21 May 1998 - ABL: covert action

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“Any suggestion of U.S. military involvement is preposterous. The Airborne Laser aircraft could not conceivably have caused this senseless tragedy. That weapon only shoots upward.”
— a government spin doctor after Muammar Qaddafi’s house is mysteriously destroyed

clue:

Not to worry. Lordling Qaddafi has all the houses he wants, and I’m sure he’s paranoid enough not to use the same one every night.

take oh take this clue away

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