GRUESOME VIDEO OF GADDAFI'S DEATH
In 2011, the world was shocked at a brutal video that showed Muammer Gaddafi being tortured and killed by Libyan rebels. In the most definitive account of Gaddafi's death, Human Rights Watch (HRW) says that Gaddafi was injured by shrapnel from a hand grenade that exploded yards away from him as he tried to escape his home town of Sirte. Following the grenade explosion, groups of militia fighters captured the badly bleeding Gaddafi. Raw, unedited cell phone footage obtained by Human Rights Watch documents the three minutes and 38 seconds of his capture. As soon as the militia men had custody of Gaddafi, they began to abuse him. Blood was already gushing from the shrapnel wound in his head. He was laid upon the road where a militia man stabbed him in the anus with a bayonet, causing more rapid bleeding. The militia men surrounded Gaddafi, punching and beating him, yelling "Allahu Akbar" (God is Great) over and over again.
In an interview with Human Rights Watch, the commander of the militia acknowledged that the situation was totally out of control:
"When we captured Gaddafi, the situation was a mess. There were very many fighters around. He was alive when I saw him, so he must have been shot later, not when we saw him here. But it was a violent scene, he was put on the front of a pickup truck that tried to drive him away, and he fell off. It was very confusing. People were pulling on his hair and hitting him. We understood there needed to be a trial, but we couldn’t control everyone, some acted beyond our control."
Finally the militiamen loaded Gaddafi's body into an ambulance, but he was already dead by the time the ambulance arrived in Misrata at least two hours later. There are many conflicting accounts about the exact cause of death. Some militia men claim that Gaddafi was shot amidst the dispute about where to take him, but these claims remain unconfirmed.
However, what is clear is that the entire situation was a complete mess. There was no organization or control over what would happen to Libya's former dictator. This man did not receive a fair trial before his execution and the gruesome manner of his death is certainly no laughing matter. However, Hillary Clinton disagrees.
GADDAFI DIES. HILLARY LAUGHS.
In response to Gaddafi's brutal death, Hillary Clinton laughs. Clinton jubilant over Gaddafi's death: "We came, we saw, he died" (YouTube, 10-20-11)
Death of a Dictator (Human Rights Watch Report on Gadaffi's death, 10-17-12)