A 'dirty dozen' of senior Libyan officials are expected to follow Musa Kusa and defect from Colonel Gaddafi’s inner circle, leaving his regime on the verge of collapse.Security sources claimed last night that two senior ministers in the Libyan government with long-standing links to the UK were already in Tunis discussing terms with British and French intelligence officers.
Rumours were swirling that Gaddafi’s head of intelligence and his Europe minister are also on the run.
And another group of six or seven ministers, diplomats and officials had driven into Tunisia with no intention of returning.
Ali al-Treiki, Gaddafi’s minister for Africa, announced in Cairo yesterday that he too had cut his contacts with the regime.
Officials in London were checking reports last night that Tarek Khalid Ibrahim, the deputy head of mission in London, is also defecting.
At least six more of Gaddafi’s senior officials have spoken with British intelligence agents and their sources about following Kusa and defecting to the UK.
Security sources say that around 12 senior members of the regime ‘have put out feelers’ to jump ship.
French and Italian intelligence are also understood to be in touch with senior figures about fleeing into exile. Read More
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