The flamboyant leader arrived in France on Monday flanked by 30 blue-uniformed females, all supposedly virgins, dangling their guns from their shoulders as they protect him round-the-clock.

All the female bodyguards wear nail varnish, perfume and lipsticks, and style their hair probably to spare the loss of femininity suffered by their counterparts in the developed countries. But don't be deceived they are trained to kill.

Not, only the bodyguards, Col Gaddafi, always seen dressed in Bedouin robes, has also brought his own tent and camel "to greet visitors in the true desert tradition" during his stay in Paris, the Daily Mail reported on Tuesday.

"His country traditions dictate that he travels with his tent and a camel, and arrangements are being made for this," a French Foreign Ministry Spokesman was quoted by the British daily as saying.

The Libyan leader also met French President Nicholas Sarkozy who extended the invitation after Paris' involvement in the release of five Bulgarian nurses and a doctor who were condemned to death in Libya earlier this year.

Since then, the two countries have been strengthening their ties with several billion pound trade deals, including the purchase of Airbus planes, fighter jets and a contract to build a nuclear reactor for civil use in Libya.