Gaddafi plays chess as Libya burns

June 14, 2011 15:03

A report on the Christian Science Monitor says that Libya's rebels continue to roll up diplomatic success and are showing signs of taking the fight to Muammar Gaddafi's troops in a growing number of locations in western Libya, where the Libyan leader was firmly in control when the NATO no-fly zone was imposed over the country on March 17.

While the rebels were preparing to host the German foreign minister in Benghazi today, Qaddafi was being shown on Syrian state TV playing chess with Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the Russian president of the World Chess Federation who often recounts his cordial meetings with extraterrestrials.

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