The boyish NY Yankees fan who assassinated Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi is a being hailed as a hero in Libya.
20-year-old Mohammed El Bibi is being credited as the man who found the former dictator hiding in a dirty drainage pipe near his home town of Sirte, Libya, Thursday. El Bibi and other revolutionary fighters dragged Gaddafi from his hiding place then beat and bludgeoned him. El Bibi is reportedly the fighter who discharged two bullets into the head of the man who ruled Libya with an iron fist for 42 years.
El Bibi wore a baseball cap bearing the NY Yankees logo and a t-shirt with the words “I love you” inside a red heart.
Afterwards, El Bibi was hoisted on the soulders of other rebels who paraded him through the streets chanting ‘Allah akbar’ – ‘God is great’.
El Bibi kept Gaddafi’s 18K gold plated pistol as a war souvenir. With today’s price of gold at record highs, Gaddafi’s golden handgun is probably worth a small fortune.
Photos by REUTERS, AP
