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Libya: wife of defecting foreign minister captured in firefight(firefight at elite compound)
Telegraph ^ | 04/01/11 | Damien McElroy and Robert Winnett

Posted on 04/02/2011 6:06:55 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster

Libya: wife of defecting foreign minister captured in firefight

The wife of the Libyan foreign minister who defected to Britain earlier this week has been seized by Colonel Gaddafi and is being interrogated by his "internal security" officials, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.

By Damien McElroy, in Tripoli and Robert Winnett

10:52PM BST 01 Apr 2011

She is thought to have been captured amid eyewitness reports of a fierce gunfight at Col Gaddafi's central Tripoli compound as the regime stepped in to stop further defections.

Yesterday, local residents recalled how the most fierce firefight yet seen in central Tripoli had erupted within hours of the regime confirming that the Foreign Minister had defected.

"The blocks in that area are the homes to high ranking official of the state who must live close to Col Gaddafi. People say that some of them were trying to flee with their families when they came under attack from the guards," said a local resident.

"They gave as they got but there was a panic that the regime had to cover up."

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: defection; gaddafi; libya; unrest
MI6 hit a roadblock.
1 posted on 04/02/2011 6:06:58 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Daffy’s women guards, damn, so they really know their jobs.


2 posted on 04/02/2011 6:10:37 AM PDT by org.whodat
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Never defect without your family if you care at all about them.


3 posted on 04/02/2011 6:35:04 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: nuconvert

Kinda says it all, doesn’t it?


4 posted on 04/02/2011 6:57:24 AM PDT by Gadsden1st
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To: nuconvert

Got rid of Kaddafi and the wife in one shot ;)


5 posted on 04/02/2011 7:13:22 AM PDT by mewykwistmas (We can either have a free market economy or socialism, TARPers, GM and GE can't have it both ways.)
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To: nuconvert

Never defect without your family if you care at all about them
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
Course that is easier than a ‘messy’ divorce...especially when you figure the more he ‘attests his love for her’ the harder her situation will become.

One thing though - when you are a ‘high ranking regime official’ in some parts of the world - once the reigning authority is ‘moved out’ your existence becomes dicey at best.


6 posted on 04/02/2011 7:14:24 AM PDT by xrmusn ((6/98) "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits")
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To: nuconvert

No kidding.


7 posted on 04/02/2011 7:14:53 AM PDT by SuzyQue (Remember to think.)
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To: nuconvert

Perhaps the former foreign minister is only interested in himself.


8 posted on 04/02/2011 7:27:39 AM PDT by bwc2221
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To: bwc2221

FM: Honey I am going our for a pack of cigarettes (in London). I’ll be back soon (I divorce thee I divorce thee I
divorce thee I divorce thee).

Next day.

As Libyan wiretappers listen in to phone conversation.

FM: Say honey I’m in London. I found the cigarette brand I was looking for be home in a few days. Say could you send my Gadafi cigarette case. Just go down to the Tripoli PO and mail it and o yes why don’t you ask our bodyguards for your passport.

A few minutes later offstage:

Sounds of gunfire


9 posted on 04/02/2011 7:47:13 AM PDT by sitkaspruce
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To: TigerLikesRooster

This whole defect of Musa is fishy.....there’s more to this then we are being informed of...might be Gaddafi allowed this to happen and keeping Musa’s wife until Musa’s accomplishes his purpose in being in Britain...which might be as mediator for Gaddafi and his circle to negotiate with Britain and France.

Whatever this isn’t about his defection IMO....it’s for some other purpose.


10 posted on 04/02/2011 8:20:11 AM PDT by caww
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He fled without his wife??? Ha haaaaa!!!

I guess he believes in honor killing but not honor defecting.

11 posted on 04/02/2011 8:54:47 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; Delacon; ...

Thanks TigerLikesRooster.
...and is being interrogated by his "internal security" officials... is thought to have been captured amid eyewitness reports of a fierce gunfight at Col Gaddafi's central Tripoli compound as the regime stepped in to stop further defections... "The blocks in that area are the homes to high ranking official of the state who must live close to Col Gaddafi. People say that some of them were trying to flee with their families when they came under attack from the guards," said a local resident.

12 posted on 04/02/2011 9:17:59 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
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