Pro-Gadaffi FB page enlists 'support' of stars

Fri, 04 March 2011

11:25

From Cnn.com comes this interesting news. Hundreds of people -- including high profile figures from the worlds of politics, TV and film -- have been signed up to a Facebook group offering support to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi without their knowledge.

The Colonel Gaddafi Support Group lists Monty Python comedian John Cleese, musician Elvis Costello and academics Camille Paglia and Simon Schama among its members, alongside a host of British politicians and TV personalities.

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