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Gadhafi Calls 'Libya's Rocket' The Safest Car
Submitted By: DirkSteele
Article Date: 10/02/1999
URL: http://www.goofball.com/news/991002_rocket

Oh, yeah it's safe. Except for the annoying habit of veering off into the nearest American Embassy and exploding

Tripoli, Ligya (AP) - What was Libya's Moammar Gadhafi up to during all those year of sanctions? He was busy inventing "Libya's Rocket, " which he says is the world's safest car.

The car is meant to highlight the Libyan leader's concer for humanity and human life, said Al-Dukali Al-Mugaryef, general commissioner of the Libyan Arab Domestic Investment Co.

"The invention of the safest car in the world is proof that the Libyan revolution is built on the happiness of man," he said

Libya unveiled a prototype Monday to coincide with celebration of the 30th anniversy of the coup that brought Gadhafi to power and the start of an Organization of African Unity summit here.

The rocket-shaped, five-passenger car has air bags that deploy all around the interior in an accident, a collapsible bumper and a system of anti-roll rocker panels. The car has a purpose beyond safety: After seven years fo international sanctions imposed for his support of terrorist, Gadhafi wants to show he is a peacemaker