Qadhafi: Arab nationalism is dead

aljazeera.net ^ | Sunday 05 October 2003 | AFP

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Qadhafi: Arab nationalism is dead
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Saturday 04 October 2003 10:33 PM GMT

 

Qadhafi has long championed women's rights in the Arab world

Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi gave a hard-hitting speech against fellow-Arab countries, declaring Arab nationalism dead and gone forever.

“The times of Arab nationalism and unity are gone forever,” Qadhafi told an audience of women on Saturday at Syrte, east of Tripoli, AFP reported. “These ideas which mobilised the masses are only a worthless currency.”

The once champion of both Arab nationalism and Pan-Africanism also called on the People's Congresses, the centre of the country's political system, to permit Libya to withdraw from the Arab League.
  
Libya has been planning to leave the League for a number of months. 
  
“Libya has had to put up with too much from the Arabs for whom it has poured forth both blood and money,” he said in his speech.

The resulting effect, Qadhafi said, was that the oil-rich country had been isolated by the US and “demonised by the West”.

Looking south

The Libyan leader reaffirmed his new-found orientation south, towards the African continent, saying he found there a source of great strength for Libya. 

 

“The times of Arab nationalism and unity are gone forever. These ideas which mobilised the masses are only a worthless currency”

Muammar Qadhafi

Likewise, reaffirming his faith in womanhood, Qadhafi described the gentle sex as “better and more capable than men.”

Colonel Qadhafi is protected by a team of Amazonian-like women bodyguards.
  
The Libyan authorities this year dedicated celebrations for the 34th anniversary of Qadhafi's rise to power to women, paying tribute to their growing role in public life and participation in the armed forces.
  
Libya's new policies are aimed at courting African rather than Arab countries, which Qadhafi has denounced as powerless to deal with the problems in Iraq and Palestine.

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Colonel Qadhafi is protected by a team of Amazonian-like women bodyguards.

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[AM2000]

Sounds hot, doesnt it....

[ZeitgeistSurfer]

When will Quadhafi be the cover boy on Ms. Magazine?

[boycott]

Even a thug like Qadhafi doesn't want anything to do with the Arabs. That about says it all.

[RightWhale]

Khadaffi is right. It's not just Arab nationalism, but any nationalism. All dead and gone, either now or soon. ALL of them, you name it.

[Consort]

...One of his bodyguards.

[Recovering_Democrat]

The Baa'th Party in Syria, Iraq and Egypt had a common goal: one Arab nation--Pan-Arabism if you will. Trouble is, they fought amongst themselves almost as much as they fought for their common goal.

[WVNan]

Guess I had heard that before but forgot. I've always said that the best hope for Africa is her women.

[tkathy]

The suicide murderers have killed Arab nationalism. Such evil destroys everything in its path, including its own. The Arabs just don't get how they are totally responsible for their own ills.