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.
This guy is still a colonel? Lol...
Man I tell ya...
Does anyone else get aging-transvestite-Queen-for-a-day vibes from that pick?
Yesh!!!
Sun Jul 21, 1:13 PM ET
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (L) laughs as he welcomes Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi on his arrival at the presidential palace in Cairo on July 21, 2002. The Libyan leader arrived in Egypt to discuss bilateral, regional and international issues with Mubarak. REUTERS/Aladin Abdel Naby
Tue Jul 23, 9:40 AM ET
Saif Gaddafi, son of Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, stands in front of one of his pieces of artwork featuring his father's portrait July 23 2002. Gaddafi's work is part of a Libyan art and antiquities exhibition on view for the first time in the UK. REUTERS/Kieran Doherty
Would you like pistachio, chocolate chip or vanilla? Want jimmies on it?
Reality check:
Which is the real Colonel Gadaffi?
A) Provider of death squads to protect Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe regime;
B) Leader of UN Human Rights Commission and Nobel Peace Prize candidate;
C) A and B.
... to this...
... so as to shed his militaristic image and be more of a statesman. Yeah that's it.
Moammar: "Come on Hosni, be honest now. Does this outfit make me look fat?"
I feel pretty,
Oh so pretty,
I feel pretty and witty and gay,
And I pity
Any girl who isn't me today.
Hosni: Noooo! Zaftig baby, zaftig!
His contribution to Americans' rights.
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