Advertise On EU-Digest

Annual Advertising Rates

7/10/11

Libya suicide bombers: Libya's Moammar Kadafi threatens to attack Europe with suicide bombers - by David Zucchino

For the second time in a week, Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi has threatened to dispatch hundreds of Libyan suicide bombers to attack targets in Europe in retaliation for NATO strikes against his regime.

"Hundreds of Libyans will martyr in Europe," Kadafi said late Friday in a defiant speech before thousands of Libyans in Tripoli's Green Square. "I told you it is eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth."

The latest threats came as pro-government forces launched a counterattack on rebels attempting to push toward Tripoli, the capital, from their enclave in the port city of Misurata, 125 miles to the east.

A spokesman in the eastern rebel bastion of Benghazi said that at least seven rebel fighters were killed and 17 wounded in the fighting late Friday.

Note EU-Digest: It is high time for Europe to make sure Kadafi will never make those threats again....


For more: Libya suicide bombers: Libya's Moammar Kadafi threatens to attack Europe with suicide bombers - latimes.com

No comments: