Michel Cousins TRIPOLI — A poet, a minister and a major general are amongst former Gaddafi supporters reported to have been expelled from Morocco, sources say. Imraan Boukraa, a former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Al-Khuwaildi Al-Humaidi, a former major general and the broadcaster and poet Ali Al-Kilani are just three of a reportedly large number of Gaddafi loyalists who have been expelled in recent weeks. Libya has, it is said, also sent a list of 127 names of other Gaddafi associates to the Moroccans. It is not, however, clear if the Libyan authorities are seeking the detention and extradition of these individuals or merely wish them to be stopped from entering Morocco. Al-Kilani, a former director of Libyan Radio was a member of Gaddafi's inner circle. He is supposed to have requested his family be allowed to remain in the country. However, the Moroccan authorities, it is reported, were adamant that none of Gaddafi's associates or their families should remain. Al-Kilani, who also penned verses and was once described as the ‘Poet of the Green Revolution,' wrote and composed a number of songs under Gaddafi's regime. The Moroccan Embassy in London said they were unable to comment on these reports, which have also not been picked up by the Moroccan press. — www.libyaherald.com
