Blow to Col: Top aide defects, flees to Italy
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TUNIS ( TUNISIA): Tunisia's official TAP news agency says a former top aide of embattled Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi has left the island ofDjberba for Italy after apparently defecting.
Abdel-Salam Jalloud's flight took off from the Djerba airport on Saturday. Rebels attempting to oust Gadhafi have said Jalloud has defected. Jalloud helped Gadhafi stage the 1969 coup that propelled him to power. He was Gadhafi's most trusted deputy for two decades and the regime's No 2 official but began to clash with the leader in the 1990s.
The report added that another top Libyan official, has not returned to Libya following a mission to Italy. He was expected to return home on Thursday.
Abdel-Salam Jalloud's flight took off from the Djerba airport on Saturday. Rebels attempting to oust Gadhafi have said Jalloud has defected. Jalloud helped Gadhafi stage the 1969 coup that propelled him to power. He was Gadhafi's most trusted deputy for two decades and the regime's No 2 official but began to clash with the leader in the 1990s.
The report added that another top Libyan official, has not returned to Libya following a mission to Italy. He was expected to return home on Thursday.
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