Libya 'to give up WMD'

BBC ^ | 19/12/2003 | BBC

[Da_Shrimp]

Libya's leader Colonel Gaddafi has said his country sought to develop weapons of mass destruction capabilities but will dismantle this programme completely, Prime Minister Tony Blair has announced. "This decision is an historic one and a courageous one and I applaud it," Mr Blair said.

Colonel Gaddafi had told him the process of dismantling the programme would be "transparent and verifiable", the prime minister said in a statement from Durham Cathedral.

The range of all Libya's missiles would be restricted to "no more then 300km, he added.

Mr Blair said Britain had been engaged in talks with Libya for nine months.

"Libya came to us in March following successful negotiations on Lockerbie to see if it could resolve its weapons of mass destruction issue in a similarly cooperative manner," he said.

[knews_hound]

I swear to God, Dennis Miller was right.

The man is TRANSLUCENT !

If not for the shirt, you could see riht through him.

Cheers,

knews hound

[LowOiL]

BTTT

[Moose4]

From the Beeb article:

Simpson suggested that Colonel Gaddafi had been heavily influenced by a visit from Nelson Mandela, at a time when he was shunned by the rest of the world.

Oh PEEEE-YUKE! Yeah, it was Nelson Mandela's nonexistent moral authority and not Anglo-American resolve that did it. Keep telling yourself that, Mr. Simpson.

Can these people ever give Bush and Blair proper credit for anything?

}:-)4

[mylife]

Thanks, I knew once the details came out it would just be buisiness.

[Grampa Dave]

Who ever the perfumed prince with the pink panties in the Army came up with this bs and went to Waxman, should be sent to Afghanistan to clear out mine fields with its bare feet.

[Miss Marple]

I just heard on Fox that Libya has admittted to working with North Korea in developing Scud missiles.

Well, well, well.

[mylife]

LOL!

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

When the adults are in charge, the juveniles shape up.

[Bommer]

Bush still can't pronounce "nulclear".

..and Kennedy couldn't pronounce Cub-er. Whats your point?

[longtermmemmory]

especially after reagan stood up to him and bombed the cr*p out of him.

It seems the Bush doctrine is reaping dividends we had not anticipated.

It will be interesting to see the future libyia that forms.

[lepton]

Reflect on what Clinton accomplished in 8 years, and what Bush has accomplished in 3 years.

Hmmm. I'm not sure that Bush has accomplished more. Clinton came into an exceptionally stable world with a huge coalition to deal with many problems, and a lot of good-will from recently freed peoples...and squandered nearly all of it.

Somewhat like comparing Carter and Reagan on the economy at the end of Reagan's second term: Reagan's policies contributed towards a 12% growth in real income during his tenure, but Carter oversaw a 17% drop.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Apparently Saddam's capture and picture in captivity made an impression upon Qadaffi and he decided that he didn't want to end up like Saddam.

GW should send a videotape of Saddam's anal exam to evey despotic scumbag dictator on earth, especially Assad, Khatami, and Jong Il. He can ask them what flavor of enema they prefer.

[longtermmemmory]

The politics are in high gear. This is happening on a friday. This is going to be the topic on sunday. Anything the DNC tried to get out just drowned.

Can't wait until wednesday. Anyone else have four day weekends?

[MeekOneGOP]

According to the online Merriam Webster Dictionary, both your pronounciation and President Bush's pronounciation are acceptable. They even have a little speaker icon that you can click on and hear it pronounced each way.

Excellent point. Do you notice, however, that the way that President Bush prounounces it is the THIRD choice of three ? Educational sources usually list them in the PREFERRED accepted method.

Honestly, I can't believe that Merriam accepts that, but apparently they do. Another source doesn't grant the 'Nu-Q-lur' pronounciation, btw ...

I'll repeat my note that it is an annoyance for me. Bush isn't God, but he IS a great President, imho. (He can pronounce it 'Tewwowism' as faw as I cawe' God bless him !!

[Stars N Stripes]

Quote - Paula Zahn on CNN just now:

"I've seen a number of family members quoted tonight who are absolutely outraged by ah.. the diplomacy that led to this decision tonight, they still don't believe he'll come clean.

Spin cycle on "HIGH".

[jwalsh07]

Big day for the good guys Woody. Moammar Khadafy took one look at Hussein coming out of his rathole and told his aide to please see if President Bush would speak to him.

Khadafy was financing Arafats terror activities for quite a while until President Bush convinced him of the error of his ways.

Wide reaching ramifications here my friend.

[MeekOneGOP]

LOL. Where did you find that pic?

hehe ! In my e-mail inbox some months ago. When I got it, it had
some typos in it. So I cleaned that up and uploaded it to my site.

[sdk7x7]

There were Israeli intel reports months ago that Saddam transferred WMD to Libya. Isn't it possible, if not probable, that Libya is expecting Saddam to tell on them now that he's caught?

I think that's what's going on here, I'd like some feedback...

-sdk

[wizardoz]

Okay, I grew up in Chicago and NO! the t is NOT pronounced in the word "often." It is pronounced "offen".

Oh yeh? Well, here in Lansing, you know how we pronounce "Chicago?" We say "PPppppppppppbbbbbbbbbbt!!" ;^)

[Luke21]

Yah, I was wondering when I signed on why my AOL commie newsblurb said something like, "Libya to end banned weapons." They have to watch every word they write these days.