The frogman who couldn’t swim
Wikileaks: Libyan 'frogman' sent to train in Rome couldn't swim
In Libya, where corruption and nepotism are often stitched into the fabric of society, it is often not a case of what you know, but who you know.
One of the dispatches from Feb 17 2009 and titled “The frogman who couldn’t swim: a co-operation cautionary tale”, recounts how the Italian Government funded a Libyan to attend “a training program in Rome on underwater explosives detection and demolition”.
It continues: “After several days of classroom instruction, the candidates - it was a regional course and included students from several countries - were taken to the pool for their first practical session in the water.
“The instructor directed the students to don their masks and regulators and enter the deep end of the pool; however, after several minutes, the Libyan student had still not entered the water.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/8296172/Wikileaks-Li...
ITs hilarious.
thats what Libya responded to Italy.
Maybe they expected to be taught how to swim? ;)