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A picture of Saadi Gaddafi having his head shaved which was posted on the Facebook page of the Tripoli Revolutionaries Brigade Tripoli Revolutionaries Brigade via Facebook

Gaddafi's son has been extradited and put in prison

Saadi Gaddafi was best known as the head of Libya’s football federation and a player who paid his way into Italy’s top division.

NIGER HAS TURNED a son of the late dictator Muammar Gaddafi over to Libyan authorities, the Tripoli government has said, as a government-allied militia released pictures of him in captivity.

The government said Saadi Gaddafi, who fled across the Sahara desert to Niger during the 2011 uprising that saw rebels capture and kill his father, ending his four-decade dictatorship, was in Libyan custody.

The Tripoli Revolutionaries Brigade, a militia made up of former rebels, released pictures on Facebook of Saadi in a blue jumpsuit getting his head shaved.

The Libyan government said he would be held in accordance with “international standards regarding the treatment of prisoners.”

Saadi Gaddafi was best known as the head of Libya’s football federation and a player who paid his way into Italy’s top division.

Interpol had issued a “Red Notice” for him, for “allegedly misappropriating properties through force and armed intimidation when he headed the Libyan Football Federation.”

Libya had repeatedly called for the extradition of Saadi from Niger, which had granted him asylum since September 2011 on “humanitarian” grounds, saying it had insufficient guarantees Libya’s new rulers would give him a fair trial.

Three of Gaddafi’s sons were killed in the 2011 uprising, including Mutassim, who was killed by rebels on the same day as his father.

Several key members of the Gaddafi clan have survived however, including Gaddafi’s erstwhile heir apparent Seif al-Islam, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court but detained by a militia in Libya.

Former Libyan Olympic Committee chief Muhammad and Hannibal, who made headlines with his scandal-packed European holidays, are believed to be in Algeria, as is the fallen tyrant’s daughter Aisha.

Around 30 senior regime officials are believed to have crossed into Niger at the same time as Saadi but the authorities in Niamey have not said how many remain in the country.

- © AFP, 2014

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    Mute John Campbell
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    Jul 28th 2017, 7:42 AM

    What a pity! The political class and the many chancers in public life have no one left who will challenge them. Time to circle the wagons.

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    Jul 28th 2017, 8:01 AM

    As television in ireland continues to go down the road of the bland leading the bland,I think it’s safe to say we will won’t see his likes of Vincent anytime soon. Unless Gene Kerrigan fancies turning his hand to TV?

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    Jul 28th 2017, 9:10 AM

    Vincent was the only one to ask the right questions and stick it to politicians and the like. Never one to be fobbed off. Well done

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    Jul 28th 2017, 7:41 AM

    A cantankerous contrary old git. Never though he got the best out of his guests because they were constantly on edge with him.

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    Jul 28th 2017, 8:14 AM

    @mickmc: like many of us he had a total aversion to the bullsh*t most politicians and media feed us with on a daily basis.

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    Jul 28th 2017, 8:36 AM

    @mickmc: Which is to say what? He upset the politicians who are used to being given a verbal lap dance by the likes of Miriam O’Callaghan or Pat the plank???

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    Jul 28th 2017, 8:37 AM

    @Martin Critten: Yes that’s true but I’m not sure his style of interviewing cut through it either. Sometimes you have to be clever about these things and tease the issue out unknowns to the interviewee.

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    Jul 28th 2017, 9:50 AM

    @mickmc: Put your money where your mouth is and apply to replace him, mick

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    Jul 28th 2017, 10:04 AM

    @Tony Skillington: If he was doing his job properly he wouldn’t be there to upset anyone, just give sensible debate to the issues of the day. VB was only interested in himself getting points across.

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    Jul 28th 2017, 10:11 AM

    @mickmc: hi joan !

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    Jul 28th 2017, 10:28 AM

    @Chris Kirk: I disagree completely, Chris. It was VB’s job to hold these people accountable, not just to give them another platform like they already had on RTE. If he wasn’t grilling them and making them squirm (knowing what we now know about the level of corruption in government), then he wasn’t doing his job. It was a very valuable service he provided in tandem with exemplary journalistic skills.
    It was his job to expose BS. If he never upset anyone, the whole program would’ve been pointless.

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    Jul 28th 2017, 10:38 AM

    @Joe Phillips: he held no one to account, he was making tv, nothing more nothing less. It was mildly entertaining but nothing more.

    Listening to you would would swear it was the public accounts committee he was running.

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    Jul 28th 2017, 10:46 AM

    @james connolly: no offence, james, but you’re not a reasonable commentator and I don’t know how to talk to you without paper and crayons.

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    Jul 28th 2017, 11:35 AM

    @Joe Phillips: Try balloons and buckets of confetti , he seems to like clowns .

