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MAD Dog Gaddafi's family have been given up to 1,000 tickets to the 2012 London Olympics. The Games' international committee failed to expel the dictator's regime - which is slaughtering Libyan civilians and under attack by Britain and Nato allies. It means Colonel Gaddafi's son Muhammad, who heads the Libyan Olympic Committee, got a ticket allocation and can sell them on for a 20 per cent mark-up or give them to his family. Officials insist Gaddafi could not attend the Games because he faces a travel ban. But last night the UK Borders Agency refused to say if the dictator's regime would be eligible for "Olympic visas", making it easier for officials to travel. It comes as a million Brits who missed out on tickets will find out next week when they can apply again. Just 800,000 people were successful first time. Meanwhile, Libyan rebels made gains in western areas of the country yesterday - as it emerged Apache helicopter engineers threatened a pay strike. If the staff for defence firm Morson Wynnwith walk-out at RAF Wattisham, Suffolk, it would ground the fleet which are currently attacking Gaddafi's henchmen. Unions chiefs met bosses over pay and warned a walk-out could follow.