Posted on 05/26/2011 7:01:46 PM PDT by markomalley
Col Muammar Gaddafi is increasingly worried he will be killed by Nato and has taken to hiding in Libyan hospitals to avoid air strikes, British intelligence reports suggest.
Diplomatic sources last night disclosed that recent intelligence suggested the Libyan dictator was paranoid and on the run from Natos escalating attacks on his regime.
Hadeiba Hadi, Libyas ambassador to the European Union, said on Thursday he was defecting along with all his staff. The envoy said he and his colleagues wanted to place ourselves at the service of the Libyan people in the struggle for democracy.
In the latest move to step up the military pressure on Col Gaddafi, David Cameron gave the final authorisation for Apache attack helicopters to start flying into Libya.
Britain and France have intensified attacks on Tripoli this week and Col Gaddafi, who has not appeared in public for weeks, was said to be moving between different hospitals.
Nato publicly denies targeting Col Gaddafi, but at least one strike has been launched on a building where he was thought to be present.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Reports “suggested” that he was paranoid and on the run.
The Brits must have 007 on the case to come up with this scoop.
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