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DJERBA, Tunisia, Aug 20 (KUNA) -- Abdessalam Jalloud, a close friend of
Muammar Al-Gaddafi in the 1969 revolution and the Prime Minister of Libya from
1972-1977, has fled Libya to Italy after his flight left Djerba early on
Saturday.
According to the Tunisian News Agency, Jalloud fled to an area controlled
by the Libyan rebels Friday before entering Tunisian soil.
Considered a hard liner, Jalloud (from the Magariha tribe) was the second
most powerful man in the Libyan regime for over two decades.
After several disagreements with Libyan leader Muammar Al-Gaddafi, Jalloud
fell out of favor in August 1993, having been replaced by Captain Mohammad
Emsied Al-Majdoub Al-Gaddafi as the general coordinator of the Revolutionary
Committees. (end)
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