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The accuracy of these allegations have not been not been verified but plausible bags of evidence based on the relationship between the two leaders are hugely backing the reports. Libya's ambassador to India, who resigned following a crackdown on protests, told Reuters on Tuesday that African mercenaries were being used by the authorities, prompting some army troops to switch sides to the opposition. In Harare the rumour mill in the intelligence and military circles said a chartered Russian aircraft flew into Harare on Monday evening and left for Libya early Tuesday morning carrying troops from the crack Commando Unit. Last night' the Libyan leader signaled his defiance in the face of a mounting revolt against his 41-year rule, making bizarre sporadic appearances on state television living up to his eccentric gamesmanship in a desperate effort to show up his waning power. Swathed in brown robes, Gaddafi seethed and banged a podium on Tuesday outside one of his residences that was damaged in a 1986 U.S. air strike aiming to kill him. "I am not going to leave this land. I will die here as a martyr," Gaddafi said on state television, refusing to bow to calls from some of his own ministers, soldiers and protesters who braved a fierce crackdown to clamour for him to go.
In 2001, a British newspaper reported that Gaddafi had sent troops to Zimbabwe, to help Robert Mugabe crack down on his political opponents and the white farmers, according to Zimbabwean intelligence officers. Gaddafi once visited Zimbabwe, driving down from the Zambian capital, Lusaka, in a motorcade packed with female Nubian bodyguards. During his visit, the Libyan dictator urged Zimbabwe's Asian Muslims to wage a jihad against Zimbabwe's small white population. As part of the oil deal, Gaddafi's regime acquired some 20 Zimbabwean properties, from mansions in Harare's northern suburbs to farms. There are fears in Zimbabwe that the properties could become bases for the Gaddafi's rogue terrorist agents seeking retribution once he is deposed from power. Gaddafi once dreamt of a United Africa States under him as King, with the Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe as his prime minister. The pair have long streak of bullying other African leaders in African Summits and imposing their wills on the continent's resolutions. "The mercenaries are from Africa, and speak French and other languages," Libyan ambassador to India Ali al-Essawi said in an interview, adding that he was receiving information from sources within the OPEC-member country. Essawi, who has left the Libyan embassy since he resigned on Monday to protest the violent crackdown and is now staying at a hotel in New Delhi, said he had been told there had been army defections. "They (troops) are Libyans and they cannot see foreigners killing Libyans so they moved beside the people," Essawi said, looking nervous and agitated. | |||
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #6 BIG NEWS NETWORK > GADDAFI POSSIBLY IN ALGERIA!? Convoy of six [large?]Mercedes luxury cars observed mysteriously crossing the Libyuhn border into Algeria last Friday AM - ALGERIAN FOREIGN MINSTRY NOT CONFIRMING OR DENYING THE STORY, ONLY THAT IT HAS NO INFORMATION TO ACT ON AT THIS TIME??? Iff true, IMO then it infers that recently repor light Border Clashes between Algerian Border Guards + incoming Libbyies may in fact had been a scruffle between [unknowing?]Algerian Border Guards + disguised elements of Gaddafi's Advance Security??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-08-28 20:35 |
| #5 Gaddafi once dreamt of a United Africa States under him as King, with the Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe as his prime minister. Perhaps this explains Obama's involvement in Libya. Two tyrants cannot share the same dream. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2011-08-28 10:31 |
| #4 Good catch, Slavich Spawn of the Week 9141. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-08-28 09:55 |
| #3 H-MCD, translator says 'Zimbabwean Commandos on Crack'. FIFY. |
| Posted by: Rhodesiafever 2011-08-28 08:25 |
| #2 The linked article is dated 23/02/2011. |
| Posted by: Slavitch Spawn of the Weak9141 2011-08-28 04:10 |
| #1 Crack Zimbabwean commandos? That sentence can only be 1/3 accurate. Take your pick. Its certainly plausible that the Colonel could have flown south, but the rest of the article doesn't make sense at any level - tactical to strategic. The only choice is really exile or death. Not much middle ground for the regime. |
| Posted by: Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division 2011-08-27 20:40 |