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Libyan rebels get taste of luxury in Gaddafi homes
Rebels, Tripoli residents tour Gaddafi mansions to see profits of Libya’s oil wealth
Many rebel fighters took advantage of the tiled indoor pool to dive in, as others toured the abandoned mansion.
Libyan rebels enter the seaside holiday home of Saadi Gaddafi, a son of the Libyan leader. The marble pillars and floors show the dictator’s son had expensive taste.
Libyan rebels sit in front of a huge wall painting of a Lamborgini at the holiday home of Saadi Gaddafi.
The personal bedroom of Muammar Gaddafi in his ‘Afriqiyah One’ Airbus A340 plane at Tripoli airport.
The empty pool in the grounds of the luxury holiday home of Mutassim Gaddafi, son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
A Libyan rebel stands inside the front door of a luxurious complex that rebels and local residents claim to be the holiday home of the Gaddafi family in Ain Zara close to Tripoli.
The fancy beach villas are testimony to the fact that the Gaddafis not only ruled Libya, they owned it, and treated its oil wealth as their personal patrimony.
A child’s room inside the house of Aisha Gaddafi. Rooms in the house featured Italian-designed bedrooms, Pierre Cardin carpets and Burberry couches
Numerous luxury buildings have been discovered by rebels as they get increased access to areas after the ouster of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi and his loyalist forces. (AFP/Getty Images)
Former Abu Slim prisoner, Sami Sadiq Abu Ruwais flashes the V-sign of victory as he stands next to a swimming pool inside a luxurious complex that rebels and local residents claim to be the holiday home of the Gaddafi family
Ousted Libyan leader Gaddafi and his loyalist forces were forced to abandon their luxury residences as rebels forces took Tripoli (AFP/Getty Images)
