Activist liberate corner of Libya in London suburb

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Source: Financial Times


last updated: March 14 2011 20:56

Inside the main room of Seif al-Islam Gaddafi’s London mansion a pair of shoes lies neatly by the door from the garden, next to a vacuum cleaner propped against the wall.

The large room, which can be divided by an automatic sliding glass partition, has a spotless white tiled floor and white fitted sofas; at the central glass table, dinner is being served.

Since activists last Wednesday entered the house owned by the son of Muammer Gaddafi, the Libyan dictator, the mood has changed from one of jubilation to a determination to make a political point.

The mainly British group that forced its way into the luxury property – equipped with swimming pool, sauna and suede-lined cinema – announced it had been seized for the Libyan people in protest at the brutality of Colonel Gaddafi’s regime.

Libyans supporting the uprising have since been arriving daily at the £11m house in Hampstead from around the UK to offer support. Many are passing through, using it as a place where they can eat, sleep and organise themselves before making their way to protests outside the Libyan embassy in London.


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