“I have nothing to say to him [Ronald Reagan], because he is mad. He is foolish. He is an Israeli dog.”

—  Muammar Gaddafi

Interview with Marie Colvin, 20 June 1986. Sun-Sentinel http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1986-06-20/news/8602060350_1_moammar-gadhafi-white-house-wife

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