The Amazon Brigade of M Gaddafi-President of Libya

 A look at the girls in uniform in the photograph will warm the heart of any cockerel. But friends beware these girls are the personal body guards of Colonel Maummaer Gaddafi , the President of Libya. .


It is a well known fact that those who ride the tiger are eaten by the tiger. But this has not happened in the case of Gaddaffi and he has survived many attempts on his life. Those attempts to kill him, perhaps made him think of a fool proof plan for his security and he hit upon the idea of having female security guards.

The world was witness to these female body guards when Gaddaffi arrived in France on a state visit last year where he was flanked by 30 beautiful guards dressed in blue uniforms. All of them were armed and the popular perception was that they were all ‘virgins’. This of course cannot be vouchsafed.

The body guards are handpicked by Gaddaffi and a look at them will show that they have none of the Islamic trappings about them. The security girls do not hide themselves under a burqua or the hijab.They wear nail varnish, perfumes and lipstick and also style their hair to fit under their caps. They also wear high heels to give them a lovely look. But these girls are also adept at handling guns and can fire them if the need arises.

All the selected girls are trained at a special school and learn to handle fire arms and master the martial arts. Those that pass out successfully after due vetting by Gaddaffi are absorbed as his bodyguards.

The leader is accompanied every where by these girl body guards. In such a scenario the rumors abound and lot many people mention that most of these girls pander to the sexual whims of Gaddaffi. The girls are really motivated as can be seen from the fact that one of the body guards named Aisha was killed and 7 others wounded in an assassination attempt on Gaddaffi in 1998 when Islamic fundamentalists had ambushed his motorcade.  Incidentally Aisha was  the favorite of Gaddaffi.The bodyguard had thrown herself as a human shield and saved Gaddaffi. Gaddaffi is now facing the biggest challenge in the form of popular agitations against his rule, after the ouster of Hosni Mubarak. His body guards  have their work cut out for them.