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12 Sep 2011 17:12

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World: 24-year-old Libyan woman, “Nomidia,” provided key info to NATO

  • I was not on the radar. They were concentrating more on the guys and it was almost impossible to think that a girl was doing all of this.
  • Libyan NATO informant “Nomidia” • Speaking on the cover her gender gave her in providing information, much about the location of weaponry and tank storage in Tripoli, to the NATO alliance in Libya. Nomidia, 24, eventually developed contacts that gave her insider information about the conflict — the false-alarm capture of Saif al-Gaddafi, for example, she knew to be untrue well before news broke. In an interview with Reuters, Nomidia claims she provided NATO with three locations that were bombed — an arms storage site, a military camp, and an intelligence building. She spoke on condition of anonymity, saying that while Gaddafi’s regime is largely deposed, she still fears a “fifth column” of supporters who might target her or her family. source