Blair says Gaddafi agrees about al Qaeda threat

Reuters ^ | 25 March, 2004

[Sweet Land]

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Prime Minister Tony Blair says Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi sees a common cause in the fight against al Qaeda.

After historic talks with the Libyan leader, Blair said on Thursday Gaddafi recognised "a common cause with us in the fight against al Qaeda, extremism and terrorism, which threatens not just the western world but the Arab world also".

Earlier, Libyan Foreign Minister Mohamed Abderrhmane Chalgam called al Qaeda a "real obstacle" to progress in the region. Blair said Libya's agreement to renounce terror and give up its banned weapons deserved reward and could act as a template for other nations at odds with the West who wanted to return to the fold.

"We are showing by our engagement with Libya today that it is possible for countries in the Arab world to work with the United States and the UK to defeat the common enemy of extremist fanatical terrorism driven by al Qaeda, and to ensure we have a more secure world because of the absence of weapons of mass destruction," he said.

"I think it is a very, very important signal for the whole of the Arab world."

[CedarDave]

Whoa!! When did Gaddafi get "religion" and why?

[hchutch]

It might not be "religion" that is motivating Qaddafi. I think it is a mixture of two things:

1. Qaddafi does not wish to be dragged from a hole or to make a very close and very brief acquiantance with a JDAM.

2. He wants to be the pan-Arab/Islamic leader.

[kinghorse]

I thought Gaddafi renounced his Arabic roots and declared himself African. Like Scipio err Hannibal, you know, African.

[LauraJean]

He got ''religion'' because his butt is on the line too. From what I have read of the al Qaeda they have three goals. The first is to regain lands that were once in Islamic control,( i.e. Spain for one)the second is to convert the world to Islam. The third is to destroy apostate Muslims. Gaddafi, unlike CAIR understands what would happen to him if al Qaeda became the dominant form of Islam.

[BOBTHENAILER]

1. Qaddafi does not wish to be dragged from a hole or to make a very close and very brief acquiantance with a JDAM.

He got a wake-up call from his Uncle, Sam.

[Grampa Dave]

My old tagline below explains the core of his new religious experience.

[hchutch]

That's only part of it.

He's had designs of being the big pan-Arab/Islamic leader for a long time. Someone once said that the leopard can't change his stripes.

[BOBTHENAILER]

Gaddafi hears the distant sounds of whispering J-DAMS, constantly

[Grampa Dave]

I imagine that everytime he hears a jet engine overhead, he ducks and then prays to Allah based on his personal experience courtesy of Ronald Reagan.

Then his observation of Shock and Awe with the $oddomite dragged out of a hidey hole has had a lasting impact on him.

[Focault's Pendulum]

I think I just saw a flock of pigs flying overhead.

[Grampa Dave]

Actually he has signed contracts with the GAP, Banana Republic and Old Navy to sell his custom designed Lion of the Desert Robes, khakis and dress whites with his new allies and throughout the middle east.

The new line of clothing will be called the Pamper Peacock of Libia line of clothing for gentlemen.

[BOBTHENAILER]

Pamper Peacock of Libia line of clothing for gentlemen.

ROFLMAO