The World - News from April 3, 1988
A Libyan army officer has defected and denounced Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi, an organization of Libyan exiles said in a statement. The statement was distributed by the Cairo-based National Front for the Salvation of Libya. It said Libyan Lt. Col. Abdallah Ahmed Khaled Sheikhy had joined the front because it is “the honorable force struggling to overthrow Kadafi’s bloody rule.” The statement was not signed, and the claim could not be verified.
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