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Libya's Jibril: 'Foreign Powers' Had Gadhafi Killed

'He was the black box of the whole country'

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 14, 2011 2:20 PM CST

(Newser) – Former Libyan opposition Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril suspects Moammar Gadhafi was “killed based on a request by a certain foreign power” who wanted him to remain “silent forever,” he told Bloomberg in a recent interview. He says if he’d had his way, Gadhafi would have been captured and tried, but “too many secrets could have been discovered. He was the black box of the whole country. He had too many wheelings and dealings with too many leaders in the world.”

It wasn’t long ago, Bloomberg notes, that Jibril was trying to drum up foreign help to oust Gadhafi, but now he seems suspicious of these former allies. “Because of the lack of state apparatus right now, every foreign power you can think of is trying to look after its own interests in Libya,” he says. “This is the name of the game.” He cited Qatar as the “most obvious” example, accusing it of meddling in Libyan politics.

Interim Libyan Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril speaks at a news conference during the General Assembly at the United Nations on September 23, 2011 in New York City.
Interim Libyan Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril speaks at a news conference during the General Assembly at the United Nations on September 23, 2011 in New York City.   (Getty Images)
Libyay's interim premier Mahmud Jibril addresses a press conference in Tripoli, October 19, 2011.
Libyay's interim premier Mahmud Jibril addresses a press conference in Tripoli, October 19, 2011.   (Getty Images)
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ddhartma
Nov 14, 2011 6:59 PM CST
Strange that Hillary told them a day or two before his death that the US wanted him dead [as reported here on Newser]. Kinda makes this article a DUH!
SC23
Nov 14, 2011 6:04 PM CST
Thanks for the large cup of DUH. Of course Ghaddafi was targeted and killed by foreign powers.. Here we have a perfect example of "the big con". Some pieces are public knowledge, some are speculation..it goes like this.. Ghaddafi and Chavez forge an anti-west coalition and make movements toward Nationalizing Libyas oil, which the EU depends on and has businesses in. Money and arms begin arriving for "rebels". Two weeks into the uprising, the rebels set up a central bank. This document asks why the Federal Reserve was lending a now sanctioned country money at .25% interest and letting them buy US securities at 6+% interest, basically a money machine. I saved this document as it seemd to appear and disappear from Congressman Bernie Sanders (D) website.  https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=1g8901cds05e5ZQLNcWozW8HzDZA9qv8pOUqHtEy-JhUNRAoTcU94aeDWRRKh&authkey=CJTPhdYJ&hl=en_US The UN, led by the keepers of truth mostly by EU decide to create no fly zones and materially assist the "rebels" 60 Million barrels of oil are released from the US and "other" reserves. This money is unaccounted for and had virtually no impact on prices. (60M x $100/barrel = $60B, enough for supplies and other necessary fiscal payouts) Success, dictator toppled. And thats how you rule the world pinky.
The_Truth
Nov 14, 2011 5:38 PM CST
This King Rat is finally speaking some sense. There was never any crimes or evidence to charge Muammar Ghaddafi with. The ICC had zero evidence. This coward rat is scared, he knows his buddies in Al-Qaeda will have his head sooner or later if not the loyalist get to him first. As for those Qatarian pigs, they have 7000 Special Rat Forces deployed in Libya who go around entering homes assaulting and raping women and their children. And again I state Muammar Ghaddafi is still alive. "LATEST NEWS:: Heavy fighting in Zawya city and 30 new tanks with green flags seen for the first time! are advancing with reports that Saif Al Gaddafi [unconfirmed] is leading the fight! with Green soldiers. and Rebels are shocked and don't understand what is happening (confirmed on their pages)NTC military spokesman confirm that they are fighting now against organized army and not amateur volunteers!" http://libyasos.blogspot.com/2011/11/latest-on-uprising-saif-gaddafi.html
 

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