Hala Musrati: Libya's new al-Sahaf
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Play Image 1 of 15: She defended Gaddafi's decree forbidding people from attend Fajer prayer: "All the corruption and damage comes from mosques these days; Gaddafi spent millions on mosques in Africa." Sound contradictory?
Pause Play Image 1 of 15: She launched a vicious campaign on alleged rape victim, Iman, branding her a drunken whore; discrediting her claims that found sympathy with womankind as well as supporters of the people versus Gaddafi.
Pause Play Image 1 of 15: She claimed that God is on Gaddafi's side, sending him angels and invisible soldiers that we do not see.
Pause Play Image 1 of 15: Parallels between her and the infamous former Iraqi Minister of Information, whose statements were so removed from reality, and mocked widely. Enemies of Iraq were Alouj (politically charged term for non-speaker of Arabic, used as insult).
Pause Play Image 1 of 15: She claimed that her Libyan TV station filmed Iman -without her knowledge, on hidden camera- as she sat confiding in her sister on her rape ordeal.
Pause Play Image 1 of 15: Adoption is forbidden in Islam. Therefore we should not consider or give legitimacy to the statements that the UN adopted against Libya.
Pause Play Image 1 of 15: On Iman, a whore woman crying crocodile tears who doesn't belong to the women of Libya. Musrati’s words exemplify how women can oppress other women.
Pause Play Image 1 of 15: Making her mark as an investigator for the Libyan state: She subjected a state-arrested female Syrian journalist to an interrogation on her soliciting with the opposition forces.
Pause Play Image 1 of 15: On Iman: Her logic- real Libyans would not openly admit to being raped- they would clam up to guard family honor and take pregnancy tests in private.
Pause Play Image 1 of 15: She described Gulf people as being "bulls and dummies" because they filmed and documented the Sand storm that struck Kuwait and the KSA.
Pause Play Image 1 of 15: On Al Jazeera: "Pig channel", rhyming in the Arabic, "Khanzeera".
Pause Play Image 1 of 15: Bizarre statements she has come to be known for have won her a wide following and international fan-base: such that viewers wait eagerly for her every night, since Gaddafi stopped making TV appearances.
Pause Play Image 1 of 15: "God is on Gaddafi's side, lending him forces of nature like rain and storms. The rain falls whenever he speaks to his people." Think back to the apologetic Umbrella Speech.
Pause Play Image 1 of 15: Storms that happened in Kuwait were sent by God from the west of Libya, namely the Great Sahara, let loose on anti-Gaddafi agents.
Pause Play Image 1 of 15: Iraq's Minister of Information, Sahaf, issued delusional broadcasts for Saddam: "I blame Al-Jazeera."; "There are no American infidels in Iraq, I triple guarantee you!" Enemies are 'drunk' or 'retarded', 'crying crocodile tears'. "We are winning."
As Gaddafi's speeches and wild statements quieten down, Hala Musrati is now the self-appointed spokeswoman for the pro government national voice who carries the Gaddafi cause, generating quite a stir in the increasingly incredulous and bemused world audience.
