Top 5 Facts about Gadaffi’s Bodyguards
In spite of the fact that they are allowed to wear lipstick, jewellery, polished nails, and even high heels, they are all trained killers and hand-picked by gadaffi himself.
Gadaffi believes it is empowering for women to be his bodyguardsa and He says, “Women should be trained for combat, so that they do not become easy prey for their enemies.
All the girls of Gadaffi’s Amazonian guard are virgins and take a vow of chastity when becoming bodyguards.
All of Gadaffi’s bodyguard girls take an oath that they will give their lives for him and it is claimed that they never leave his side, night or day.
In 1998 one of the girl was killed when Islamic fundamentalists in Libya ambushed Gadaffi’s motorcade. The dead bodyguard threw herself across the Colonel’s body to stop the bullets.
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