Kadhafi’s son got doctoral thesis help from England's PM Tony Blair
Two of Moamer Kadhafi's sons were invited to the headquarters of the SAS special forces unit as former prime minister Tony Blair tried to build ties with the Libyan regime, The Sunday Times reported.
In the latest revelations from intelligence documents obtained by media and rights groups in Tripoli, the paper said Blair had also helped another of Kadhafi's sons, Seif al-Islam, with his doctoral thesis.
The Sunday Times said one secret paper showed that Major General Robin Searby, Blair?s defence co-ordinator on Libya, sent a confidential invitation in 2006 for Khamis and Saadi Kadhafi to watch "VIP demonstrations" of the Special Air Service (SAS) and its sister regiment, the Special Boat Service (SBS).
The Ministry of Defence said the visits did not go ahead.
"The article alleges that they were invited on two particular dates in 2006. We have checked and no such visits took place," a spokesman told AFP.
One proposed itinerary in July 2006 suggested Khamis and Saadi hold meetings at the Ministry of Defence with top officials including with the then chief of general staff, General Mike Jackson, the paper said.
They would then visit the headquarters of the SAS in Hereford, central England, for a display of "close quarter combat." The next day they were due to meet defence companies at the Farnborough Air Show in Hampshire.
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