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Article: Libyan leader denies claim he was wounded in assassination attempt
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- June 17, 1998
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MARTIN BENEDYK Associated Press Writer
AP Online
06-17-1998
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) _ Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi appeared before Western journalists for the first time since a reported assassination attempt, denying that he had been wounded or that such an attack occurred.
``People say Gadhafi has been a target of numerous assassination attempts,'' he said in an interview Tuesday with Associated Press Television.
``I have never seen any assassination attempt directed at me.''
A Libyan Islamic opposition group claimed it had killed four bodyguards and wounded Gadhafi in an attack June 1 as the party headed for Egypt on an official visit. The Libyan government denied the ...
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