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Gaddafi invents 'rocket car' ("Car of the Future")
BBC ^ | September 02, 2009 | BBC

Posted on 09/02/2009 11:55:28 PM PDT by SolidWood

Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has invented a sleek James Bond-style car, which Libya says is the safest vehicle on earth.

The car was unveiled on the 30th anniversary of the revolution which propelled the Libyan leader to power.

The Saroukh el-Jamahiriya (Libyan rocket) a five-passenger saloon in a metallic Libyan revolutionary green with tinted windows, was launched at a special summit of the Organisation of African Unity organised by Colonel Gaddafi.

The car has the aerodynamic lines of conventional models but the front and rear ends are rocket-shaped.

The interior is replete with air bags, an inbuilt electronic defence system, and a collapsible bumper which protects passengers in head-on collisions.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: gaddafi; kaddafi; qaddafi; rocketcar
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To: Minutemen

Correct.


21 posted on 09/03/2009 4:00:30 AM PDT by SolidWood (Sarah Palin: "Only dead fish go with the flow!")
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To: Minutemen
30th year anniversary? The revolution was 1969, no?

They are probably talking in "Libyan years" (the safest years on Earth). I'm not sure, but I think that it's something like 'dog years'...

22 posted on 09/03/2009 4:12:30 AM PDT by Zeppo (Save the cheerleader, save the world...)
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To: SolidWood
Another fine muslim contribution to man kind. There are too many to list, says Obamunist.
23 posted on 09/03/2009 4:54:37 AM PDT by ryan71 (What the hell's up with spell check?)
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To: SolidWood

Are those metals iron-on?


24 posted on 09/03/2009 6:11:27 AM PDT by TalonDJ
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To: Dallas59

I was about to go looking for that pic.


25 posted on 09/03/2009 3:38:22 PM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (To the left the truth looks Right-Wing.)
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