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Libyan Ambassador Accuses Gaddafi of Genocide

HeadlineFeb 22, 2011

In New York City, Ibrahim Dabbashi, Libya’s deputy ambassador to the United Nations, accused Gaddafi of committing genocide.

Ibrahim Dabbashi, deputy ambassador to the United Nations: “No, we are not with Gaddafi, we have never been with Gaddafi. We are with the people, and we just made a statement to ask the international community to intervene to do something to help the Libyan people, who is facing genocide now in Tripoli. And he has been facing also crimes against humanity in all the eastern cities of Libya.”

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