The Madlims are going nuts in the Middle East and North Africa. Maybe because there are so many of them on the various “no-fly” lists, travel is difficult, so they can only terrorize each other at home; much like a PD day. The whole region is going off the rails: first we had Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Yemen, Bahrain and the list goes on. Uprisings are the price a dictator has to pay when his citizens learn to read. Nothing new there, Europe went through the same phase a couple of hundred years ago. To be honest, I’m not really interested in most of those “arm-pit” countries – except for Libya. As you may know Libya is terrorized (or ruled) by a real honest to goodness nut-case – Muammar al-Gaddafi. He took power in he late 1960s when, as a young officer, he organized a successful coup. Muammar is interesting, because like many dispots, he received his officer’s training in Britain, so did King Abdullah II of Jordan, his father before him – even Idi Amen (NCM). Many like Muammar (including myself ), were trained as communications officers. Just a point of interest. Unfortunately my friend Muammar has changed considerably since his first years as a young officer, and not necessarily for the best – sad to say his days may be numbered. On the bright side, he does have a nice looking nurse, 38-year-old Galyna Kolotnytska from the Ukraine; and his bodyguards are all females – virgins apparently (above lower row – getting tips from the Italian Stallion). Top row left to right, Muammar as a young communications offficer, dressed as a dictator, dressed as a clown and as Michael Jackson. Meanwhile, keep rocking while the oil is still flowing. Allaha Ackbar. MPC


