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Gadaffi rocked by talk of affair with African queen
Timesonline.co.uk ^ | July 5, 2009 | Jon Swain

Posted on 07/05/2009 6:37:32 PM PDT by forkinsocket

As Colonel Muammar Gadaffi, the leader of Libya, hosted an African Union summit last week, his name was romantically linked in a court case with the queen mother of an ancestral Ugandan kingdom.

Two editors of a Ugandan daily newspaper are being prosecuted for alleging that he is having an affair with her.

The Libyan ambassador, who initially brought the case seeking £245m in damages, said in his affidavit that the editors had launched an almost daily campaign to defame Gadaffi.

The Ugandan director of public prosecutions, which has taken over the case, accused the editors of defaming a foreign dignitary with intent to disturb peace and friendship between Uganda and Libya.

The prosecution’s lawyers said the stories were false and degrading, and exposed the Libyan leader to contempt.

The case has been brought against Richard Tusiime and Francis Mutazindwa, the editors of Red Pepper, one of Kampala’s most popular newspapers. If found guilty they face up to two years in prison.

The prosecution arose from a series of articles that portrayed Gadaffi, 67, as being in love with Best Kemigisa, 42, the attractive mother of King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV of Toro, one of five ancient kingdoms that make up Uganda.

The first story, published on February 5, was headlined “Gadaffi, Toro queen in love”. More stories followed, entitled: “Toro queen sex secrets revealed”, “Gadaffi asks Toro queen for a baby boy” and “Gadaffi buys Toro queen a plane”.

That story was a reference to a private jet Gadaffi allegedly bought Kemigisa, who has travelled with him on official trips.

Gadaffi’s interest in the tiny kingdom of Toro and his reported relationship with Kemigisa, who was widowed in 1995, has aroused considerable curiosity in Uganda.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: affair; africa; bimboeruption; gadaffi; libya; qaddafi; uganda
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To: forkinsocket
i thought Gadaffi was the African Queen...
21 posted on 07/05/2009 7:07:06 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist - Obama is basically Jim Jones with a teleprompter)
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22 posted on 07/05/2009 7:11:13 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist - Obama is basically Jim Jones with a teleprompter)
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To: Bratch

:^)...LOL


23 posted on 07/05/2009 7:15:01 PM PDT by eyedigress
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To: Chode

ROTFLOL!


24 posted on 07/05/2009 7:15:41 PM PDT by nfldgirl
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To: Mean Maryjean


25 posted on 07/05/2009 7:19:30 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist - Obama is basically Jim Jones with a teleprompter)
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To: forkinsocket

I am sure our dear leader would like the same law for our land - not be allowed to trash talk a foreign official. Protect the likes of Chavez, Ahmadjihad and other dictators.


26 posted on 07/05/2009 7:28:22 PM PDT by CORedneck
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To: Jeff Chandler

That goat has knee pads!


27 posted on 07/05/2009 7:47:15 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron (zer0 is doing to capitalism what Kennedy did to health care)
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To: forkinsocket

Maybe getting a little would help Ghadafi’s attitude. If he’s not already married, leave him alone to his little tryst.


28 posted on 07/05/2009 8:03:47 PM PDT by HighlyOpinionated (Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann in 2012. With Liz Cheney as Secretary of State.)
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To: Chode

Doesn’t look too good. Only Colonel chasing Queen?
He should promote himself to at least Obamalamadingdong Commander Messiah 0ne. Muammar like it!


29 posted on 07/05/2009 8:12:57 PM PDT by Leo Carpathian (fffffFRrrreeeeepppeeee-ssed!)
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To: Artemis Webb

Is that Dennis Rodman?


30 posted on 07/05/2009 8:26:15 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (If ten percent is good enough for Jesus, it ought to be good enough for Uncle Sam. --Ray Stevens)
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To: Mr. Lucky

“He screwed Humphrey Bogart’s boat? He really is crazy.”

ROTFL!!!;)


31 posted on 07/05/2009 8:38:04 PM PDT by Frank_2001
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To: NativeNewYorker

I was waiting for the bottom pic to appear. NNY you’re incorrigible.


32 posted on 07/05/2009 8:38:56 PM PDT by 353FMG (Death is Life without Freedom.)
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To: freebilly; KosmicKitty; Albion Wilde
"Dennis Rodman...?

It IS Dennis Rodman. I googled "ugly crossdresser" in image search and old Dennis got spat out. :)

33 posted on 07/05/2009 9:32:02 PM PDT by Artemis Webb
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To: Artemis Webb
It IS Dennis Rodman. I googled "ugly crossdresser" in image search and old Dennis got spat out. :)

He is one confused dude. He was recently on Celebrity Apprentice, and he was drinking so heavily that Donald Trump, Joan Rivers, Jesse James and a few others had to do an on-air intervention -- telling him to clean up his act on national prime time.

34 posted on 07/05/2009 9:49:17 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (If ten percent is good enough for Jesus, it ought to be good enough for Uncle Sam. --Ray Stevens)
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To: Artemis Webb

Wow! I was making a comment that I thought was a joke. He’s one ugly woman....


35 posted on 07/05/2009 9:58:54 PM PDT by freebilly
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To: forkinsocket

I always knew Gadaffi was Mr. All Nut.


36 posted on 07/05/2009 10:02:01 PM PDT by dancusa (The word "racist" is a magic shield word that's supposed to stop any dissent.)
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