Libya: Gay Porn DVD Found Among Gaddafi Son's Looted Belongings

by David Badash on August 25, 2011

in News,Politics

A gay porn DVDwas found among the looted belongings of Al-?Saadi al-?Gaddafi, who isthe 38-?year old son of former Libyan leader Muammar al-?Gaddafi. “He isa Libyan businessman and former football (soccer) player. He was thecommander of Libya’s Special Forces and is involved in the 2011 Libyancivil war. An Interpol notice (orange notice) has been issued againsthim. He is a part of his father’s inner circle,” according to his Wikipedia biography, which adds he “is married to the daughter of a Libyan military commander,” but that “the Daily Mailreported accounts of a Bulgarian woman, who alleged that she had beenthe lover of Al-?Saadi al-?Gaddafi from 2004?–?2010. According to her,he spent $170 million a year on various luxuries. She mentioned that heinsisted on being called “Engineer Saadi”, and that she once caught himin bed with another man.”

Homosexuality is illegal, punishable by jail time, in Libya.

The Advocate reports,

Libyan rebels took control of Tripoli over the weekendand looters immediately raided the Gadhafi family’s luxurious compoundof mansions, removing expensive cars, clothing, and bottles of alcohol.One rebel interviewed by AP says they “are notcondoning looting of private property, and only allow the wrecking ofsymbols of the Gadhafi family’s abuse of power.”

The AP also reports that in the office areaof one villa, journalists saw large piles of catalogs for yachts andcars, and the gay porn DVD Boyz Tracks slipped out of the stack of documents.

The 38-?year-?old Al-?Saadi was described in a 2009 WikiLeaks cablefrom the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli as “having a troubled past, includingrun-?ins with police in Europe, drug and alcohol abuse and excessivepartying.”

Of course, the possibility exists the DVD was planted, after all, the house was looted. Most likely no one will ever know.

Should we?

What’s your thought? Is this the ultimate in hypocrisy, given the alcohol and porn?

Wikipedia also notes,

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT)persons in Libya face legal challenges not experienced by non-?LGBTresidents. Both male and female same-?sex sexual activity is illegal inLibya. Beyond the criminal laws, cross-?dressing and homosexuality arewidely seen as immoral activities in a nation where the majority of thepopulation is Muslim.

The criminal code prohibits all sexual activity outside of a lawfulmarriage. Private homosexual acts between consenting adults arepunishable with up to 5 years imprisonment.

In the 1990s, Muammar Gaddafi began to enact “Purification” lawsdesigned to enforce a harsh view of Islamic law on the population.Libyan courts were given the power to use amputation, flogging and othercruel punishments against persons found to be violating traditionalIslamic morality.