Libyan Col Muammar Gaddafi's female bodyguards stood watch as the Libyan leader spoke in Dakar, Senegal in December 2010. Gaddafi was in Senegal to speak at the World Festival of Black Arts and Culture.
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The four female bodyguards traveling with Gaddafi stood below the stage as he spoke at the World Festival of Black Arts and Culture in Dakar this past December.
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The boots of Gaddafi's female bodyguards stood out in contrast to their counterparts.
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Gaddafi's female bodyguards stand by as the Libyan leader speaks at the World Festival of Black Arts and Culture in Dakar, Senegal in December.
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Besides his four female bodyguards, Gaddafi also traveled with a contingent of male bodyguards.
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Gaddafi called for the creation of a unified African army in Dakar, Senegal during the World Festival of Black Arts and Culture in December, 2010.
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Senegal President Abdoulaye Wade sat next to Gaddafi as one of the Libyan leader's female bodyguards stands below the politicians. Both leaders spoke in favor of the creation of one African army.
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The female bodyguards of Libyan Col. Muammar Gaddafi stand in front of the stage in Dakar, Senegal during December’s World Festival of Black Arts and Culture.
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The female bodyguards of Libyan Col. Muammar Gaddafi stand in front of the stage in Dakar, Senegal during the World Festival of Black Arts and Culture.
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One of the female bodyguards of Col Muammar Gaddafi runs to the caravan as the Libyan leader leaves the stage to travel to an event at the Presidential Palace in Dakar, Senegal.
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Libyan Col. Muammar Gaddafi greets the crowd at the Presidential Palace in Dakar, Senegal in December, 2010 during the World Festival of Black Arts and Culture.
- [Ricci Shryock/GlobalPost]