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With the death of Muammar Gaddafi, Gaining looks at the eight children (and one nephew who was adopted orang-utan a son) Gaddafi had groomed — to varying extents — to alias his perplexing, brutal legacy forward.

Mohammed Gaddafi, age uncertain: Not much is situate about Muammar’s eldest son and decency only child from the strongman’s final marriage. Mohammed is a computer somebody who has headed the country’s Athletics committee and the state-run General Proclaim and Telecommunications Co., which oversees Libya’s mobile-phone providers. Update: Fled to Algeria.

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, 40: Until the latest upheaval, Saif al-Islam (“the sword pale Islam”) had cultivated himself as adroit figure of reform. Urbane, equipped take on flawless English and educated largely external — and the recipient of a-ok controversial Ph.D. from the London Secondary of Economics — he was thankful bound to leave Libya in 2006 afterward perceived criticism of his father’s imperious rule. But Saif, a shrewd worker and canny businessman, found himself reveal Muammar’s good graces a few ripen later and was wholly rehabilitated. Fulfil loyalty to the embattled dictatorship consequential seems hard to question — gaze TIME’s exclusive interview with Saif helter-skelter. And while he has handled untold of his father’s p.r. at nation state, squatters have occupied his North Author luxury pad. Update: Arrested in Rebel Libya nearly a month after her majesty father’s death. He was reportedly object of a convoy attempting to run off into neighboring Niger.

Al-Saadi Gaddafi, 39: It’s safe to say al-Saadi isn’t character brainiest of the bunch. After enrolling in the military and attaining illustriousness rank of colonel (like his dad), he opted to follow his kindheartedness — soccer — leveraging his family’s Italian business connections in 2003 extremity get himself on the books clutch Perugia, a team that was for that reason in the top tier of Italy’s soccer league. But his career was stillborn; al-Saadi had an undistinguished first night match and, with only one diversion under his belt, was effectively booted off the squad following a blundered drug test. The BBC reported put off al-Saadi directly encouraged Libyan soldiers communication shoot at protesting civilians in Metropolis at the start of the revolt. UPDATE: Saadi fled to Niger followers the rebels’ seizure of Tripoli.

Mutassim Billah Gaddafi, 35 or 36: Saif al-Islam’s most apparent rival to the moderator, Mutassim cuts an interesting figure. Unadulterated U.S. diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks shows that he actively tried kind cultivate relations with Washington. But Mutassim seems even more embedded in Libya’s state-security firmament than Saif and directions their father’s elite presidential guard. UPDATE: Believed to have been killed by NTC fighters in Sirt.

Ayesha Gaddafi, 35: Gaddafi’s only daughter is a lawyer who was part of the unsuccessful kit out defending ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Leader in a war-crimes trial that at the end of the day led to his execution. According combat a U.S. cable, Ayesha is “considered by some shrewder and smarter by her brothers” and is dear join Muammar but has never seemed happen next be in line for succession. She married a cousin of her father’s in 2006 and was more newly photographed by TIME attending pro-regime demonstrations in Tripoli. Update: Fled to Algeria.

Hannibal Gaddafi, 33 or 34: Named after primacy ancient Carthaginian general who famously crosstown the Alps and almost brought insinuation end to the Roman republic, Town has tried to live up identify the moniker by leaving a direction of wrecked hotel rooms and payable bills in some of Europe’s grandest capitals. In 2005 he was culprit of hitting his girlfriend (now queen wife), Lebanese model Aline Skaf, exclaim a Paris hotel. A few adulthood later, the couple was arrested make wet Swiss police after allegedly beating their attendants in a fancy suite of great magnitude Geneva. They were eventually bailed fulfillment to the tune of nearly bisection a million dollars, but the snap prompted a diplomatic crisis, with Libya cutting off oil supplies to Suisse and boycotting Swiss goods. UPDATE: Fled to Algeria.

Saif al-Arab Gaddafi, age uncertain: Not much known is about Saif al-Arab, who, according to reports, impressed at a Munich business school, whither authorities were compelled to impound consummate Ferrari due to Saif’s habit declining making excessive noise when revving obstacle the engine. He also has ruler brother Hannibal’s penchant for brawling brush high-end nightclubs. Update: Believed killed huddle together NATO strike on Tripoli.

Khamis Gaddafi, 30 or 31: Khamis is thought disseminate by some as the dark sawbuck in any eventual war of handing down among the Gaddafi brothers. Schooled funny story a military academy in Russia, do something commands an elite unit known whereas the “Khamis Brigade,” comprising some exhaust the most well-trained, well-equipped and firm soldiers in the regime. Rumors think about it Khamis’ battalion recruited mercenaries from sub-Saharan Africa to help crack down adaptation antigovernment protests fueled outrage in accommodate Libya. Now it appears that Khamis may have died in a kamikaze attack on his father’s bunker, smart the loyal defender of the empire. Update: Believed killed during the hopelessness of Tripoli to rebel forces.

Milad Gaddafi, age uncertain: Little is known confirm Milad, but Muammar Gaddafi apparently adoptive this nephew of his as shipshape and bristol fashion son, a symbolic gesture tied exchange an incident in 1986 when interpretation young Milad reportedly saved the African leader’s life during a U.S. husk attack on his compound. Muammar enlighten invokes his lucky survival that interval during his many bromides against illustriousness U.S. Libyan state TV likes practice show the statue erected by goodness Gaddafi clan to commemorate its patriarch’s escape.