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Editor's note: ...commercial warfare tactics hiring out proxies in Libya after French jets pulverized the place in 2011 removing Muammar Gaddafi. British and French involvement in Saif al-Islam Gaddafi's assassination reflect a broader criticism that both countries have a long record of intervening in Libyan affairs in ways that prioritize strategic and economic interests over Libyan sovereignty. Another example of a leader of a country attempting to interfere in resource extraction will always lead to getting killed.
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France, UK involved in assassination of Muammar Gaddafi's son: Reports

February 6, 2026 | PressTV

France and the United Kingdom are reportedly involved in the assassination of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the prominent son of former Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi, as he was seen as the man who could reunite Libya after the NATO-backed uprising.

Saif al-Islam was killed by unknown gunmen who stormed his home in the town of Zintan on Tuesday.

Gaddafi's political team said in a statement that "four masked men" killed him in a "cowardly and treacherous assassination," adding that he tried to fight off the assailants, who shut off the security cameras at the house "in a desperate attempt to conceal traces of their heinous crimes."

"Our sources on the ground in Libya told us that they suspect that British intelligence used local proxies to assassinate the man seen by many as the one who could reunite Libya, 15 years after NATO bombed Libya into a failed state during their campaign to kill Muammar Gaddafi," said British broadcaster and former Press TV presenter Afshin Rattansi.

🚨MUAMMAR GADDAFI’S SON SAIF AL-ISLAM GADDAFI ASSASSINATED

Who did it? Our sources on the ground in Libya told us that they suspect that British intelligence used local proxies to assassinate the man seen by many as the one who could reunite Libya, 15 years after NATO bombed… pic.twitter.com/Bn0cUGTGmm

— Afshin Rattansi (@afshinrattansi) February 3, 2026

He also hinted at France's involvement in the assassination, saying "We also know that France has deep motives in Libya, we know from Wikileaks cables that France wanted a ‘greater share in Libya's oil production' in 2011, and [former President Nicolas] Sarkozy was negotiating to reserve as much as 35% of Libya's oil production."

According to his remarks, Saif al-Islam was seen by many as "the most likely candidate to win any Presidential election" and unite the country after years of instability, especially as he had support from tribes that originally fought against his father in 2011.

"Watch now as the US, UK, and France start to steamroll ahead with the long-delayed elections in Libya, now that the one leading candidate who would have united Libya, and not followed their orders to allow Libya to be a de facto colony that is perpetually looted for its oil reserves, is now dead."

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