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The uniform belonging to one of the Libyan pilots who defected to Malta in 2011 in the wake of the uprising against Muammar Gaddafi is being displayed at the Malta Book Fair.

The two Libyan fighter jet pilots landed in Malta in February 2011 after they refused to follow orders to bomb protesting civilians in Benghazi, one of the first acts which revealed the ferocious tactics of the Gaddafi regime.

The uniform is being used to publicise the book Gonzi and Malta’s Break with Gaddafi by Joseph Cassar. The fair comes to an end today.

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