What Does Moussa Koussa Know?

Posted on Mar 31, 2011

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Ready to talk? Koussa, shown here at a pre-defection news conference, might have some stories to tell about Gadhafi.

So, Moammar Gadhafi lost his foreign minister, Moussa Koussa, on Wednesday when Koussa decided to take an unofficial one-way trip to London. Although the British government claims he hasn’t been promised protection from prosecution, Koussa is rumored to have some “explosive” information about his former boss, according to The Telegraph.  —KA

The Telegraph:

Moussa Koussa, the Libyan foreign minister, who fled to Britain on Wednesday, is described as having “electrifying” information on Col Muammar Gaddafi’s role in terrorist atrocities across Europe.

Yesterday the Prime Minister said he would not block any attempts by the police to question Mr Koussa.

[...] Last night, the Scottish prosecuting authorities investigating the Lockerbie bombing formally requested access to Mr Koussa, a right-hand man to Col Gaddafi for more than 30 years.

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