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Ahmad Ramadan is the former 'Director of Information Office of Muammar Gaddafi', until Tripoli was taken by anti-Gaddafi forces during the Libyan Civil War. He was captured by the opposition fighters and is one of the highest Gaddafi-era officials in prison. His nickname was "Black Box". [1]

After the death of Muammar Gaddafi in October 2010, he gave information on the fate of murdered Lebanese cleric Musa Sadr, saying he was "liquidated" and naming the cleric's killers. [2]

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References

  1. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine : Al-Aan: Exclusive Gaddafi's right hand names killers of Moussa Sadr via YouTube.
  2. "Lebanon Shiite leader was 'liquidated' in Libya |". Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2011.