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Swagman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-30-11 11:17 AM
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Australian helped dictator's son flee country
Source: smh.com.au

MONTREAL: A former Australian soldier working as a private security contractor admitted he helped Muammar Gaddafi's son Saadi flee Libya as rebel forces took over Tripoli.

Saadi's longtime bodyguard, Gary Peters, has told Canada's National Post that he was part of a team that drove Gaddafi's third son across Libya's southern border to Niger.

Mr Peters, an immigrant who is not a Canadian citizen but has permanent resident status, returned to Toronto in September with an untreated bullet wound to his left shoulder that he suffered when the convoy was ambushed after crossing back into Libya.
''I'm not a mercenary,'' Mr Peters told the Post, which said his account had been verified by several sources.
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He warned the fight in Libya was far from over, even after Gaddafi's death.

''Don't believe it's going to settle down because there are still three brothers there that are very, very angry. And three brothers that have a lot of money,'' Mr Peters said.
''And they've still got that money. We just purchased, brand new, three Land Rovers, bullet-proof.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/australian-helped-dictators-son-flee-country-20111030-1mqem.html
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W T F Donating Member (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-30-11 04:52 PM
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1. Bullet proof yes, ........RGB proof?
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oldbanjo Donating Member (223 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-30-11 05:48 PM
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2. Why wouldn't high voltage work?
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