Qadhafi's Female Bodyguards
Female Body Guards of Libya's Muammar al-Gaddafi
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Every where he goes, Libyan leader, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi will almost certainly grab attention. Why?? Because he is being closely guarded by sexy looking but mean and no-nonsense female bodyguards..
Up to 40 female bodyguards armed with automatic weapons including Pistols and Russian made Kalashnikov rifles, are seen with Gaddafi everytime he steps into public places, either in Libya or abroad.
His female body guards known as The Amazonian Guard are killing machines. They are said to be mostly Cuban, as Cuba and Fidel Castro are Libya's and Gaddafi's closest ally.
These female bodyguards are trained to protect him and die for him. They also take a vow of chastity and apparently many young women are dying to take on this role.
As a matter of fact one got killed saving his life when his convoy was attacked by assasins by throwing herself in the line of fire, in 1988.
All of his girls are said to swear an oath that they will give their lives for him and it is claimed they never leave his side, night or day, and he insists they remain virgins. There is no shortage of volunteers for what is seen as a prestigious job.
A special training college puts recruits through a tough physical programme and girls who don't drop out emerge as trained killers, experts in firearms and martial arts.
These girls can fight men at any field!!
Reports said Gaddafi has up to 200 or 300 female bodyguards in his disposal, ready to serve him anytime.
The girls are beautiful and sexy too. They wear lipstick, jewellery, polished nails, even high heels - but their armed combat training has been tested more than once.
In 1998 one of them was killed and seven others wounded when Islamic fundamentalists in Libya ambushed the Colonel's motorcade. The dead girl, Aisha, rumoured to be his favourite, threw herself across Gaddafi's body to stop the bullets.
Due to his own self-styled travelling methods, Muammar Gaddafi was often involved in controversies while visiting countries abroad.
In November 2006, the Libyan leader was in the centre of a diplomatic incident as he arrived in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, for a summit.
Nigerian officials said Colonel Gaddafi was accompanied by more than 200 heavily armed Libyan bodyguards.
When security officers refused to allow them to keep their weapons, an argument ensued and Col Gaddafi stormed off.
Only when Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo intervened did the bodyguards agree to hand in their weapons.
The size of Libya's delegation was not a problem, it seems, just the sheer amount of weapons and ammunition they carried.
So Nigerian security refused to let them proceed to the capital.
As arguments raged, the Libyan leader angrily set off on foot, intending to walk some 40km (25 miles) to the capital, before he was persuaded to return to the airport lounge.
By sheer coincidence, President Obasanjo was passing through the airport at the same time.
He intervened in person and proposed that the weapons could be allowed through if they were registered first.
But the Nigerians say that was rejected and the Libyan delegation threatened to fly home.
Incensed, the Nigerians said that was fine with them and told the delegation that instead of the original compromise, they could now only carry eight pistols if they wanted to enter Nigeria, like any other diplomatic security detail.
They ordered that the rest of the weaponry had to be put back on the Libyan official jet.
After a stand-off lasting several hours, the Libyans backed down and finally made their way to Nigeria's capital.
Gaddafi will also often bring with him giant sized Badwi tents for him to conduct business as well as stay during his numerous visits abroad.
Heck, he even brought a camel during a visit to Paris.
His army rank of Colonel also amuses me.. Why Colonel? The highest rank in the armed forces is General and not Colonel.
Infact Colonel is the 5th highest rank. The ranks above Colonel are Brigadier General followed by Major General and then Lieutenant General and lastly General.
Above General is Field Marshall.
Thanks for reading.. Narrator: When the leader sleeps, the soldier stays awake, and it's the women who do the fighting. Gaddafi trusts his security to ladies only. The head of the Libyan Jamahiriya has a total of 300-400 girls on his security detail. According to the official story, all of them are virgins. Selection is done by Gaddafi himself. This whim has an explanation for it: In ancient times, they believed that the best guards were either virgins or lesbians, the underlying belief being that they could sense threats, the so-called wind of death. The girls were even sterilized to make them more aggressive toward men. There can be different views on these stories, but it was the girls with Kalashnikovs who saved Gaddafis life several times. During the assassination, they shielded him from gunfire and grenades. One died, two others were wounded. The bodyguards are with Gaddafi day and night. Each of them can handle several strong men. According to some sources, most of the girls are Cuban.
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