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Article: THE BIG TRIP: A PHOTO-OPPORTUNITY WITH A CERTAIN COLONEL GADDAFI Libya is back on the tourist map, now that the UN has suspended sanctions. Andrew Tuck basks in a warm Tripoli welcome
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- The Independent on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- October 5, 2003
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We cross Green Square, the plaza at the heart of Tripoli, dodging
the swarming taxis. We nip past the men selling freshly roasted nuts
and the couples out for romantic strolls, and reach our goal. There
on a giant poster is an image of the Great Leader looking rather
youthful as he sits behind the wheel of a Volkswagen Beetle and
careers along a whitewashed street chucking pieces of paper from his
window. Sadly it is not advertising a Libyan remake of The Love Bug;
it's just another billboard proclaiming the mighty deeds of the man
in charge around here, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. Our tour guide
explains that, in 1969, "The Leader" (you soon notice locals feel
uncomfortable saying his name ...