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Village Hero Turns Down a Million Euro, Turns in Gaddafi's Fleeing Son

Village Hero Turns Down a Million Euro, Turns in Gaddafi's Fleeing Son
A Saharan tribesman was offered one million euros to drive Saif al-Islam Gaddafi to the Libyan border, where he would escape into exile. Instead, the villager drove the dictator's brutal son into a trap and now is being feted as a hero.

A village tribesman was offered one million euros to drive Saif al-Islam Gaddafi to the Libyan border. Instead, he drove the dictator's brutal son into a trap and now is being feted as a national hero.

"I was offered millions but all the money they had would not buy a pebble of our sand or one drop of our martyrs' blood."

Yusef Saleh al-Hotmani, from Berqan deep in the Sahara, said Saif was due to be picked up at the border with Algeria and Niger and from there, driven into exile.

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