Muammar gaddafi biography amazon bodyguards
Muammar gaddafi biography amazon bodyguards
Chronicles of Gaddafi’s elite female guard: A Retrospective.
Amazonian Guard
Female bodyguards of Muammar Gaddafi
Law enforcement agency
| The Revolutionary Nuns الراهبات الثوريات ar-rāhibāt ath-thawriyyāt | |
|---|---|
| Common name | the Amazons |
| Formed | Early 1980s |
| National agency | Libya |
| Operations jurisdiction | Libya |
| Specialist jurisdiction |
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| President responsible | |
The Amazonian Guard (also the "Amazons") was an unofficial name given to an all-female elite cadre of bodyguards officially known as The Revolutionary Nuns (Arabic: الراهبات الثوريات, ar-rāhibāt ath-thawriyyāt), tasked with protecting the late, former leader of the Libya, Muammar Gaddafi.
Formation
The group was formed in the early 1980s, after Gaddafi's official resignation as Libyan head of state in favor of the title of "Brotherly Leader and Guide of the First of September Great Revolution of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya".
According to Joseph T. Stanik