EU forced to play by Gaddafi's rules

According to Astrid Frefel, "even without executions the Benghazi HIV scandal provides an interesting insight into the ways of a despot. Gaddafi is using six innocent guest workers as political hostages. They have been tortured and have lived with the fear of death for years on end. He has abused the judicial system to cover up the shortcomings of his own country's hospitals. He is playing a deadly game with the Liberians by playing down the dangers of HIV infection. Even without weapons of mass destruction the Colonel in Tripoli is a dictator, and his own people are made to feel the consequences on a daily basis."

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