Carlsberg don't do bodyguards.. but if they did, they'd be just like Colonel Gaddafi's.

LIBYAN leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's glamorous bodyguards stole the show when he arrived in Rome this week.

The dictator, who calls himself a pioneer of 'Islamic socialism', doesn't let his female security detail hide their charms under a burqa.

The all female bodyguards, along with their khaki uniforms and red berets, wear lipstick, jewellery, and even high heels - but are trained in armed combat.

All 40 guards are virgins, and he insists they remain so.

Gaddafi's girls have become an internet sensation with websites dedicated to them.

Not that Gaddafi is likely to mind the furore - he once famously passed wind the whole way through an interview with John Simpson.

Bizarrely, Gaddafi claims they are a symbol of his belief in female emancipation. "Women should be trained for combat, so that they do not become easy prey for their enemies," he is reported to have said.

* The News of the World would like to point out that Carlsberg were in no way involved in the creation of this article.

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