MOHAMED-EL-ABEIDI

"I was on a flight to London. I left Benghazi with about a dozen other politicians from the opposition to accompany my uncle's wife to the UK. At around midday, the pilot announced over the intercom that Gaddafi was dead and everyone jumped up with joy. A few minutes later at a layover in Istanbul, all of the world'€™s televisions were showing images of Gaddafi's body. Four days later I returned to Benghazi and to my people."