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In Tripoli – Dumb Questions Get Smart Answers

Posted August 30th, 2011 at 2:23 pm (UTC+0)
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In journalism,”dumb” questions often get smart answers. In Tripoli in recent days, I have repeatedly asked Libyans if they think Moammar Gadhafi or his politically ambitious sons can one day make a comeback. People look at me with incredulity, as if the foreigner has a learning disability. Impossible, never, he is a criminal, are some […]

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