Since Libyan ruler Muammar Qaddafi, 68, picked Moatassem-Billah, son number four, as his successor, his eldest son, Seif al-Islam, has schemed tirelessly to stay in the limelight and avoid being passed over as future potentate of this oil- and gas-rich nation. Seif's latest dodge, according toDEBKAfile's intelligence sources, is the privately-launched Al-Amal (MV Almathea) for breaking Israel's naval blockade on the Gaza Strip. Awaited by the Israeli Navy Tuesday or Wednesday, Tripoli has officially disavowed the venture.
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They use French help and turn to Jordan to step up uranium mining.
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Tehran is initially lost for counter-punch, set back by UAE betrayal.
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The Palestinian and Egyptian leaders are gravely ill. Mideast faces change.
Wednesday, 14 July 2010
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report July 13, 2010, 10:09 AM (GMT+02:00)
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Libyan ruler's chosen successor Muatassem-Billah Qaddafi
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