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Tidbits on the capture of Seif al-Islam | |
2011-11-21 | |
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It ended, after a 300-mile flight north on a cargo plane, with the London-educated younger Qaddafi held in a safe house in Zintan and the townsfolk vowing to keep him safe until he can face a judge in the capital. His captors said he was "very scared" when they first recognized him, despite the heavy beard and enveloping Tuareg robes and turban he wore. But they reassured him and, by the time a Reuters correspondent spoke to him aboard the plane, he had been chatting amiably to his guards. "He looked tired. He had been lost in the desert for many days," said Abdul Al-Salaam Al-Wahissi, a Zintan fighter involved in the operation. "I think he lost his guide." | |
Posted by:Steve White |
#1 First paragraph reads like the RAB boilerplate, don't it? |
Posted by: USN, Ret. 2011-11-21 21:49 |