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.

[Recovering_Democrat]

TOM DASCHLE
ON
SUICIDE WATCH!

[prairiebreeze]

Wolfie must be ready to weep! LOL

[geedee]

What!!!!! But...but...but the Dim-demmers said GW's Middle East policy is CREATING terrorists. Lurch Kerry and Bubba-Jean Dean say nothing can get done over there without Pee Wee Clinton serving as our OFFICIAL ASS-KISSER!

They're right about one thing though . . . GW is as dumb as a fox. It's amazing what a President with morals AND gonads can accomplish.

[YaYa123]

Don't you worry about this being a late Friday afternoon announcement...this one is big enough, and in time for the evening news, that the networks can not ignore or downplay it.

[MeekOneGOP]

Way to go ! Thanks for the ping. Just noticed President Bush announcing this on FOX News too !

[dirtboy]

British reporter on CNN telling Wolf Blitzer that this is a huge feather in the cap for the British-American coalition.

Too bad we don't have a shot of Judy Woodruff as this goes down. She'd probably look like she'd been sucking on lemons all afternoon.

[The_Victor]

Bush still can't pronounce "nulclear".

But I'll bet he can spell it. :)

[Dog]

This is stunning......Libya saw what happened to Iraq.

SHOCK AND AWE!!!!!!

[Recovering_Democrat]

i LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!

[Defendingliberty]

I was wondering Major General KaDaffy or Corporal Kid Affy
4 star Generaral Klark

[PISANO]

Kudos to GW and Tony Blair another job WELL DONE!! Dean is apoplectic because America is NO safer today then it was before Lybia agreed to dismantle WMD.

[hchutch]

That might have had something to do with it...

Then again, who would want to cause Qaddafi/Kaddafi/Khadafy... however the heck you spell his name harm?

[Moonman62]

Gee, did someone or something do a late-night flyby of Muammar's house?

I would think the recent images of Saddam were much more influential.

[BurbankKarl]

Coward Dean "America is no safer than before 9/11"

[al baby]

TOM DASCHLE
ON
SUICIDE WATCH!


We are just going to watch him right ? were not going to stop him

[KantianBurke]

Oh I'm sure whatever operations Ghadaffi had going on recently are being halted. He knows Bush doesn't mess around. However, as we on FR have learned over the past couple of months, a WMD program can exist under very secretive measures. If Dean or some other Rat yoddle is elected, Libya will restart those plans but quick.

[mylife]

Blair made his announcement live on the BBC a few minutes ago. No doubt co-ordinated with Washington on the timing!

Tony Snow refered to it as carefully choreographed. Let there be no doubt that this is a warning.

[prairiebreeze]

Good news for oil companies and markets if Libya is allowed to join back into markets according to CNN guest.

prairie

[Recovering_Democrat]

Sure, and the checks in the mail, and I pronmise not to cheat on you honey, and I promise not to lie ever again.

Words mean nothing and I hope we don't fall for it.

Some folks just will not accept a victory.

Qadaffi surely knows if he lies to this President there will dire consequences...he's tasted the metal of an angry Republican before, and this CINC has shown he doesn't play games.

[Dog]

Incredible move!!!!!