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Cretz first WikiLeaks casualty; revealed Gaddafi's fondness for nurse (Jan. 2011)
Daily Mail ^ | January 6, 2011 | By Mail Foreign Service

Posted on 10/14/2012 9:41:23 AM PDT by Brad from Tennessee

It was arguably the most embarrassing leak of a personal nature of all the WikiLeaks.

Colonel Gaddafi was revealed to hate flying over water and distrusted staying on upper floors of buildings.

He was also fond of flamenco dancing and the 'voluptuous Ukrainian blonde nurse' who followed him everywhere he went.

But the U.S. ambassador to Libya, Gene Cretz, has paid the price for revealing the tyrant's personality traits - he has lost his job.

The veteran diplomat, 60, has been recalled to Washington following the publication of his cables exposing Gaddafi's habits, U.S. State Deparment sources said..

In a cable titled A Glimpse Into Libyan Leader Gaddafi’s Eccentricities, Cretz wrote that Gaddafi relies heavily on his long-time Ukrainian nurse, Galyna who has been described as a ‘voluptuous blonde’. . .

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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Shortened headline. Cretz, appointed in 2007 by Bush, was ambassador before Stevens. His colorful comments about Gaddafi were part of his duties. I've been wondering how big a part Cretz, Stevens and the Benghazi consular operation played in the overthrow of Gaddafi. If it was a substantial role it may be why the White House has attempted a cover-up. With the Arab Spring turning into a nightmare in Egypt and Syria, and Obama's proven ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, he can't afford more revelations of his intrigues.
1 posted on 10/14/2012 9:41:27 AM PDT by Brad from Tennessee
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Gaddafi sounds pretty normal to me


2 posted on 10/14/2012 9:43:15 AM PDT by al baby (“If Barack Obama has a Harvard law degree, he didn’t earn that. Somebody else made that happen.”)
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To: Brad from Tennessee
[. . .how big a part Cretz, Stevens and the Benghazi consular operation played in the overthrow of Gaddafi.]

I meant to say in the early stages of unrest, prior to direct U.S. military involvement.

3 posted on 10/14/2012 9:50:49 AM PDT by Brad from Tennessee (A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Something of a disappointment, actually.

4 posted on 10/14/2012 10:02:14 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets ( Message to President Obama: Mene, mene, tekel, upharsin)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

I’m sure she would look a LOT less disappointing in a nice tight white nurses’ uniform;)


5 posted on 10/14/2012 10:14:47 AM PDT by Frank_2001
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Is Condi aware of his two timing?


6 posted on 10/14/2012 10:15:02 AM PDT by G Larry (Which of Obama's policies do you think I'd support if he were white?)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

Gaddafi's voluptuous Ukrainian nurse Galyna

7 posted on 10/14/2012 10:15:47 AM PDT by rawhide
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8 posted on 10/14/2012 10:17:25 AM PDT by rawhide
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To: Frank_2001

She’s 38, she might have been a stunner at 22. I suppose Qaddafi became attached to her, comfortable with her. He 69 when he died, so she was probably more comfortable for him than a 19 year old would have been.


9 posted on 10/14/2012 10:18:48 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets ( Message to President Obama: Mene, mene, tekel, upharsin)
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To: rawhide

Make up your mind. If you’re gonna post obvious photoshopped forgeries, at least be consistent.


10 posted on 10/14/2012 10:21:55 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets ( Message to President Obama: Mene, mene, tekel, upharsin)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Cretz wasn’t so much as causality as a beneficiary. Stevenson was the causality.


11 posted on 10/14/2012 10:24:09 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets ( Message to President Obama: Mene, mene, tekel, upharsin)
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12 posted on 10/14/2012 10:24:52 AM PDT by rawhide
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

Her name is Galyna Kolotnytska (Halyna Kolotnytska). Just posting what is shown on the interent.


13 posted on 10/14/2012 10:28:19 AM PDT by rawhide
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To: rawhide

If you think a women like the ones whose images you are posting would stick with an old has-been like Qaddafi, you are nutty he was.

14 posted on 10/14/2012 10:28:54 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets ( Message to President Obama: Mene, mene, tekel, upharsin)
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15 posted on 10/14/2012 10:29:05 AM PDT by rawhide
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Thanks Brad from Tennessee.
...the U.S. ambassador to Libya, Gene Cretz, has paid the price for revealing the tyrant's personality traits -- he has lost his job. The veteran diplomat, 60, has been recalled to Washington following the publication of his cables exposing Gaddafi's habits...
Yeah, this is important, nothing else has happened in Libya since 2007.


16 posted on 10/14/2012 10:35:50 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Yeah, Cretz probably didn't mind going.
17 posted on 10/14/2012 11:31:08 AM PDT by Brad from Tennessee (A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

I visited a couple of Ukraine towns this past year. The 20ish girls are knockouts. They are all beautiful. But when we went to the markets the older ones 40-50+ weren’t anything like the the yoots. There is a reason why mother nature makes the women beautiful in the child bearing age group and why the men in that same age group don’t need Viagra. :o)


18 posted on 10/15/2012 6:05:48 AM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (Who we elect is not as important as who they bring in with them.)
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