Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi insisted on Wednesday, December 25, that he still planned to pull his nation out of the 22-member Arab League. Libya will keep to its decision, announced two months ago, âas long as the League charter is not re-activated and respected in a way that guarantees effective Arab action against the dangers facing the Arab world,â he said, quoted by the official Jana news agency. "To hell with you guys. I'm becoming an African."
Libyaâs minister for African Unity, Ali Abdel Salam Triki, told Agence France-Presse (AFP) earlier he had informed League chief Amr Mussa on Monday, December 23, that Tripoli would pull out âdue to the continuing situation of deterioration in the Arab world.â
"You people are crazy!"
Mussa visited Tripoli briefly on Monday in a last-ditch effort to keep Libya from bolting the League. Libya announced on October 24 that it wanted to quit the organization for failing to do much to stop Israelâs aggression against the Palestinians and U.S. threats of war against Iraq.
"If you'd just let Muammar be in charge, things'd be better. So we're gonna concentrate on the Central African Republic for awhile, where things are better."