"How wonderful. I protect my 'father' and those that brought down Lockerbie
and my brothers in al Qaeda who brought down the WTC and hit the Pentagon.
Being King is sooooooo great."
Posted on 04/10/2011 4:56:35 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- Embattled Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, in negotiations with the African Union, has agreed in principal to a deal that would end the conflict in the nation he's ruled for 42 years, South African President Jacob Zuma told reporters Sunday.
Negotiations remained under way Sunday night between Gadhafi and the African Union delegation.
Details of the agreement were not available, though it is believed to include an immediate ceasefire in the nearly two-month long war between Gadhafi's forces and those fighting to unseat him. In his comments, Zuma also discussed an end to NATO airstrikes aimed at enforcing a no-fly zone and targeting Gadhafi's troops.
After staying overnight in Tripoli, the African Union delegation will fly Monday to the Libyan rebel stronghold of Benghazi to meet with opposition leaders there.
Gadhafi has been a strong supporter of the African Union and has channeled large sums of money its way. Libya also holds a seat on the 15-member Peace and Security Council. As such, opposition leaders have voiced skepticism that mediation would end the conflict in a way that would satisfy their goals, which include Gadhafi's ouster.
The African Union's special committee on Libya is represented by Mauritania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali, Uganda as well as Zuma's South Africa. As Gadhafi left one meeting at his compound in Tripoli, he made a rare public appearance for international media before riding off in a car as he waved to supporters near his tent. The leader then entered a second meeting with the delegation.
Earlier Sunday, Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz told journalists that the meetings "will discuss the ways to resolve the crisis in Libya, and our main goal is to stop the military operations and find adequate solutions for the problem between our Libyan brothers,"
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"How wonderful. I protect my 'father' and those that brought down Lockerbie
and my brothers in al Qaeda who brought down the WTC and hit the Pentagon.
Being King is sooooooo great."
There’s something wrong here. How will 0bama take credit for it?
It appears that this 'deal' is not between Gadhafi and the rebels, but Gadhafi and the African Union delegation - i.e., a committee representing other leftist strongmen in the region, to whom Gadhafi has been generous in the past and can be expected to be even more generous in the future. I would be very suspicious that such a deal, that does not involve direct negotiations with one of the two sides in the conflict, is anything more than a publicity stunt.
Bad Viking! Bad Viking! 
Works for daffy,he get to reposition, and he is winning. The ragtags are between a rock and a hard spot.
Nothing like a Third World Ceasefire. They usually last about 20 minutes.
“Embattled Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, in negotiations with the African Union, has agreed in principal to a deal..”
Do these dolts pay someone to discern between “principle” and “principal”. Obviously not. And the bulk of the American populace knows not the difference.
On principle, MQ could be Obama’s principal.
Qadaffi is negotiating with the wrong group. Merely a PR play. Negotiate with those that have the guns against you, you dolt!
Note too that CNN is jumping all over this.
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