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Blair says Gaddafi agrees about al Qaeda threat
Reuters ^ | 25 March, 2004

Posted on 03/25/2004 6:11:22 AM PST by 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."


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; arabworld; gaddafi; libya; tonyblair; tripolivisit

1 posted on 03/25/2004 6:11:22 AM PST by Sweet Land
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To: Sweet Land
Whoa!! When did Gaddafi get "religion" and why?
2 posted on 03/25/2004 6:25:17 AM PST by CedarDave (Election 2004: When Democrats attack, it's campaigning; when Republicans campaign, it's attacking.)
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To: CedarDave; Poohbah; section9; Dog; BOBTHENAILER; Grampa Dave; veronica
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.
3 posted on 03/25/2004 6:41:45 AM PST by hchutch (Why did the Nazgul bother running from Arwen's flash flood? They only managed to die tired.)
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To: Sweet Land
I thought Gaddafi renounced his Arabic roots and declared himself African. Like Scipio err Hannibal, you know, African.
4 posted on 03/25/2004 6:51:43 AM PST by kinghorse
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To: CedarDave
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.
5 posted on 03/25/2004 7:02:38 AM PST by LauraJean (Fukai please pass the squid sauce)
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To: hchutch
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.

6 posted on 03/25/2004 1:53:49 PM PST by BOBTHENAILER (One by one, in small groups or in whole armies, we don't care how we do, but we're gonna getcha)
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To: CedarDave; hchutch; BOBTHENAILER; Dog; Ernest_at_the_Beach
My old tagline below explains the core of his new religious experience.
7 posted on 03/26/2004 5:36:32 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Krazy Kaddaffi: "I will do whatever the Americans want. I saw what happened in Iraq. I was scared!)
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To: Grampa Dave; Poohbah; section9; veronica; BOBTHENAILER; Dog
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.

8 posted on 03/26/2004 6:00:35 AM PST by hchutch (Why did the Nazgul bother running from Arwen's flash flood? They only managed to die tired.)
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To: Grampa Dave
Gaddafi hears the distant sounds of whispering J-DAMS, constantly
9 posted on 03/26/2004 12:01:04 PM PST by BOBTHENAILER (One by one, in small groups or in whole armies, we don't care how we do, but we're gonna getcha)
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To: BOBTHENAILER
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.
10 posted on 03/26/2004 1:02:20 PM PST by Grampa Dave (America can't afford a 9/10 John F'onda Kerry after 9/11.)
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To: Sweet Land
I think I just saw a flock of pigs flying overhead.
11 posted on 03/26/2004 1:06:12 PM PST by Focault's Pendulum (Stupid me! I always thought Flip Flops were beach wear)
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To: hchutch; BOBTHENAILER; Ernest_at_the_Beach
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.
12 posted on 03/26/2004 1:10:40 PM PST by Grampa Dave (America can't afford a 9/10 John F'onda Kerry after 9/11.)
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To: Grampa Dave
Pamper Peacock of Libia line of clothing for gentlemen.

ROFLMAO

13 posted on 03/26/2004 1:13:20 PM PST by BOBTHENAILER (One by one, in small groups or in whole armies, we don't care how we do, but we're gonna getcha)
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