The Libyan leader, Moammar Kadhafi Friday accused the US Central Intelligence Agency or CIA of being responsible for the spread of HIV/AIDS throughout the world, Panafrican News Agency (PANA) reported.
Speaking in Abuja at the closing ceremony of the African summit on HIV/AIDS, Kadhafi was quoted by all Africa news agency as saying that "the issue today, which no one dares address, is the origin of the virus; namely who created HIV/AIDS. The door is totally closed. Even experts and doctors present here in Abuja have not addressed that ticklish and very hot issue."
According to Kadhafi, "CIA laboratories had lost control over the virus, which was tested on black Haitian prisoners,” noting that he is not who says so, “but this is a truth divulged by scientists."
He refuted "the notion" according to which the disease was caused by monkeys from Africa as utterly false and baseless". "Our monkeys have always lived with us while the disease only emerged in the last two decades, said the agency – Albawaba.com
