Below is Nouri al-Mismari former Libyan director of protocol and Minister of State's account.
About Imam Moussa Sadr, I received a call from Abdallah Senoussi, who was then an officer in military intelligence.
It was an amorous call. [Late Gabonese President Omar] Bongo was very angry
He gave me three passports and asked me to get Italian visas for guests of the government.
One of these was Sadr's passport. It took time and Senoussi stamped his feet.
I later realized that the imam had been abducted and they had planned to cover it up with a trip to Rome. [...]
"He [Gaddafi] was temperamental. Sometimes he would wake up and say: "Bring me that negro", in reference to an African head of state.
And after the interview: "The negro is gone. Give him something. "[...]
"When he was at loggerheads with his wife Safia, he would retreat to his bunker in Bab al-Aziziyah.
"He had his harem, with ephebes and concubines.
"He would stay for a month or two, and there we knew that he was plunged into debauchery and partying. [...]
"He took steroids, brought to him by Senoussi. [...]
"During a hunting party in Romania, he killed one of the Officers, Salah Boufaroua because he had evidence that Gaddafi's mother was Jewish.
"Two diplomats in Rome were executed for the same reason. [...]
"He was sadistic with women. I witnessed two cases of aggression against a Nigerian academic and the wife of a Swiss businessman.
"The first received a $100,000 "compensation".
The other case was covered by an investment in a Swiss company. [...]
"Bashir Saleh [former Gaddafi aide] told me that the [late] Gabonese President Omar Bongo had made him listen to a taped telephone call between Gaddafi and his wife.
"It was an amorous call. Bongo was very angry. [...]
"Gaddafi was fond of history books and loved to surprise foreign representatives by evoking little known details. [...]
"When Kofi Annan came to Libya in relation to the Lockerbie bombing, he was made to wait a whole day. He hosted a tent in the desert, I saw a mortified Annan."
In Triki talks about the difficulties encountered while working as a diplomat under an erratic and self-import Gaddafi.
"[During his speech at the UN General Assembly in September 2009, Ed] Gaddafi took advantage of his presence on the podium to trample on the UN Charter.
Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gaddafi hated each other and threw banana peels in each other's paths
"Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon looked very disappointed and wanted to ask him to stop his speech. I told him to take the misfortune patiently because I feared an unpredictable reaction from Gaddafi. I was ashamed to the point of burying my face in my hands. The photo was published in the press. [...]
"Most of the time, he was simply in another world. He was convinced of being an exceptional personality whose mission was to change the world. He was neither conscious of the limits of Libya, nor his own limits as a person.[...]
"When a ruler of his caliber registers modest successes, he rapidly believes himself to be irresistible. [...]
"Being a diplomat under Gaddafi was a dog's profession. There was a constant image repair to the damages caused by his declarations, his mood swings, his mannerisms [...]
"He had no respect for diplomacy. He once asked me to deliver a message to King Hassan II, insisting that I tell the king that he is "a reactionary and a collaborator" amid other accusations. Imagine the scene. Of course, the Libyan diplomacy did not deliver such messages. [...]
"On another occasion, because he did not like the tone used by Hosni Mubarak to convene an urgent meeting of the Arab League, he wanted to respond by "we are not your servants." [...]
"After the attempted coup against him in 1975, he changed. He no longer trusted anyone. He was obsessed with holding on to power and fighting against anything that might threaten him. [...]
"Mid-sentence during a meeting at the Kremlin, Gaddafi glanced at his watch and announced that it was prayer time. The discussions stopped and Gaddafi prayed right there. It was certainly a first at the Kremlin. [...]
"The vacuum left by the death of Gamal Abdel Nasser [Former Egyptian president] encouraged the ambitions of those who dreamed of taking his place, including Muammar Gaddafi and Saddam Hussein.
"These two men hated each other and threw banana peels in each other's paths: Saddam armed Hissene Habré [during the Libyan-Chadian war] whilst Muammar supported the Kurds, receiving their leaders, Jalal Talabani and Massoud Barzani. [...]
"Gaddafi offered a large sum to Saddam, for the latter to hand over Mohamed el-Megaryef [one of the leaders of the then opposition, now President of Parliament]. He was not successful. [...]
"But it worked with Hassan II, who extradited Omar el-Mhichi, a former Gaddafi companion. He was transferred to Tripoli, where he was executed."
