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Libyan woman guided NATO bombings

Three sites had been hit by NATO after Nomidia had provided information. [morningpost.com.cn]
Three sites had been hit by NATO after Nomidia had provided information. [morningpost.com.cn]


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A 24-year-old Libyan woman, who spent months spying on military facilities and passing on the details to the alliance, enabled the NATO bombing campaign to fatally weaken Muammar Gaddafi's rule, Reuters reported.

The woman, operating under the codename Nomidia, used elaborate methods to evade capture -- constantly changing her location, using multiple mobile telephone SIM cards and hiding her activities from all but the closest members of her family. Her biggest protection, however, was her gender.

Nomidia said she felt compelled to act after the brutal way in which Gaddafi's forces put down the first stirrings of revolt in cities around the country.

She named three sites she said had been hit by NATO after she had provided information. "The information about these sites was coming from highly ranked army officers who were not with the regime. My father also is a retired officer, so he was cooperating with friends and even family (who were in the military)," she said.

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美女间谍助北约轰炸利比亚

       据路透社报道,利比亚一名24岁女子用数月时间侦查军事设施,将详细情况传给联盟军,使得北约轰炸行动击垮了穆阿迈尔·卡扎菲的统治。

       这名女子行动代号为诺米迪亚,她使用各种巧妙方法逃避搜捕——不断地更换居住地 ﹑使用多个手机SIM卡 ﹑向除了最亲近家人的所有人隐蔽自己的行动,但对她最大的保护是其性别。

       诺米迪亚表示,当她看到卡扎菲军队在全国各市残酷镇压第一波起义的时候便觉得自己必须采取行动。

       她列举了在她提供情报后北约轰炸的三个地点。她说:“有关这些地点的情报直接来自和政府分道扬镳的军队高官。我父亲也是个退役军官,所以他能和(军队里的)朋友甚至家人合作。”

(China.org.cn September 15, 2011)

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