Comments on: The real 31 March 1979 – as reported by The Times of Malta https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/03/the-real-31-march-1979-as-reported-by-the-times-of-malta/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Mon, 31 Mar 2014 11:16:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: pablo https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/03/the-real-31-march-1979-as-reported-by-the-times-of-malta/#comment-1688031 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 11:16:11 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=45492#comment-1688031 Gaddafi’s money, Beijing’s money, why does Labour always have to sell us out to someone under the smokescreen of its Mintoffian psuedo nationalistic propaganda.

If you told anyone under forty years old that Gaddafi walked into Malta, with part of his army, fired guns into the air, took over the Freedom ceremony, and all with the blessing of that old bastard and his servile golden year ministers, they would call you a bloody liar.

]]> By: Alexander Ball https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/03/the-real-31-march-1979-as-reported-by-the-times-of-malta/#comment-1686977 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 01:12:49 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=45492#comment-1686977 Is there a simple explanation for why the Times of Malta was set on fire in 79?

[Daphne – Yes, Mintoff and his government encouraged that kind of thing.]

]]> By: combinaguai ):-) https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/03/the-real-31-march-1979-as-reported-by-the-times-of-malta/#comment-1686858 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 00:26:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=45492#comment-1686858 Thanks for the uploads, Daphne, it does put things in the right perspective for those of us who were still too young in that awful year, and whose parents abhor the event to such an extent that they refuse to mention it.

A friend of mine from Sliema had told me that in April 1979 the Libyan fleet was seen off the coasts of Sliema, a sweet message from Gaddafi to show who will soon be the boss – is it true?

]]> By: Harry Purdie https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/03/the-real-31-march-1979-as-reported-by-the-times-of-malta/#comment-1686786 Sun, 30 Mar 2014 23:54:21 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=45492#comment-1686786 Daphne, enjoyed your last ‘Swiss’ post of 1979. The Swiss insight was quite remarkable.

Having two children who are now Canadian/Swiss, with Swiss families, we often discuss the present situation in Malta. Although both are quite apolitical, they worry about the future of their Canadian/Maltese sister and her Maltese family here.

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