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July 12, 2004

ABSOLUTELY AISHA

Saddam Hussein, who's been desperately trying to get the toothless UN involved in his trial to ensure a Milosovic-style circus, got a PR boost last week when Libyan glamourpuss Aisha Gaddafi signed on to his legal team. The only daughter of strongman Mohammar Gaddafi, Aisha is variously referred to as Doctor Gaddafi & "the Claudia Schiffer of North Africa" (by the Italian press).

Named for the Prophet Mohammed's 6-year-old child bride, Aisha, 27, is a fashion plate like Raghad Hussein, holds a law degree from Al Fatih University in Tripoli, & worked to attract tourism in Libya, which is not exactly a tourist Mecca. She shops in London & Paris & made a fiery speech in Hyde Park in which she proclaimed the IRA fredeom fighters.

Aisha made her international debut in 1996, when the Colonel took her on a trip to South Africa and she appeared on TV with Nelson Mandela. In 2000, she flew to Baghdad to meet with Hussein, announcing to reporters that her high-profile jaunt was a challenge to the UN sanctions as well as the American & British air patrols that frustrated Hussein's genocidal schemes against the Kurds & Shias (the Gaddafis are Sunnis, like Hussein).

Aisha's fondness for terrorists & mass murderers might be frowned upon in a more conventional family, but a glance at her siblings shows why the Colonel might indulge her.

Al Saadi, 31. Nickname: the hooligan. Compared to Uday Hussein. Married to daughter of Libyan intelligence chief, thought to be worth 8 billion. Soccer fanatic and wannabe; fired Libyan soccer chief who described him as 'useless'. Crashed his 130-foot yacht into a wharf in Port Cervo, where he was tossed out of the Billionaires Club. Involved in 1996 shootout at Libyan soccer match in which 8 people were killed and 39 wounded.

Mutassim, 28. Nickname: Hannibal. International drunk & womanizer. Involved in brawl at Rome Hilton where he sprayed police with a fire extinguisher & was escorted to airport.

Sayf al-Islam, 32, bachelor. Businessman also considered for succession, known for keeping Bengal tigers in his Vienna bachelor pad.

Two other sons are out of favor, Muhammed, the eldest, & Mualassim, in exile in Egypt. On the other hand, Aisha's Western affectations have not endeared her to Islamists (Al Qaeda is suspected in 1996 assassination plot against the Colonel.) Now Aisha is heading to Baghdad to make sure mass murderer Hussein gets a fair trail, continuing Libya's trailblazing efforts on behalf of human rights (Libya chaired the UN Human Rights Commission despite the fact that it's a ruthless police state where journalist Abdullah Ali Sanussi-al-Darrat has been jailed without trial since 1973.

Aisha had no comment on the Lockerbie & UTA bombings, the London shooting of PC Yvonne Fletcher, the Berlin disco bombing, or her father's numerous assassinations of his rivals. See also Joe Bob Briggs: Is Libya's Leader Turning Sane?

Posted by Jeff at July 12, 2004 09:15 AM

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