Muammar Gaddafi was a megalomaniac who was consumed by his own self-importance
About Imam Moussa Sadr, I received a call from Abdallah Senoussi, who was then an officer in military intelligence.
It was an amorous call. [Late Gabonese President Omar] Bongo was very angry
He gave me three passports and asked me to get Italian visas for guests of the government.
One of these was Sadr's passport. It took time and Senoussi stamped his feet.
I later realized that the imam had been abducted and they had planned to cover it up with a trip to Rome. [...]
"He [Gaddafi] was temperamental. Sometimes he would wake up and say: "Bring me that negro", in reference to an African head of state.
And after the interview: "The negro is gone. Give him something. "[...]
"When he was at loggerheads with his wife Safia, he would retreat to his bunker in Bab al-Aziziyah.
"He had his harem, with ephebes and concubines.
"He would stay for a month or two, and there we knew that he was plunged into debauchery and partying. [...]
"He took steroids, brought to him by Senoussi. [...]
"During a hunting party in Romania, he killed one of the Officers, Salah Boufaroua because he had evidence that Gaddafi's mother was Jewish.
"Two diplomats in Rome were executed for the same reason. [...]
"He was sadistic with women. I witnessed two cases of aggression against a Nigerian academic and the wife of a Swiss businessman.
"The first received a $100,000 "compensation".
The other case was covered by an investment in a Swiss company. [...]
"Bashir Saleh [former Gaddafi aide] told me that the [late] Gabonese President Omar Bongo had made him listen to a taped telephone call between Gaddafi and his wife.
"It was an amorous call. Bongo was very angry. [...]
"Gaddafi was fond of history books and loved to surprise foreign representatives by evoking little known details. [...]
"When Kofi Annan came to Libya in relation to the Lockerbie bombing, he was made to wait a whole day. He hosted a tent in the desert, I saw a mortified Annan."
In Triki talks about the difficulties encountered while working as a diplomat under an erratic and self-import Gaddafi.
"[During his speech at the UN General Assembly in September 2009, Ed] Gaddafi took advantage of his presence on the podium to trample on the UN Charter.
Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gaddafi hated each other and threw banana peels in each other's paths
"Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon looked very disappointed and wanted to ask him to stop his speech. I told him to take the misfortune patiently because I feared an unpredictable reaction from Gaddafi. I was ashamed to the point of burying my face in my hands. The photo was published in the press. [...]
"Most of the time, he was simply in another world. He was convinced of being an exceptional personality whose mission was to change the world. He was neither conscious of the limits of Libya, nor his own limits as a person.[...]
"When a ruler of his caliber registers modest successes, he rapidly believes himself to be irresistible. [...]
"Being a diplomat under Gaddafi was a dog's profession. There was a constant image repair to the damages caused by his declarations, his mood swings, his mannerisms [...]
"He had no respect for diplomacy. He once asked me to deliver a message to King Hassan II, insisting that I tell the king that he is "a reactionary and a collaborator" amid other accusations. Imagine the scene. Of course, the Libyan diplomacy did not deliver such messages. [...]
"On another occasion, because he did not like the tone used by Hosni Mubarak to convene an urgent meeting of the Arab League, he wanted to respond by "we are not your servants." [...]
"After the attempted coup against him in 1975, he changed. He no longer trusted anyone. He was obsessed with holding on to power and fighting against anything that might threaten him. [...]
"Mid-sentence during a meeting at the Kremlin, Gaddafi glanced at his watch and announced that it was prayer time. The discussions stopped and Gaddafi prayed right there. It was certainly a first at the Kremlin. [...]
"The vacuum left by the death of Gamal Abdel Nasser [Former Egyptian president] encouraged the ambitions of those who dreamed of taking his place, including Muammar Gaddafi and Saddam Hussein.
"These two men hated each other and threw banana peels in each other's paths: Saddam armed Hissene Habré [during the Libyan-Chadian war] whilst Muammar supported the Kurds, receiving their leaders, Jalal Talabani and Massoud Barzani. [...]
"Gaddafi offered a large sum to Saddam, for the latter to hand over Mohamed el-Megaryef [one of the leaders of the then opposition, now President of Parliament]. He was not successful. [...]
"But it worked with Hassan II, who extradited Omar el-Mhichi, a former Gaddafi companion. He was transferred to Tripoli, where he was executed."
Muammar Gaddafi was a megalomaniac who was consumed by his own self-importance
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