Uncovered: The macabre sex chamber of Libya's Colonel Gaddafi where he raped girls and boys - as young as 1

irls - and boys - as young as 1 Colonel Muhammar Gaddafi kept several 'sex dungeons' at his palaces Libyan tyrant forced hundreds of young girls to become his sex slaves Gaddafi also had a 'harem' of young men called 'the services group' Dictator visited schools and 'chose' his victims with a pat on the head Gaddafi was killed in October !"" after # years of dictatorship !y "LG# C$#%G and &%''% (U$)%TT *U!L%+,-.: //:00 G(T1 /2 3anuary /01 4 U*.#T-.: 05:15 G(T1 /6 3anuary /01 %T has been more 7han 7wo years since 7he cap7ure and dea7h of (uammar Gaddafi1 7he Libyan dic7a7or whose reign sub8ec7ed an impoverished people 7o four decades of murder and 7error9 :hen 7he bedraggled former leader was hauled ou7 of a drainpipe and sho7 in "c7ober /0111 his dea7h ended 7he bloody &a7o-led civil war 7ha7 had ravaged 7he coun7ry since 7he s7ar7 of 7ha7 year9 The full horror of his bru7ali7y has been slow 7o emerge1 wi7h many Libyans s7ill fearing re7alia7ion by 7hose who con7inue 7o be loyal 7o 7heir la7e leader9 !u7 i7 can now be revealed 7ha7 7he mos7 hear7brea;ing of Gaddafi<s vic7ims include hundreds1 possibly 7housands of 7eenage girls who1 7hroughou7 his /-year reign1 were bea7en1 raped and forced 7o become his sex slaves9 $croll down for video

=6 Chilling: This is 7he bedroom in Gaddafi's 'sex dungeon'1 decora7ed in >0s s7yle wi7h brown walls and a double bed1 where he would 7a;e girls as young as 1 and sexually abuse 7hem agains7 7heir will

=6 .egrading: This is 7he fully-fi77ed gynecological sui7e where young girls would be placed in one of 7he 7wo beds and chec;ed for +T.s before 7hey were sen7 in 7o 7he wai7ing dic7a7or (any were virgins ;idnapped from schools and universi7ies and ;ep7 prisoner for years in a specially designed secre7 sex lair hidden wi7hin Tripoli Universi7y or his many palaces9 %n 7he /6 mon7hs since he was deposed1 Gaddafi<s den ? where he regularly raped girls as young as 1 ? has remained loc;ed9 !u7 7oday i7s gaudy in7erior1 where 7he colonel bru7alised his vic7ims1 can be seen for 7he firs7 7ime in pho7ographs from a hard-hi77ing !!C documen7ary9 %nside 7he small1 nondescrip7 single-s7orey complex1 7he girls were forced 7o wa7ch pornography 7o @educa7e< 7hem for 7heir degrading 7rea7men7 a7 7he hands of Gaddafi9 #nd even 7hose who did manage 7o escape were of7en shunned by 7heir deeply religious (uslim families who believed 7heir family honour had been 7ain7ed9

(ore999 +yrian governmen7 7hrea7ens 7o wal; ou7 of peace 7al;s in Geneva if 'serious' discussions have no7 been held by 7omorrow .rama7ic momen7 men pull baby from rubble af7er fran7ically digging wi7h 7heir bare hands af7er he was buried by +yrian bomb !odyguard who pro7ec7ed digni7aries in Libya and #fghanis7an ;illed himself because he was unable 7o cope wi7h brea; up :hen 7he dic7a7or<s body was dragged 7hrough 7he s7ree7s by a baying mob1 8us7 hours af7er he was bea7en and sho7 in 7he head1 7he has7ily convened 7ransi7ional governmen7 moved swif7ly 7o seal off 7he sex dungeon9 They feared 7he full ex7en7 of Gaddafi<s debased and lewd lifes7yle would horrify 7he :es7ern world and cause deep embarrassmen7 7o Libya9 "ne of 7he rooms holds li77le more 7han a double bed1 li7 by an orange lamp9 %7s 15>0s decor and grimy 3acuAAi ? all lef7 exac7ly as 7hey were when Gaddafi las7 used i7 ? give i7 a seedy and gloomy air9 !u7 even more chilling is 7he clinical gynaecological sui7e in an ad8oining room9 %7 was here1 on 7wo beds fi77ed wi7h s7irrups behind a 7able laden wi7h surgical ins7rumen7s1 7ha7 Gaddafi<s young vic7ims were examined 7o ensure 7hey had no sexually 7ransmi77able diseases9 #nd here 7hey were forced 7o undergo abor7ions if 7hey became pregnan79 They1 however1 were 7he luc;y ones9 "7her young vic7ims were so badly abused 7ha7 7hey were dumped in car par;s and on was7e ground1 and lef7 7o die9 Gaddafi<s modus operandi was 7o 7our schools and universi7ies where female s7uden7s were invi7ed 7o his lec7ures9 #s he spo;e before his hushed audience1 he would silen7ly scan 7he room see;ing ou7 a77rac7ive girls9 !efore leaving he would pa7 7hose he had @selec7ed< on 7he head9 :i7hin hours his priva7e bodyguards would
=6 'Sexual deviant': Colonel Gaddafi kept hundreds of girls as sex slaves during his years at the helm of Libya, but also kept a 'harem' of young boys

