Posted on 08/18/2006 6:03:14 PM PDT by garbageseeker
TOKYO - Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi told a visiting Japanese official that his country has urged North Korea to give up efforts to develop weapons of mass destruction, the Foreign Ministry said Friday.
Iwao Matsuda, Japan's state minister for science and technology policy, held talks with Gadhafi in Sebha, about 375 miles south of Tripoli, on Wednesday, the ministry said in a statement issued Friday.
Gadhafi surprised the world in late 2003 when he swore off terrorism and announced plans to dismantle his country's weapons of mass destruction programs. Libya was eager to end his international isolation and economic hardships from United Nations and U.S. sanctions, and Gadhafi concluded the weapons programs were best used as a bargaining chip.
Gadhafi told Matsuda that Libya has been urging North Korea to follow his country's example and called for cooperation from developed countries including Japan in persuading Pyongyang, the ministry said.
Matsuda was the first Cabinet member to hold talks with Gadhafi.
Gadhafi expressed his hope that Japan's prime minister would visit Libya, the ministry said.
Next year marks the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries. Matsuda was quoted by the ministry as saying that it will be desirable that the leaders of the two countries could reciprocate visits.
That makes him 64.
Yup.
I was reading the "Belmont Club" blog earlier, in which Kaser Swoze is used as an example of the kind of Will which will be required to defeat Islamic Facism.
Many comments in agreement with yours.
"Will Mini-Me heed me, will he believe me, when I'm 64?"
im sure he told kim if your good little boy i'll buy you a happy Meal
DING DING DING DING DING DING DING!
NO more calls, please.
We have a winner!
I think his recent 'throwing in the towel' is a lot more than just reagan
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Your analysis sounds quite solid to me. I just meant that Reagan got the ball rolling when he got tough and made Gadhafi see that not all American presidents would be weak like Carter. Bush has probably scared the billclinton out of him.
Landing a bomb outside his tent did reform him. If we did more often we would not be in the situation we are in.
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Amen to that, FRiend.
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