| EXACTLY what I was thinking. libya is more our ally than France!
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Posted on 03/02/2005 4:04:34 PM PST by Crackingham
Moammar Gadhafi said Wednesday he wants Libya and the United States to be friends, but the one-time international pariah slammed the United Nations Security Council for being controlled by a select group of countries.
In a wide-ranging address to the annual meeting of Libya's parliament-like General's People Congress, Gadhafi also warned Libyans not to support foreign extremists and to stand strong in the face of terrorism.
Gadhafi's comments, moderate in the main but typically inflammatory in parts, come as Libya returns to the international fold following years of being regarded as a state sponsor of terror.
"We don't say love the Americans. We are talking policies, and (on that level) there is no problem or animosity" between both countries, Gadhafi, wearing a white robe, told hundreds of often-cheering Congress members during an address televised live and monitored in Egypt.
Last year, the U.S. government lifted 23-year-old travel restrictions imposed on Libya, invited American companies to return to the oil-rich nation and encouraged Tripoli to open a diplomatic office in Washington. President Bush has also commended Libya's progress in scrapping its nuclear weapons.
Of the United States, Gadhafi said: "We are not enemies. We are not allies. We are not agents. We hope one day we will be friends."
Gadhafi, however, criticized the United Nations and the permanent five-member Security Council, repeating complaints he raised in a full-page advertisement that appeared in Wednesday's Guardian newspaper in England.
"They are suggesting to expand the Security Council. This is another attempt to fool the nations at the expense of international peace and security," Gadhafi said during his speech in Sirte, a coastal city 260 miles east of Tripoli.
"So long as you are not a great nuclear power, you will not be able to exercise your rights in the Security Council," he said. The U.N. General Assembly, he added, "can't do anything without orders from its master, the Security Council."
It all started with the Reagan attack on his family compound. It gave him humility.
It all started with the Reagan attack on his family compound. It gave him humility.
Ah ... thanks for clearing that up.
I was told by a Somali co-worker that Gadhafi is well known in Africa as the leader who has female body-guards. He laughed and said he's crazy. This was in 2001 when he told me. I'm not sure how well known that is among the American people but this photo all but confirms that to me.
He was burnt by the terrorists he once supported and harbored. When he wanted out and them out they targeted him. Gadhafi is one of those underground allies in the War On Terror.
| EXACTLY what I was thinking. libya is more our ally than France!
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Maybe we could get the Libyans and the Canadians to switch places.