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Muammar Gaddafi: 'Even Arab presidents write their letters in English'

5th Sep 2005, 11:34 GMT

We Arabs have no refuge but Africa. African Arabs speak Arabic; however, Arabic is not a foreign language like English or French. It is an African language. Only the élite speak the language of the colonialists. African masses who inhabit the desert and the bush know neither French nor English.