Gaddafi’s Female Bodyguards Spring Into Action
Charles Johnson
Fri Dec 1, 2006 at 7:06 pm PST • Views: 6,126
Hey, mainstream media! We want more stories about Colonel Muammar “Dr. Goldfoot” Gaddafi’s all-grrrl bodyguard squad! Gaddafi in Nigeria airport drama.
Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has been involved in a diplomatic incident as he arrived in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, for a summit.
Nigerian officials say Col Gaddafi was accompanied by more than 200 heavily armed Libyan bodyguards. When security officers refused to allow them to keep their weapons, an argument ensued and Col Gaddafi stormed off. Only when Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo intervened did the bodyguards agree to hand in their weapons.
Foreign ministers from Africa and Latin America have been preparing for the summit which gets under way on Thursday. The size of Libya’s delegation was not a problem, it seems, just the sheer amount of weapons and ammunition they carried. So Nigerian security refused to let them proceed to the capital.
As arguments raged, the Libyan leader angrily set off on foot, intending to walk some 40km (25 miles) to the capital, before he was persuaded to return to the airport lounge.
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