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References
- ↑ Kincaid, Cliff (22 February 2011). "NBC's Mitchell Regurgitates Gaddafi Lies". Accuracy in Media . Archived from the original on 12 August 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
- ↑ Müller, Patrick (8 June 2011). "Gaddafis Kinder—Totgesagte leben länger [Gaddafi's children—Declared dead]". Die Welt . Retrieved 7 June 2015.
"Hana Gaddafi soll 1986 beim Angriff amerikanischer Bomber umgekommen sein. Tatsächlich wurde ihr Tod offenbar nur vorgetäuscht. Eine Spurensuche." ["Hana Gaddafi [was said to have been] killed in 1986, during the attack of American bombers. In fact, her death was obviously faked. A search for clues."]
English language translation of same article: "Hana Gaddafi, Libyan Leader's Presumed Dead Daughter, May Be Still Alive". The World. The Huffington Post. 9 August 2011. Retrieved 7 June 2016. - ↑ Walker, Peter (26 August 2011). "Gaddafi's daughter Hana: dead or a practising doctor?". The Guardian . Retrieved 7 June 2016.
[Subtitle:] "Some accounts say Hana Gaddafi died in a 1986 raid, others that she lived to become a doctor or never existed at all."
- ↑ Shadid, Anthony (28 August 2011). "Enigmatic in Power, Qaddafi Is Elusive at Large". The New York Times . Retrieved 7 June 2016.
- ↑ Kirkup, James; Watt, Holly (12 August 2011). "Dental records for Hana Gaddafi reopen mystery of Libyan leader's daughter". The Telegraph . Retrieved 7 June 2016.
Files stored in a basement room in one of London's most expensive districts could shed new light on one of the greatest mysteries of Muammar Gaddafi's Libya: the alleged death of his baby daughter Hana.
- ↑ Telegraph Staff (12 August 2011). "Exclusive: Gaddafi's 'dead' daughter Hana alive and well in family video [Ali, Mohammed , videographer]". The Telegraph . Archived from the original (video, with text description) on 23 September 2011. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
The Telegraph has obtained the first video evidence that Hana, the adopted daughter that Col Gaddafi claimed had been killed in an American bombing raid in 1986, was alive years after the attack.
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