Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Lebanese wife of Hannibal Gadhafi tortured Ethiopian domestic worker

Luxury, horror lurk in Gadhafi family compound, by Dan Rivers, CNN Correspondent, Tripoli, Libya

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At first I thought she was wearing a hat and something over her face. Then the awful realization dawned that her entire scalp and face were covered in red wounds and scabs, a mosaic of injuries that rendered her face into a grotesque patchwork.

Even though the burns were inflicted three months ago, she was clearly still in considerable pain. But she told us her story calmly.

She'd been the nanny to Hannibal's little son and daughter.

The 30-year-old came to Libya from her native Ethiopia a year ago. At first things seemed OK, but then six months into her employment she said she was burned by Aline [Skaff*].

Three months later the same thing happened again, this time much more seriously.

In soft tones, she explained how Aline lost her temper when her daughter wouldn't stop crying and Mullah refused to beat the child.

"She took me to a bathroom. She tied my hands behind my back, and tied my feet. She taped my mouth, and she started pouring the boiling water on my head like this," she said, imitating the vessel of scalding hot water being poured over her head.

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* Aline Skaf is a Lebanese actor born in 1980 in Sebaal in Lebanon.

Full article:Luxury, horror lurk in Gadhafi family compound, by Dan Rivers, CNN Correspondent, Tripoli, Libya

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