Eyewitness account of Gaddafi’s take-over of the 31 March/1 April 1979 ceremony: an update
William Greaves, the journalist who wrote the report for the Daily Mail which I uploaded here a couple of days ago, has sent in this comment beneath that piece:
One of the reasons why I remember the details of that remarkable day and night so vividly is that it was probably one of the easiest stories I ever wrote.
Usually on foreign assignment it is a question of snatching at anything you can find. The only problem with Malta’s Freedom Day was what to leave out.
Everything just happened before my eyes and nearly 40 years later I stand by every word that appeared in the London Daily Mail next morning.
Funny how nobody from the Foundation for National Celebrations bothered to track him down and interview him for that FABULOUS video at the ceremony last Sunday. It would have been refreshing to have somebody tell the truth.
As they say, gurnalizmu fuq kollox.
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Still on the bright side…..
At least we don’t have our own currency any more. Could you imagine being reminded who our president is every time you pulled out a fiver.
It all depends on who is the president of the Republic!
Gurnalizmu fuq kollox…sakemm ma nkunx mixtri u ipokrita.
“As they say, gurnalizmu fuq kollox.”
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Here’s another update. This one is for superficial ‘politicos’ who fail to follow up on world events when it does not suit them – http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/30/us-libya-militias-insight-idUSBREA2T05H20140330