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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, January 11, 1980
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"FALLACI: Colonel, do you really think that this philosophy of yours,
this little Green Book, will change the world?
"QUADDAFI: Without any doubt. Yes, without any doubt.•..The Green Book
is the guide to the emancipation of man. The Green Book is the gospel.
The new gospel. The gospel of the new era, the era of the masses.
"FALLACI: You're not very humble, are you?
"QUADDAFI: No, I'm not humble. Because I can resist the attacks of the
entire world and because the Green Book has resolved the problems of
humanity and of society.
"FALLACI: Well, then, you're a kind of messiah. The new messiah.
"QUADDAFI: I don't see myself in those terms. But the Green Book is
the new gospel. I repeat. In your gospels it's written: 'In the beginning
there was the word.' The Green Book is the word. One of its words can
destroy the world. Or save it. Carter can wage any war against us: to
defend itself, the third world only needs my Green Book. My word. One
word and the whole world could blow up. The value of things could change.
And their volume. Everywhere and forever.
"FALLACI: Colonel, may I ask one last question?
"QUADDAFI: Sure, but be brief....
"FALLACI: Do you believe in God?
"QUADDAFI: Of course, why do you ask me such a question?
"FALLACI: Because I thought that you were God.
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Commenting on the interview a columnist for the National Review said:
"Wait till he gets his Bomb."
--Gene H. Hogberg, News Bureau