Fabregas Posted June 11, 2009 In Italy: Colonel Qaddafi arrived with a provocation pinned to one lapel of his baggy military uniform: a black-and-white photograph of a Libyan resistance leader, Omar al-Mukhtar, who was hanged by the Italians in 1931. “This hanging is like the crucifixion of Christ for Christians,” Colonel Qaddafi said at the news conference. “For us, this image is a bit like the cross that some of you wear.” http://www.nytimes.c om/2009/06/11/world/ europe/11italy.html? _r=1&scp=2&sq=libya& st=cse Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
N.O.R.F Posted June 11, 2009 He still thinks people pay attention to him. The man should just retire. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
osman_nz Posted June 11, 2009 Norf...he is the president of the african union..so i guess from that...yes ppl still listen to him Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
strawberryampcream Posted June 11, 2009 he is one eccentric character that Ghadafi. a refreshing pause from the dreary of today's political players. i like him. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
General Duke Posted June 11, 2009 Gaddafi and his date with 700 Italian women So many questions. How did Silvio Berlusconi and Colonel Gaddafi become friends in the first place? Even more pressingly, how did Muammar Gaddafi - expeller of Libyan Italians, aggressive-wearer of sandals, unelected thug, deployer of hit squads, scourge of civil rights - how did this man come to refashion himself as a great friend to the females of Europe? The highlight of Gaddafi's trip to Rome is a meeting, personally requested by the Libyan leader, with 700 women from the worlds of "politics, industry and culture". So Berlusconi got down his Bumper Catalogue of Hot Stuff, got rid of any that were over 25, discarded those with a loud voice or body hair, and whittled down the rest by ballot until he got to 1,000, whereupon the disappointed remainder that didn't get to meet Muammar were given a senior post in his cabinet or a mini-break in his fancy villa with the pools and the elephants. Before we start thinking this is just a pact of weirdness between two profoundly weird men, it is not the first time Gaddafi has extended the hand of friendship to the ladies of Europa (I do not mean the convenience store chain; I am romanticising the continent, trying to get into the mind of the mighty dictator). Two years ago in Paris, he met 1,000 French women. His message was clear: he wanted to "save European women". There is a question mark over his credentials in this area: he points to the proportion of women in the Libyan workforce, which has gone from 6% to 20% in 40 years. Those stats have been bolstered, though, by Gaddafi's stringently equal ops hiring policy with bodyguards: his entourage includes 40 female heavies. His cred is undercut further by an astonishingly poor human rights record that sees women in Libya locked up in "social rehabilitation centres" for crimes such as "being raped", "being orphaned" and "being poor". Perhaps he plans to save us western ladies from due process and the rule of law? God knows, those things are incredibly boring. A final question: when does Berlusconi officially tip over into "laughing stock"? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
