Ruling Libya with a bloody, iron fist was the family business for Moammar Khadafy’s clan.
The loony Libyan leader tapped his eight children and beloved second wife, Safia Farskash, to command segments of the country’s military and economy.
But the February uprising that ended yesterday with Khadafy’s demise had already ended the good times for his pampered brood.
His eldest son and heir apparent, Saif al-Islam, 39, was captured in Sirte fighting to the bitter end with his father.
Saif, a European-educated playboy who acted as his father’s envoy to world leaders, was shot in the leg in the battle, according to revolutionary leaders.
He’s wanted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity for orchestrating massacres to suppress the uprising.
Another son, Mutassim, 34, who had been his father’s national security adviser, was killed in the Sirte fighting, according to Libya’s National Transitional Council.
He had made headlines in better times for paying Mariah Carey $1 million for a private show in St. Barts.
Other sons were taken out earlier in the civil war.
Saif al-Arab, 29, the playboy son put in charge of quashing the Benghazi rebels, was killed in a NATO strike on April 30.
Three Khadafy grandchildren are also believed to have been killed in that attack.
And Khamis, 28, who led an army brigade named after him, died in a NATO strike on Aug. 29.
Moammar’s wife, Safia, fled in an armor-plated Mercedes convoy to neighboring Algeria on Aug. 29 when it became apparent her hubby was losing his grip on Libya after Tripoli fell.
The former nurse wed Khadafy in 1971 months after helping him recover from an appendectomy.
At one time, she was estimated to have more than 20 tons of gold, and her net worth was estimated to be $30 billion in 1992.
With Post Wire Services