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Africa North
Gaddafi escaped a kamikaze attack
2011-03-18
[Ennahar] Gaddafi escaped an assassination attempt in the barracks of Bab el Azizia in the Libyan capital Tripoli after a fighter has attacked the area where Gaddafi was supposed to be, with two missiles before the pro- Gaddafi forces did manage to fight back and shoot him.

Other sources report that the pilot had launched his plane, as a Kamikaze, against al Azizia.

The latter, according to the insurgents would be the Libyan Col. Mohamed Osmane. He changed the course after takeoff from the base of El Maïtika, and directed against the region of Bab el Azizia.

This bomber, the sources said, would have made a lot of human and material damage. A large number of senior regime leaders and relatives of Gaddafi were reportedly died in the attack. Some even claim that one of Qaddafi's son also died.

This attack was first targeting Colonel Gaddafi and the latter has escaped few minutes before he made his speech to the Libyans.

Some insurgents' information sites have promised that there would be other attempts against Colonel Qaddafi and that they will not miss him next time.
Posted by:Fred

#7  HMMMM, HMMMM, wehell, call me weird but IMO that bearded guy wid the sandals in the side pic just doesn't look like a WW2 JAPANESE ZERO???
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2011-03-18 21:23  

#6  So many Libyan rebels & their families are doomed anyway. I wonder how many of them are pilots? I wonder how Qadaffy would handle a kamikaze swarm attack?
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2011-03-18 15:33  

#5  The Japanese are in this too?
Posted by: mojo   2011-03-18 11:50  

#4  Anonymoose, Insha'Allah.
Posted by: No I am The Other Beldar   2011-03-18 09:49  

#3  However, as happened after Reagan attacked him, he went into a psychological vapor lock for quite some time. He is an individual who does not handle threats to his person well. Plus, as sickly as he looks, judging from recent photos, he probably cannot take a whole lot of stress before he loses it.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2011-03-18 09:44  

#2  Evil fuckers like Gaddafi don't have nine lives, they have nine and ninety lives. Look at what it took to finally hang Saddam Hussein.
Posted by: Mitch H.   2011-03-18 08:26  

#1  Nope, they will NOT miss him next time.
Posted by: newc   2011-03-18 01:28  

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