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Gadaffi To Head Human Rights Body
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| Tue 20 Aug 2002
Posted on 08/20/2002 10:20:19 AM PDT by gubamyster
Libyan leader Colonel Gadaffi is to head an international watchdog on human rights.
Libya is to be elected chair of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights - despite its links with terrorism and torture.
The move sparked a storm of controversy as it emerged British officials did nothing to block the appointment.
Libyan terrorists were responsible for the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, which killed 270 people, and Gadaffi's regime has been criticised for violence against its own people.
Isolate
Human rights groups and Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith united to criticise the appointment.
But a Foreign Office spokeswoman said: "Our policy is to engage constructively with Libya, rather than isolate them."
Gadaffi's one-year term begins next March.
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: libyanstrongman; roguenations; un
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To: gubamyster
When I first saw this, I thought it was a sick joke. Then I saw it was the UN. I was right...
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posted on
08/20/2002 10:21:55 AM PDT
by
eureka!
To: gubamyster
This makes perfect sense. What better poster boy for the U.N., than Gadaffi.
To: gubamyster
If there was any evidence that the UN needs to dissolve, this is it. This makes me sick.
To: gubamyster
The loonies are running the asylum alert!!BWAHAHAHAHAHA!
To: gubamyster
Gadaffi? Well, only because Idi Amin is dead.
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posted on
08/20/2002 10:24:36 AM PDT
by
Mr. Mojo
To: gubamyster
What happened to that snappy generalissimo outfit he used to wear? Out of fashion?
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posted on
08/20/2002 10:26:57 AM PDT
by
Salman
To: eureka!
Get the hell out!!!!!
Is this real???
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posted on
08/20/2002 10:31:49 AM PDT
by
Dog
To: Salman
This one?
To: Salman
Did he have a sex change operation the world doesn't know about.....??
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posted on
08/20/2002 10:33:59 AM PDT
by
Dog
To: gubamyster
The Purple Rose of Tripoli will probably be nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.
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posted on
08/20/2002 10:34:41 AM PDT
by
Consort
To: gubamyster
BREAKING NEWS>>>>> DRACULA NOMINATED TO CHAIR RED CROSS!!
(;^)
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posted on
08/20/2002 10:42:18 AM PDT
by
Robe
To: Robe
BREAKING NEWS: Bill Xlinton Will Run Rape Crisis Center!
This is disgusting. But then, it's the U.N.
And that little purple pillbox hat is all wrong for him.
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posted on
08/20/2002 10:45:27 AM PDT
by
bootless
To: Salman
What happened to that snappy generalissimo outfit he used to wear? Out of fashion? I believe our beloved President Reagan blew it off the little despot with a couple of well placed F-111 bombs.
To: Salman
That expression on his (her?) face looks like his gerbil must be scratching yo get out!
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posted on
08/20/2002 10:51:01 AM PDT
by
aShepard
To: bootless
Just what will it take for the US to quit the UN?
At what point does even the Emperor realize he has no clothes?
This is so.....I dont know ...Ive run out of expressions of disgust and anger. .........,,,,
LETS QUIT NOW
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posted on
08/20/2002 10:54:39 AM PDT
by
Robe
To: gubamyster
This is perfect (in a Bizarro world).
To: eureka!
In a related story...Bill Clinton will head up the Center For Abstinence.
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posted on
08/20/2002 11:11:17 AM PDT
by
Puppage
To: gubamyster
Looks like he's just come out of church in Tuna, Texas.
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posted on
08/20/2002 11:21:31 AM PDT
by
Erasmus
To: gubamyster
Shouldn't it read BEhead human rights body?
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posted on
08/20/2002 11:21:36 AM PDT
by
gundog
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