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  • Libya Seeks Reward for Scrapping Banned Weapons

    12/20/2003 8:13:08 AM PST · by Momaw Nadon · 38 replies · 646+ views
    Reuters via Yahoo! ^ | Saturday, December 20, 2003 | By Salah Sarrar
    TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya made clear on Saturday it wanted to come in from the cold after decades as a pariah state, and the United States and Britain promised to reward its decision to abandon banned weapons programs. Almost 15 years to the day since its agents brought down a Pan Am airliner over Lockerbie, Muammar Gaddafi's state opened the prospect of an end to sanctions and a return of U.S. oil firms with a pledge on Friday to stop seeking weapons of mass destruction. Britain said it had been close to an atomic bomb. Some U.S. officials cautioned that...