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Libya 'to give up WMD'
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| 19/12/2003
| BBC
Posted on 12/19/2003 2:32:59 PM PST by 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.
TOPICS: Breaking News; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afterbash; blair; britain; collateralbenefits; gaddafi; libya; next; saddamfreude; wmd
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To: Da_Shrimp
I wonder if this would have happened if Al Gore had stole the presidency? hmmm?
To: cajungirl
Sorry, I think it is Makers Mark or something like that.
482
posted on
12/19/2003 6:50:43 PM PST
by
cajungirl
(I adore the Brits!! Tony Blair is my hero!!)
To: Da_Shrimp
Oh the quagmire!!!!
To: Miss Marple
The Mullahs in Iran have to know the flotilla is on the way. It will be crucial to hear what comes out of Iran in the coming mos. Iran is terror central, and everyone in the Pentagon knows it. President Bush has Iran as his number one priority.
To: NYC GOP Chick
He can't pronounce Kaddafi's first name either. Not that it really matters. The guy is such a whack job that he never promoted himself past Colonel. LOL! You're right! He must have slept through "Dictator 101"!
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posted on
12/19/2003 7:04:12 PM PST
by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
("...the right of THE PEOPLE to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.")
To: Liz; Dog Gone; Grampa Dave; BOBTHENAILER; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Carry_Okie; farmfriend
And Liz! Just think!!! Muammar has about the best, lightest, sweetest crude on planet Earth!!!
I mean that stuff he's needed to sell us is almost "3 in 1 Oil" as it comes out of the ground!!! (evil grin)
486
posted on
12/19/2003 7:06:07 PM PST
by
SierraWasp
(Any elected official or citizen that supports illegal aliens is nothing but a worthless scoff-law!!!)
To: SierraWasp
Oh great, so it was all about oil!
487
posted on
12/19/2003 7:08:10 PM PST
by
farmfriend
( Isaiah 55:10,11)
To: cajungirl
The Glenfiddich.
Don't know about Haymakers.
Cheers !
488
posted on
12/19/2003 7:11:06 PM PST
by
1066AD
To: farmfriend
So what's wrong with that? Your car don't run propane, and neither does mine!!! I love the freedom oil has given me! The cheaper, the better!!!
489
posted on
12/19/2003 7:13:18 PM PST
by
SierraWasp
(Any elected official or citizen that supports illegal aliens is nothing but a worthless scoff-law!!!)
To: SierraWasp
Sorry, forgot to close my sarcasm tag.
490
posted on
12/19/2003 7:13:53 PM PST
by
farmfriend
( Isaiah 55:10,11)
To: farmfriend
Besides... We ain't tawlkin blood for this oil, right?
491
posted on
12/19/2003 7:14:58 PM PST
by
SierraWasp
(Any elected official or citizen that supports illegal aliens is nothing but a worthless scoff-law!!!)
To: SierraWasp
Well, I was counting Iraq since it wouldn't have been done without the blood shed there.
492
posted on
12/19/2003 7:16:09 PM PST
by
farmfriend
( Isaiah 55:10,11)
To: prairiebreeze
Tony Snow calling it a carrot and stick arguement that the President just gave. Probably 25% carrot and 75% stick.
493
posted on
12/19/2003 7:16:17 PM PST
by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
("...the right of THE PEOPLE to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.")
To: sdk7x7; aculeus
Also reports that Niger uranium passed through Libya.
494
posted on
12/19/2003 7:16:39 PM PST
by
Shermy
To: farmfriend
I hope to shout! You ain't even got Tupperware, without oil! The world don't evun werk without it! Geeze, where's muh dang bloodpressure cuff? (climbing back down offa soapbox)
495
posted on
12/19/2003 7:17:33 PM PST
by
SierraWasp
(Any elected official or citizen that supports illegal aliens is nothing but a worthless scoff-law!!!)
To: 1066AD
tanks,,oops,,,thanks
496
posted on
12/19/2003 7:18:26 PM PST
by
cajungirl
(I adore the Brits!! Tony Blair is my hero!!)
To: SierraWasp
Hon,have you been drinking too? Stand back,,we have tongue depressors!!!!
497
posted on
12/19/2003 7:19:13 PM PST
by
cajungirl
(I adore the Brits!! Tony Blair is my hero!!)
To: farmfriend
Wull, ok. But just don't fergit... guns don't evun werk without oil, so the second amendment would be pretty worthless without it since Pennsylvannia done run out of it!
498
posted on
12/19/2003 7:20:19 PM PST
by
SierraWasp
(Any elected official or citizen that supports illegal aliens is nothing but a worthless scoff-law!!!)
To: SierraWasp
Muammar has about the best, lightest, sweetest crude on planet Earth!!! If oil goes to twenty-five dollars a barrel, it will amount to a huge National tax cut. I hope the Adm. is working behind the scenes in Valenzuela, and making progress.
To: NautiNurse
The majority of Americans understand that by the U.S. and our allies in the war against terrorists going into Afghanistan and Iraq, dismantling the terror machines there, destroying much of the Taliban/Al Qaeda network and capturing Hussein the evil head of the machine, America is safer and the civilized world is a safer.
Today, amazing new evidence of the watershed events our armed forces and our President have set in motion by doing this. Moammar Gadhafi, military dictator of Libya for over 2 decades, has announced he will cooperate with international inspectors in disclosing his countrys weapons of mass destruction and dismantle their WMD programs.
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posted on
12/19/2003 7:28:32 PM PST
by
Victor K
(VictorK - "The most uncommon thing you'll find these days is common sense." jk)
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