The Red Rag (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Daily Telegraph has revealed that a number of huge contacts in Libya including the construction of “Gaddafi Tower” and a five star hotel have been awarded to firms with Labour links. The contracts are likely to lead to renewed scrutiny of British trade links with Libya in the wake of Mr Blair agreeing a controversial deal with Colonel Gaddafi during his final months in Downing Street....
SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Independent.ie Monday November 02 2009 A delegation of politicians from the UK have held talks with the Libyan authorities in Tripoli over compensation for victims of IRA violence in Northern Ireland . The cross-party group of three MPs and three members of the Lords met a number of officials from Colonel Gaddafi's regime to discuss the ongoing bid to secure financial redress for Libya's role in arming...
Gypsy Scholar (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
Griffin Against Islamists? (Image from The Spectator ) Keeping up with the national politics of European nations is an endless task, especially for an American expat like me living in Korea, where I'm more affected by the day-to-day politics of Northeast Asia, but difficult to miss is the rise in respectability of the racist right in some European countries. Take Britain. The British National Pary...
FreeThoughtManifesto (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
By Andrew Woodcock, Press Association Monday, 26 October 2009 Courtesy Of The Independent ...Colonel Gaddafi accused the international community of "double standards" because Israel is allowed to maintain a barely-hidden nuclear capability while Iran comes under massive pressure not to develop its own. ... asked if he would advise Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to do the same, he told...
Not a sheep (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
From The Telegraph's report on Colonel Gaddafi's non-apology for the shooting dead of WPC Yvonne Fletcher comes this real "No shit, Sherlock" moment: "If Iran develops nuclear weapons it could eventually lead to the Palestinians having nuclear weapons " D'ya think? "No shit, Sherlock"
Connecting the Dots in the New World Order (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi today said that the Palestinians should be allowed to have nuclear weapons if the world does not act to disarm Israel of its arsenal. Colonel Gaddafi accused the international community of "double standards" because Israel is allowed to maintain a barely-hidden nuclear capability while Iran comes under massive pressure not to develop its own.' Read more...
Not a sheep (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Well sort of... The Telegraph reports that: "Col Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader, has apologised for the first time for the shooting of Wpc Yvonne Fletcher. " But has he really> Well no, as the article goes on to explain: "He said she was not an enemy of Libya and was protecting the Libyan Embassy in London when she died, but also insisted that the gunman remained unknown. In a...
rssblogstory (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the Libyan agent convicted of the Lockerbie bombing, is still alive, his lawyer said today, denying an earlier report he had died in Tripoli two months after his release on compassionate grounds from a Scottish prison. Megrahi, 56, who has terminal prostate cancer, has been in hospital since shortly after returning home in August. Doctors who recommended that he be freed suggested...
Swisster (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
A Swiss government delegation was in Tripoli Monday in a bid to contact two Swiss businessmen who have been detained in Libya for more than year following a diplomatic row with Switzerland. Television Suisse Romande reported that a delegation of five or six representatives was sent on the diplomatic mission by Michael Ambühl, Swiss secretary of state for foreign affairs. The envoys, who arrived...
Islamization Watch (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
No doubt he will continue his father's Islamic experiment. THE son of Libyan leader Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi has been named co-ordinator of a grouping of tribal, political and business leaders, a Libyan paper said yesterday – making him the second most powerful figure in the country. The exact powers Saif al-Islam will exercise are not clear, but the appointment as head of the "Popular...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
Abdulgader Mohammed Baghdadi is a mysterious but powerful figure in Colonel Gaddafi's regime.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
Matouk Mohamed Matouk was one of the four men running the Libyan embassy on direct orders from Colonel Gaddafi at the time of WPc Yvonne Fletcher's murder and his loyalty has been rewarded with some of the most senior posts in the Libyan regime.
Maghreb Confidential (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
Remaining silent up to now on the joint policy of Silvio Berlusconi and Muammar Kadhafi on returning illicit immigrants to Libya, the Catholic church has just come out against the practice. (...) [109mots]
Times Online (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
In the recent coverage of the 40th anniversary of Colonel Gaddafi’s accession to power, there was little mention of the monarchy overthrown by his coup in 1969. The tacit assumption was that the now-forgotten King Idris I had been the victim of a socialist revolution that had, at least, a large measure of popular support. Viewed through the century-long prism of his helpmate and widow Queen Fatima,...
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imagine lifestyles | 09/11/2009
Recently launched at the Organization of African Unity, the Saroukh el-Jamahiriya, or Libyan Rocket, was designed by Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. This car is rumored to potentially be the safest car in the world. While there is no solid proof to back-up the claim of being the safest car, the vehicle was created by Gaddafi in response to the high numbers of people injured and killed every year on the roads...
parisius | 03/03/2009
Big compensation deal between Lybia and Italy - Berlusconi to Gadhafi: "Come to G-8 with your tent!" Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi travelled to Libya for the ratification of a US$5 billion compensation package involving construction projects and student grants. In return, Italy wants Libya to crack down on illegal immigration. The compensation agreement for Italy's pernicious occupation of Libya
shugaray | 09/07/2008
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