Ali Attalah Obeidi Politician

Ali Attalah Obeidi was an Air Marshall Brigadier in the army of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi until the 2011 Libyan civil war when he defected to the opposition in April. The Anti-Gaddafi forces showed a video of him, to prove this defection. In the tape he says he quit because Gaddafi gave orders to kill civilians and as he did not want the blood of his own people on his hands. It is claimed the former general walked for fifteen days from Tripoli to the besieged city of Misrata. Obeidi claimed he had escaped from Mitaga air base to join the NTC.

Personal facts

Date of deathJuly 06, 2011
Place of death
Libya , Dafniya

Search

Office holder

military operations
Battle of Misrata
Libyan Civil War
Battle of the Misrata frontline
military branch
National Liberation Army (Libya)
military rank
Air marshal

Ali Attalah Obeidi on Wikipedia