How Libyan dictator, Colonel Gaddafi raped hundreds of women and kept sex slaves – Ex-security chief

Dead Libyan dictator Colonel Muammar Gaddafi raped hundreds of women
during his years in power, and even kept a harem of sex slaves locked
in the basement of his home, his former security chief has revealed.
Mansour Daw, who stayed loyal to the tyrant until his downfall and
subsequent death in 2011, said Gadaffi's sexual appetite was so strong
that an entire government department was established to source and
provide him with prostitutes.
Many were kept in his Tripoli compound under lock and key where the
dictator could call on their services night or day.
And when he travelled abroad on state affairs, he would take them
along, usually disguised as bodyguards or journalists, Daw said.

'It fell under the umbrella of the Department of Protocol under the
direction of Nuri Mesmari, a schemer who had the gall to parade around
in a general's uniform every now and then,' Daw told journalist Annick
Cojean. '[Mesmari] had the nickname 'the general of special affairs'
so the only word that was applicable could be avoided: General of the
Whores.'
Daw claimed to have known nothing of the basement 'dungeon' where many
of Gadaffi's favourites were held under his compound in capital
Tripoli.
'I swear I never went down to that basement!' he exclaimed, revealing
no further details of the conditions under which they were held.
And while most generals who turned a blind eye as he carried out his
depraved activities with young women – and sometimes men – those who
helped feed his vast sexual appetite were quickly promoted.
'[Mesmari] looked for women everywhere; that was his specialty and his
primary function; he would even pick up prostitutes on the street,'
added Daw.
Fast track to power: And while most generals who turned a blind eye as
he carried out his depraved activities, those who helped feed his vast
sexual appetite were fast promoted
The women accompanied the dictator on trips to western nations
including France and Spain, Daw told Cojean, an excerpt of whose book,
Gaddafi's Harem, has been published in Salon.com, where they would
travel under the guise of 'committees,' 'delegations,' or 'groups of
journalists'.
When asked about rumours Gaddafi even forced ministers to have sex
with him, Daw replied: 'It doesn't surprise me.
'There are so many ambitious people. There were even those who were
prepared to hand over their wife or daughter in exchange for some
favour or other.'
Daw himself, however, insisted Gaddafi never propositioned him or any
of his relatives, even at parties hosted by the security chief.
'He wouldn't have dared to pounce on any of my guests,' he said. 'He
knew all too well what my reaction would have been.
'But I preferred that he be somewhere else. Had he come he would
surely have been accompanied by his whores, always on the lookout, and
that terrified me.'
Gaddafi died during the NATO-backed uprising in Libya on October 20
2011 when he was shot after being taken prisoner by rebels. He was 69.
Meanwhile, Daw is currently being held in a high-security prison in
Libya where he awaits trial for war crimes.