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    Jul 28th 2017, 11:47 AM

    @Chris Kirk: RTE have been giving ‘sensible debates’ for 30 years and are frightened of upsetting the hand that feeds them. VB while acerbic in his questioning at times, does what any good journalist should do…shake up the political elite and cut through the horse $h1t that RTE seem only too happy to dole out. He is a breath of fresh air in public broadcasting and I applaud him for being so.

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    Jul 28th 2017, 10:00 PM

    @Joe Phillips: Did I in any way suggest I had the knowledge or the skill to do his job. You don’t have to be good at a job to recognise when someone else is doing a equally bad job too. I don’t think I ever make it as a premier league footballer at this stage, but that doesn’t say I wouldn’t recognise a bad one when I’d see him.

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    Jul 28th 2017, 9:41 AM

    Thanks Vinny for making politics interesting and being our cat among the pigeons.

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    Jul 28th 2017, 9:10 AM

    TheJournal.ie, how many articles have you published on this guy’s last show? I’m not sure you’ve got the finger on the pulse of the nation on this one.
    Yes, acknowledged it but you’re milking a very average news story over the past three days.

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    Jul 28th 2017, 11:37 AM

    Why did Glenda feel the need to capture the choir on her smartphone? Could she not have merely recorded the bleedin’ show? Yours, etc.

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    Jul 28th 2017, 12:12 PM

    @shouldweallbe: I agree! It just seems to be an automatic reaction for so many. They miss the actual core of what’s happening while trying to get a balanced photo on the phone! But what I couldn’t take my eyes off was Mary Lou smiling! She looked so different and quite lovely!!!!

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    Jul 28th 2017, 8:14 AM

    I didn’t bother watching it after his vomit inducing lovefest with the Leo the previous night.

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    Jul 28th 2017, 8:24 AM

    @Dante Marquinhos: That’ll show him who’s boss!

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    Jul 28th 2017, 8:37 AM

    @Honeybadger197:Oh I’d say you showed yourself who’s boss watching Leo the other night. That’s the thing about you Blueshirts, were other political supporters just follow their respective parties, you Blueshirts treat them like they are a boyband and you are a bunch of 14 year old girls with a crush.

    Extremely bizarre and disturbing behaviour from supporters of a political party.

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    Jul 28th 2017, 8:44 AM

    @Dante Marquinhos: Dry your eyes Dante. I’m sure in time you’ll forgive Vincent for talking to a Taoiseach and making you all upset and nauseous. I hope this helps x
    http://www.healthline.com/health/how-to-stop-vomiting-remedies

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    Jul 28th 2017, 8:57 AM

    @Dante Marquinhos: Talks about lovefest between presenter and politician, talks about sexual infatuation with politicians regularly… Methinks the Dante doth protest too much! Tell me Dante, how did this predilection for politicians first present itself?

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    Jul 28th 2017, 9:08 AM

    @Dante Marquinhos: “Psychological projection is a defense mechanism people subconsciously employ in order to cope with difficult feelings or emotions. Psychological projection involves projecting undesirable feelings or emotions ontosomeone else, rather than admitting to or dealing with the unwanted feelings”
    Its not your fault Dante. Its not your fault.

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    Jul 28th 2017, 9:14 AM

    @Honeybadger197: Good, the first step is admitting you have a problem. Well done Honey, you’re on the road to recovery. Best of luck!

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    Jul 28th 2017, 9:28 AM

    @Dante Marquinhos: Yes, would you please admit you have a problem.

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    Jul 28th 2017, 9:43 AM

    @Dante Marquinhos: Few things in life as funny as a triggered shinnerbot. You never disappoint.

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    Jul 28th 2017, 10:33 AM

    @Dante Marquinhos: Yep , disappointed with that one myself , perhaps if Vincent will do “one offs” in the future he can do a real interview with this smarmy git

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    Jul 28th 2017, 10:04 AM

    The underclasses though VB shows was about politics, everyone else saw it for the entertainment show it was.

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    Jul 28th 2017, 10:06 AM

    @james connolly: VB having a laugh at everyone elses expense

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    Jul 28th 2017, 10:20 AM

    @Chris Kirk: exactly.

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    Jul 28th 2017, 10:11 AM

    #gutted

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    Jul 28th 2017, 9:59 AM

    About as politically astute as my dead hamster, give me Andrew Marr and Andrew Neil any day of the week.

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    Jul 28th 2017, 10:30 AM

    I hope he still pops up on TV3 or somewhere else from time to time. It would help with the DTs!

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    Jul 28th 2017, 7:41 AM

    I liked his no nonsense couldn’t give a flying f*ck who you are approach.

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    Jul 28th 2017, 5:36 PM

    So apart from Gene Kerrigan what other journalist do we have that has the balls to take on the establishment .(Sorry ladies not meant to be a misogynist comment )

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    Jul 28th 2017, 8:05 PM

    Good riddance. A rude belligerent individual with no redeeming features. His interruptions made Cathal Mc Coille look like an amateur.

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