No one more idiot than Gaddafi

[Orignall Posted October 06 2006]

No one more idiot than Gaddafi
It doesn't get any more stupid than this!!!
Source: MSNBC(http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14840590/)

After decades of the tensions and hostilities, the recent turnaround in relations between the U.S. and Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi has been nothing short of miraculous. Once the target of U.S. bombing raids for his sponsorship of terrorism, Gaddafi is now seen as an ally in the war against terrorism by Washington, which this year ended a stretch of diplomatic isolation that began in the Reagan administration.
But now comes word that the Libya leader is once again taking aim at the U.S. — this time the Atlanta-based maker of that iconic American product, Coca-Cola.

According to the Italian news agency Adnkronos International, Colonel Gaddafi claims Coca-Cola is African. And he wants a share of the company’s profit on every can or bottle sold across the continent.

"The essential ingredients for Coca Cola come from African plants and so compensation must be paid to us," Gaddafi said at a meeting marking the seventh anniversary of the African Union.

The folks at Coke headquarters wouldn’t comment directly on the Libyan leader’s claim, but said African bottlers are already making money from company products made and sold exclusively in Africa.

“They do use local ingredients, but the beverages are not exported out of Africa to other markets,” said a spokeswoman. “That’s our business model everywhere in the world.”

Adnkronos International points out that the Libyan leader has made other unorthodox claims in the past, including the assertion that William Shakespeare was actually an Arab immigrant to England called Sheikh Zubeir.