| ID | 110098 |
| Title Proper | East and west |
| Other Title Information | behind the veil of ignorance |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Oganesyan, Armen |
| Publication | 2011. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | A WEEK BEFORE TRIPOLI FELL to the insurgents, a glamour model and ex-girlfriend of Mutassim, one of Colonel Gaddafi's sons, had come to the Libyan capital. Talitha van Zon, the former Playboy centerfold, who claimed that she had parted with Mutassim Gaddafi several years ago, could not explain why she came to the country torn apart by a civil war.
In any case very soon the toasts to a victory over the rebels were drowned out by the sounds of shooting and shouts by the same rebels at doors of her hotel. "The Dutch model was then paraded in front of rebel fighters who chanted 'petrol.' She feared they would 'burn her alive' and then made a desperate escape by leaping from the hotel's balcony" breaking her hand. Rescued by a Dutch journalist who helped her, together with other refugees to leave the country on a humanitarian ship, she reached Malta. The media all over the world informed their readers and viewers that "glamour model ex-girlfriend of Gaddafi's son escapes rebels after they threatened to 'burn her alive'" the reports supplied with a lavish selection of her photos. |
| `In' analytical Note | International Affairs (Moscow) Vol. 57, No. 6; 2011: p.172-175 |
| Journal Source | International Affairs (Moscow) Vol. 57, No. 6; 2011: p.172-175 |
| Key Words | Tripoli ; Gaddafi ; Civil War ; Sharia Law ; Ukraine |