A will apparently written by the late President of Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, has surfaced on his Seven Day News website. In the document, Gaddafi expressed the wish to be buried unwashed in Sirte, the town of his birth, next to my family and relatives.The will is said to be the only surviving copy of three identical testaments given to the former Libyan dictators relatives. According to a report by theBBC, the document was reportedly handed to the relatives, one of whom was killed, the second arrested and the third managed to escape the fighting in Sirte.The English translation of the will states:This is my will. I, Muammar bin Mohammad bin Abdussalam bi Humayd bin Abu Manyar bin Humayd bin Nayil al Fuhsi Gaddafi, do swear that there is no other God but Allah and that Mohammad is Gods Prophet, peace be upon him.I pledge that I will die as Muslim. Should I be killed, I would like to be buried, according to Muslim rituals, in the clothes I was wearing at the time of my death and my body unwashed, in the cemetery of Sirte, next to my family and relatives.I would like that my family, especially women and children, be treated well after my death. The Libyan people should protect its identity, achievements, history and the honourable image of its ancestors and heroes.The Libyan people should not relinquish the sacrifices of the free and best people. I call on my supporters to continue the resistance, and fight any foreign aggressor against Libya, today, tomorrow and always.Let the free people of the world know that we could have bargained over and sold out our cause in return for a personal secure and stable life. We received many offers to this effect but we chose to be at the vanguard of the confrontation as a badge of duty and honour.Even if we do not win immediately, we will give a lesson to future generations that choosing to protect the nation is an honour and selling it out is the greatest betrayal that history will remember forever despite the attempts of the others to tell you otherwise.The testament is likely to further confuse the debate over where Gaddafi should be buried. His body is still being kept in a refrigerated warehouse in Misrata, four days after his capture and death at the hands of rebel fighters last Thursday. The National Transitional Council in Tripoli has been paralysed with indecision over what to do with the body.Speaking in Jordan on Sunday, Libyas departing prime minister was reported by Reuters as saying that talks were under way to form an interim government, replacing the NTC within a month.One of many obstacles facing Libyas provisional leadership is the question of whether, in the minutes after his capture in Sirte, Gaddafi was executed.Libyas chief pathologist confirmed that he had died of a gunshot wound to the head. It is still unclear who fired the fatal shot, and under what circumstances, with Amnesty and other human rights groups pressing for a full investigation.Dr Othman al-Zintani carried out the autopsy on Gaddafis body at a morgue in Misrata. Speaking afterwards, he said it was obvious the former dictator had died from a bullet to the head.He did not elaborate, but appeared to be referring to the entry wound clearly visible on the left side of Gaddafis head, shown in numerous shots of his body screened around the world.He died because of a gunshot wound to the head, Zintani said. There are still several issues. We have to pass (the report) to the prosecutor general. But everything will be revealed publicly. Nothing will be hidden.
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