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AIDS is a 'peaceful virus': Gaddafi
From a correspondent in Maputo
July 13, 2003
LIBYAN leader Muammar Gaddafi told statesmen at the closing of an African Union (AU) summit in Maputo today that AIDS was a "peaceful virus".
"AIDS, AIDS, AIDS. We hear about nothing else. This is terrorism. This is psychological warfare. AIDS is a peaceful virus. If you stay clean there is no problem," Gaddafi said in an impromptu 45-minute speech - which was supposed to have been a sweet and short thank-you address at the end of the summit. He added that AIDS and malaria were "God's forces defending Africa" from recolonisation. "Malaria is not dangerous except when someone infected is bitten and this is passed on. The mosquito is not a dangerous insect in itself. They are frightening us with these things," he said.
Gaddafi, dressed in an orange, green and red shirt and hooded robe, also took a swipe at the First World assisting Africa in its development.
AIDS is a 'peaceful virus': Gaddafi
From a correspondent in Maputo
July 13, 2003
LIBYAN leader Muammar Gaddafi told statesmen at the closing of an African Union (AU) summit in Maputo today that AIDS was a "peaceful virus".
"AIDS, AIDS, AIDS. We hear about nothing else. This is terrorism. This is psychological warfare. AIDS is a peaceful virus. If you stay clean there is no problem," Gaddafi said in an impromptu 45-minute speech - which was supposed to have been a sweet and short thank-you address at the end of the summit. He added that AIDS and malaria were "God's forces defending Africa" from recolonisation. "Malaria is not dangerous except when someone infected is bitten and this is passed on. The mosquito is not a dangerous insect in itself. They are frightening us with these things," he said.
Gaddafi, dressed in an orange, green and red shirt and hooded robe, also took a swipe at the First World assisting Africa in its development.
