and new witnesses in the case of the vanished in. that i was born in one nine hundred twenty eight in the iranian city of qom his family were of lebanese origin. he studied political science in the university of toronto and later moved to iraq propose. graduate studies. in one nine hundred fifty nine sutter travelled to the city of tire in south lebanon to undertake missionary work he won many admirers and recognition. ten years later in one nine hundred sixty nine he was elected head of the higher islamic shia council in lebanon becoming leader of the country's shia muslims

a set are called for social justice and development particularly in lebanon's poorest areas. in one thousand nine hundred eighty four he founded the movement of the deprived aiming to unite people across communal rather than religious or ideological lines. a southerner was something of an iconoclast seeking to break through traditional barriers. to bishop use of minister of lebanon remembers a sermon delivered in a church in which he warned of the dangers of sectarianism. when . measured superior the need. to save muslim or eman muslim. because various for you jillian look there is a the more harder these. members would. assert his nephew recalls his uncle's views on lebanon sectarian nature. of.

fear and. most. of. what i did there would have been in this fear when we left to go at the moment to live with c. and i will medicine he met. me. in one nine hundred seventy five civil war erupted in lebanon. assad or led antiwar protests most prominent of which was his sit in at a mosque in beirut. with anarchy in lebanon israeli attacks on villages in the south of the country increased. campaigned on behalf of the local population and he announced the establishment of a lebanese resistance movement called. southern

consistently expressed sympathy for palestinian aspirations but his relations with the palestinian liberation organization were tense and uneasy. he criticized the p.l.o. for shelling israel and thereby provoking israeli retaliation which fell mainly on the shia citizens of the south. assad the son recalls the political tightrope his father had to walk. the last of the. tornado. was there bob. i would look. at. it yet before. we have probably met. affair wouldn't last thing the last thing here. for the student you have to do for you

for. the. last. steve. steve. son your coupe is a former lebanese m.p. his father was one of the two companions who disappeared with us on the trip to libya. he believes that muammar gadhafi helped fuel lebanon's civil war for his own political ends. that have an ear for the. norm and. therefore. what kind. of the. what that jani. in front of the. gadhafi is right hand man

up to sell angelou did visit in beirut during the civil war though he never met us other. the first meeting between the him and gadhafi occurred in one thousand nine hundred seventy five. according to a such as son it was not amicable. some survey never we can't remember when. we had. shake. your nor. can i be. there. between nine hundred seventy six and nine hundred seventy seven a subtle intensified his efforts to end the lebanese war. many lebanese admired his courage and charisma but the found it difficult to mediate in a country so divided. in march nine hundred seventy eight

israel invaded south lebanon under the pretext of crushing the p.l.o. . the united nations issued resolution forty five calling on israel to withdraw immediately. israel flout to the un resolution and set up what it called a security zone in south lebanon. toward the arab world to plead the case for south lebanon. then all jury in president who are a boomy dn recommended the amount of the libyan leader. agreed. contacted. the libyan leader invited us to visit him in tripoli. lawyer his saini has followed the case of the disappearance of a man and his two companions. more

than. me in. remembers her brother's determination to visit libya despite warnings about unpredictability. to. through. their lives and they had. the second of our solders to. companions he went missing with him was a journalist bus but dean. his oldest son recalls the last moments before his

father's departure. and she. painted us. that with us me and called to him without us me. the libyan embassy in beirut arranged three tickets on the middle east airlines flight from. from beirut to tripoli via benghazi. on the eve of his departure spent the night at his sister's. for. a look. at this by the. by the. more.

cell phone. photo. on the twenty fifth of august nine hundred seventy eight. and his two companions lead the route for libya. at eight pm n.e.a. flights landed at tripoli international airport. a southerner and his two companions that disembarked from the plane no one was there to meet them. at the terminal building they were eventually met by a maid she had head of the libyan foreign communication bureau. al jazeera

interviewed who millard a protocol employee of the libyan foreign communication bureau who remembers the arrival of the man and his two companions. will. soon see what kind. of. candidate. do last a new c was libya's intelligence chief would become one of gadhafi is closest confidant so over the years. when tripoli fell to rebel fighters in two

thousand and eleven the new season office was ransacked many classified documents were lost or destroyed amid the chaos of the downfall of gadhafi regime any hope of discovering a paper trail in our investigation into the disappearance of mosul souther and his companions was made more difficult. by the canfield. but it was the bottom of the day. the libyan officials left the airport with their lebanese guests. in southern and his two companions were driven to the i shot the hotel in tripoli where they would stay. this is where the shot the hotel once stood. all that remains

a rusty signpost and scattered concrete ruins. and. in two thousand and seven the hotel was demolished another element in the story of a southern libya that has disappeared. the ashanti hotel had been among the classiest in tripoli as a place hosting foreign visitors it was heavily monitored by the libyan intelligence service visit to libya coincided with the anniversary celebrations of the september first revolution in one nine hundred sixty nine when gadhafi had seized power. government employee who some milat had been assigned to the man and his two companions during their visit. to the memo so the front office of the. little kind of healthy should now let me have the.

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cycle a. little feeling you are the stock but look of the filo. how to be the. other. and charlotte. word now that i will not. be a man spent five days waiting for an appointment with. the libyan government restricted the free movement of the a man and his companions. and they were provided no means of communication with the outside world. in lebanon the in memes family began to worry. my path that.