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Billy Carter — Part 14
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a It is obvious, therefore, that the widows of Heinrich
, Wicke and Muhammad Rashid (these are the names of the
two Americans that were shot to death in Libya on
March 17, 1979) hardly turned to the right man, even
though President Jimmy Carter poses as the ultimate ©
: defender of human rights. The truth of the matter is that
too many financial interests and too many commitments
hitch Billy Carter to Kaddafi's cart. Billy Carter's aa
personal and business diplomacy is in obvious contrast ~
with the diplomacy of the Department of State. Fe
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There are certain aspects in the case of the two executed ~~ -
men, Wicke and Rashid, which are extremely suspicious. In |. ~
the first place, the two men were found in possession of an
extremely modern weapon of war: a so-called "Armbrust, ®
which is a piece of equipment issued to NATO special _
troops as an anti-tank and terrorist weapon. This piece -
of equipment is capable of blowing up a heavy tank or.a
whole apartment from a distance of several hundred meters, .
It is a portable weapon. The particular weapon which was
seized from the two men was provided with a special infra-
red scope, made in Japan, making it possible to aim the
Armbrust in ‘absolute darkness.
Even the names of the two executed men constitute a
mystery, particularly in the case of Rashid. He was tall,
blond, and long-legged and sported a perfect midwestern ©
accent. By contrast, Wicke spoke American "a la Kissinger," —
giving away his German origin and a good education in
_ American colleges in Washington (sic). oo,
Rashid used to claim that he was an American who had been
converted to Islam and that is how he explained his Muslim
name. The original Rashid was one of Muhammad's generals,
but the Rashid who was shot in Tripoli may have been a
man sent by the CIA to assassinate Kaddafi.
If that is the case, the collective interest on the part
of Kaddafi, Billy Carter and the State Department to
hush the case is apparent. There is no question that the ~
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