Libyans say Gaddafi “butcher”, flick V-for-victory

Reuters
Feb 22, 2011

The Libyan side of the Egyptian border was controlled on Tuesday by anti-Gaddafi rebels armed with clubs and Kalashnikov rifles who welcomed visitors from Egypt, a Reuters correspondent who crossed into Libya reported.

One held up a picture of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, upside down, and defaced with the words “the butcher tyrant, murderer of Libyans”, the correspondent said when passing through the town of Musaid, just inside the Libyan side of the border. The men were welcoming and waved cars through.

Egypt’s army said Libyan border guards had been withdrawn, with Libya’s side of the border controlled by “people’s committees”, without giving details of their allegiance.

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Driving along a stretch of desert road with the occasional low-brick house and goat herds, groups of rebels with assault rifles and shotguns, waved cheerily at the passing cars.

“Photo! Photo!” they said, flicking the V-for-victory sign and posing with their guns. One of the Libyans, mocking the personality cult cultivated by Gaddafi, pointed at graffiti which read: “No God, but Allah”.

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