round up 7hose chosen and ;idnap 7hem9 %f 7heir families 7ried 7o ;eep 7hem from Gaddafi<s clu7ches1 7hey were gunned down9 "ne 7eacher a7 a Tripoli school recalled how 7he girls were all very young9 @+ome were only 1 1< she said9 @They would simply 7a;e 7he girl 7hey wan7ed9 They had no conscience1 no morals1 no7 an io7a of mercy even 7hough she was a mere child9< "ne mo7her1 whose daugh7er was a s7uden71 said 7he communi7y around Tripoli Universi7y lived in fear when a visi7 from 7he colonel was announced9 @The girls he wan7ed would be rounded up and sen7 7o him1< she said9 "ne 8us7 disappeared and 7hey never found her again1 despi7e her fa7her and bro7hers searching for her9 #no7her was found 7hree mon7hs la7er1 cu71 raped and lying in 7he middle of a par;9 +he had been lef7 for dead9< -ven 7oday1 7he Libyan people are afraid 7o spea; openly abou7 Gaddafi<s depravi7y1 fearing reprisals from his former henchmen9 !u7 one woman ? who was repea7edly raped by 7he despo7 over seven years from 7he age of 12 ? has anonymously spo;en of how he 7errorised and abused her9 +he had been chosen 7o presen7 7he colonel wi7h a bouBue7 when he 7oured her school in his home 7own of +ir7e on 7he (edi7erranean coas71 C20 miles eas7 of Tripoli9 :hen he pa77ed her head af7erwards1 in an apparen7ly pa7ernal ges7ure1 she 7hough7 she had pleased 7he man she and her fellow Libyans were forced 7o call @7he Guide<9 The nex7 day 7hree woman dressed in mili7ary uniform arrived 7elling her paren7s she was needed 7o presen7 more flowers9 %ns7ead1 she was driven a7 high speed 7o Gaddafi<s lair9 "nce 7here1 he bar;ed a7 his women soldiers: @Ge7 her ready9< The girl was s7ripped1 given a blood 7es7 and shaved of all bu7 her pubic hair9 +he was dressed in a G-s7ring1 forced in7o a low-cu7 gown and had 7hic; ma;e-up plas7ered on her face9 :hen she was shoved in7o Gaddafi<s room1 7o her horror he was lying na;ed on 7he bed9 :hen she 7ried 7o run ou71 7he women soldiers grabbed her and flung her bac; on 7he bed9 +he was raped repea7edly during 7he seven years she was held cap7ive1 even7ually escaping when a door was acciden7ally lef7 unloc;ed9 )uelled by cocaine and alcohol ? and of7en Diagra ? Gaddafi abused her horribly9 @% will never forge7 7ha7 firs7 7ime1 7ha7 momen71< she says9 @,e viola7ed my body and pierced my soul wi7h a dagger9 Tha7 blade will never come ou79< %7 7oo; 7he documen7ary-ma;ers mon7hs of nego7ia7ions 7o be allowed access 7o informa7ion on Gaddafi as Libya remains secre7ive and hide-bound by bureaucracy9

=6 Coerced: Gaddafi had a priva7e all-female guard1 some of whom he allegedly also abused1 having 'selec7ed' 7hem from schools and universi7ies across 7he coun7ry Efile pic7ureF

=6 Ul7ima7e 7error: :hen a girl had been 'selec7ed'1 Gaddafi's guards would ;idnap her from her family1 7a;e her 7o 7he dungeon1 where she would be s7ripped1 chec;ed for +T.s1 shaved of all bu7 her pubic hair1 plas7ered in ma;eup and sen7 in 7o Gaddafi1 a wi7ness has said

But they also established that Gaddafi set up a murder for hire team run from !avana to rid him of enemies around the "orld# $n a se%ret intervie" from Cuba, former C$& agent 'rank (erpil said: $ "ould say )it "as* +urder $n%orporated ### murder for hire# Gaddafi thought that anybody "ho "as a dissident, they )should be* eliminated, he had %ontra%ts out on a bun%h of people in London# !e often stored the bodies of those killed in Libya in free,ers so that he %ould regularly vie" them# $f Gaddafi "as po"er-%ra,ed, he "as also paranoid# & Bra,ilian plasti% surgeon found himself es%orted deep inside a bunker in (ripoli in the middle of the night in order to remove fat from Gaddafi s belly and in.e%t it into his in%reasingly "rinkled fa%e# /espite the pain, Gaddafi refused a general anaestheti%, fearing he might be poisoned 0 and be%ause he "ished to remain alert# !alf"ay through the operation, he stopped to have a hamburger# !e also %reated an elite s1uad of bodyguards 0 all female 0 "hom he used for sex and for%ed to "at%h multiple barbari% exe%utions# 'or de%ades Gaddafi surrounded himself "ith these beautiful young "omen# /ressed in %losefitting military uniforms, "ith mani%ured nails and perfe%tly %oiffed hair, they exuded glamour "hile toting guns# But they "ere little more than disposable prostitutes used and abused by Gaddafi and his family# 2no"n as the !aris al-!as 0 the private female guards 0 almost all "ere %oer%ed into .oining his %adre# 3ne of them, "ho admits she had on%e adored him , re%alled the horrifi% treatment they had to endure# 4arly one morning, at 5am, "e "ere taken to a %losed hall, she said# 6e "ere to "itness the murder of 78 students# 6e "ere not allo"ed to s%ream# 6e "ere made to %heer and shout# (o a%t as though delighted by this display# $nside $ "as %rying# (hey shot them

all, one by one# &%%ording to Bengha,i-based psy%hologist Seham Serge"a, "ho intervie"ed s%ores of the girls for the $nternational Criminal Court, there "ere about 9:: members of the elite s1uad over the years# & pattern emerged in their stories, she explains# (he "omen "ould first be raped by the di%tator then passed on, like used ob.e%ts, to one of his sons and eventually to high- ranking offi%ials for more abuse# $n one %ase a girl of 7; said she "as raped in front of her father# She kept begging her distraught father to look a"ay# +any of the vi%tims say they %ontemplated sui%ide many times# /oubtless there "ere some "ho took their o"n lives#

=6 (he end: &fter months of %ivil "ar, +uammar Gaddafi "as tra%ked do"n in 3%tober 5:77 and shot by freedom fighters $t has also emerged that teams of boys "ere sent to Gaddafi s sex den, "here they too "ere abused# 'ormer %hief of proto%ol <uri &l +ismari, "ho "as at Gaddafi s side for 9: years, adds: !e "as terribly sexually deviant# =oung boys and so on# !e had his o"n boys# (hey used to be %alled the >servi%es group?# &ll of them "ere boys and bodyguards # # # a harem for

his pleasure# 3ne of the fe" Libyans "ho "as prepared to be named and talk about the horrors Gaddafi infli%ted on his people "as Baha 2ikhia, the "ido" of Libya s former foreign minister "ith "hom Gaddafi had a frosty relationship# 6hen her husband vanished one evening, she %onfronted Gaddafi about his "hereabouts# (he %olonel insisted he "as being kept alive but, to Baha s horror, his body "as one of many found in free,ers after the regime fell# !e liked to keep his vi%tims in the refrigerators to look at them no" and again, she says haltingly# !e "ould visit his vi%tims# $t "as as though they "ere some sort of ma%abre souvenirs# Something that he %ould look at and tou%h to remind himself of his omnipoten%e# Some had been there as long as 5@ years# (he Libyan people had al"ays kno"n Gaddafi to be violent and unstable, but it "as only after he "as a%%used of perpetrating the Lo%kerbie bombing on /e%ember 57, 7A;; 0 in "hi%h 58: &meri%an and British lives "ere lost "hen Libya ble" up the Ban &m airliner on "hi%h they "ere travelling 0 that the 6est "as prepared to take any a%tion# Stri%t san%tions "ere applied by &meri%a, although a%%ording to G"enyth (odd, the former <ational Se%urity Coun%il /ire%tor for Libya at the 6hite !ouse, 6estern leaders 0 in%luding Britain s then Brime +inister, (ony Blair 0 eventually sought to have them lifted and Gaddafi s reputation restored# $n 5::7, Libyan &bdelbaset &li +ohmed &l +egrahi "as %onvi%ted of the Lo%kerbie bombing and .ailed for life# But eight years later, seriously ill "ith %an%er, he "as %ontroversially released by the S%ottish legal system on %ompassionate grounds 0although many in%luding Cim S"ire, the father of one of the vi%tims, maintain he "as not guilty of the bombing# (he BBC9 do%umentary also suggests the Lo%kerbie .et "as not the only one Gaddafi s regime ble" up# &li &u.ali, Libya s former ambassador to 6ashington, insists Gaddafi "as responsible for bringing do"n a %ivilian air%raft in 7AA5 "ithin a day of the fourth Lo%kerbie anniversary, killing all 7@8 on board# Gaddafi shot do"n a Libyan .et .ust to send a message to the "orld that san%tions had hurt Libyan lives, &u.ali says# $t "as his "ay of sho"ing the "orld ho" san%tions "ere affe%ting life in Libya 0 making it look as though the plane %rashed be%ause it needed spare parts "hi%h "eren t available# $t "as 7:: per %ent do"n to Gaddafi# Storyville: Mad Dog Gaddafis Secret World will be shown on BBC4 at 1 !" on #ebr$ary %&