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21 February 2011

Libyan military pilots defect to Malta rather than bomb demonstrators

Reuters (UK wire service)
Monday 21 February 2011 1:54pm EST


Two Libyan pilots defect,
say ordered to bomb protesters

VALLETTA (Reuters) -- Two Libyan Air Force fighter pilots defected on Monday and flew their jets to Malta where they told authorities they had been ordered to bomb protesters, Maltese government officials said.

They said the two pilots, both colonels, took off from a base near Tripoli. One of them has requested political asylum.



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(Reporting by Christopher Scicluna; editing by Diana Abdallah)

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