[USA Today] The Algerian government has confirmed that Libyan leader Moammar Qadaffy's
...a proud Arab institution for 42 years...
wife and two of his sons have crossed the border into Algeria, Al Arabiya reports.
"The wife of Moammar Qadaffy, Sofia, his daughter Ayesha, and sons Hannibal and Mohammad, accompanied by their children, entered Algeria ... through the Algeria-Libyan border," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement published by APS news agency.
| So they were the procession of fancy cars that didn't contain the dapper colonel himself? Good to know. |
There was no indication as to the whereabouts of the Libyan leader.
Sofia is Qadaffy's second wife. Mohamamad is his eldest son and head of the Libyan Olympic Committe. Ayesha is a lawyer and former U.N. Goodwill Ambassador. |