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Muammar Gaddafi's 'trophy' body on show in Misrata meat store
Guardian ^ | 10/21/11 | Andrei Netto, Ian Black, Luke Harding

Posted on 10/21/2011 4:42:52 PM PDT by Libloather

Muammar Gaddafi's 'trophy' body on show in Misrata meat store
Libyans queue to see dictator's body as wounds appear to confirm he was killed in cold blood
Andrei Netto in Misrata, Ian Black in Tripoli and Luke Harding
Friday 21 October 2011 15.13 EDT

Bloodied, wearing just a pair of khaki trousers, and dumped on a cheap mattress, Muammar Gaddafi's body has become a gruesome tourist attraction and a macabre symbol of the new Libya's problems.

Hundreds of ordinary Libyans queued up outside a refrigerated meat store in Misrata, where the dead dictator was being stored as a trophy. A guard allowed small groups into the room to celebrate next to Gaddafi's body. They posed for photos, flashing victory signs, and burst into jubilant cries of "God is great."

Wounds on Gaddafi's body appeared to confirm that he was indeed killed in cold blood in the chaotic minutes following his capture on Thursday. He was found in the town of Sirte, hiding in a drainage pipe. There was a close-range bullet wound on the left side of his head. Blood stains showed another bullet wound to his thorax. His body, subsequently driven to Misrata and publicly paraded, was barefoot and stripped to the waist.

This display came amid a row inside the Transitional National Council (NTC) over what to do with Gaddafi's body. Libya's interim prime minister, Mahmoud Jibril, arrived in Misrata to talk with local NTC representatives. They have made it abundantly clear they do not want Gaddafi to be buried in their town. The NTC leadership in Tripoli wants a solution quickly. One popular option is to bury him at sea, as Osama bin Laden was.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: body; cannibalislam; halal; libya; meat; obamasfault; store
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To: EBH

“We came, we saw, he died”. Disgusting filth we have in charge as well.

2012 is a do or die for us.


61 posted on 10/22/2011 5:51:45 AM PDT by NoGrayZone ("Get ready for an aberration of historic proportions" - Herman Cain)
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To: NoGrayZone

Did you see the clip of Hilary — probably Zero’s new VP, IMO? She says something like, “We came, we saw, he died” and then laughs. I was stunned. The idiot reporterette, who is apparently interviewing her, can be heard chortling, as well. Classless barbarians.


62 posted on 10/23/2011 8:10:16 AM PDT by Bigg Red
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To: dfwgator

“He’s dead, Jim”.


63 posted on 10/23/2011 8:17:39 AM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: kevao

Ghaddafi is Muslim, like Obama is Christian.


64 posted on 10/27/2011 9:39:02 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lame and ill-informed post)
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