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| Libya sez it wants no more of it’s stupid WMDs |
| 2003-12-19 |
| Libya’s leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi who will continue annoying the world with the spelling varieties of his name has said his country sought to develop weapons of mass destruction capabilities but will dismantle this programme completely, Prime Minister Tony Blair has announced. "This decision is an historic one and a The range of all Libya’s missiles would be restricted to "no more then 300km", he added. The US and its allies have long |
| Posted by:True German Ally |
| #12 Dar - the reason behind the multiple spellings is that English has no equivalent ot the Kef that his name starts with - its almost a swallowed gutreal cross between a K and a hand G. This is one of the most difficult consonants for an English speaker to learn in Arabic and one of the things that you have to master to not sound too obviously foreign, especially with the Iraqi dialect. If you learn Russian first it helps. I speak from experience on that. :-) |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2003-12-19 11:37:08 PM |
| #11 "Just beacuse you free two nations, depose a dictator,..." ROTF. Dean's going to have to come up with a different line, because hopefully by the time of the Democratic convention that list will be so long it will take up all of Dean's airtime. |
| Posted by: Matt 2003-12-19 10:10:15 PM |
| #10 CNN.com front page has mug of Gaddafi and I saw something in his face I haven't noticed in anyone since an acquaintance some years back, just before cancer ate thru his vena cava and he bled to death in his sleep. It's the look of the chemotherapy losing the battle. Or maybe it's just the look of Death. But hey, let's us look on the bright side! Not much way this can be bad news (:-o)> |
| Posted by: Glenn (not Reynolds) 2003-12-19 9:47:25 PM |
| #9 OK "Howard" LOL |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-12-19 8:56:14 PM |
| #8 It's of the utmost importance that the UN General Assembly convene and find, once and for all, an international, multilateral, standard spelling for Gaddafi/Gadhafi/Qadhafi/Qaddafi/Kaddafi/al-Qaddafi/Khaddafi! Seriously! TGA is right. Google on "Muammar Libya" and see. |
| Posted by: Dar 2003-12-19 8:00:24 PM |
| #7 Well said, Dr. Dean. Well said. |
| Posted by: Idiotarian 2003-12-19 7:45:43 PM |
| #6 Just beacuse you free two nations, depose a dictator, have terrorists on the run, AND get Libya to give of WMDs, it doesn't make the U.S. safer. |
| Posted by: Dr. Howard Dean 2003-12-19 7:28:18 PM |
| #5 If we hear an announcement of a new 99 year lease on Wheelus AFB, we will sure know the world is turned upside down. |
| Posted by: Frank Martin 2003-12-19 7:06:16 PM |
| #4 If this report is true, I will not refer to the Col. as G'Daffy any more. Well, at least on this issue...... |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-12-19 6:43:12 PM |
| #3 A good friend worked for years in Libya, and had a very low opinion of lets say, the average libyans technical competance. To a hazard a guess, I would say their WMD program hadn't gone according to plan. Otherwise this seriously good news for Bush and Blair. The left is going to really struggle to find a negative spin on this, and I look forward to Gadaffi detailing where he got help frm on his WMD programs. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2003-12-19 6:38:21 PM |
| #2 a photo finish of 4 postings Cool, now the rest of us Rantburg fans get to rate them all for style and wit. |
| Posted by: Carl in N.H. 2003-12-19 6:06:16 PM |
| #1 Yikes, a photo finish of 4 postings! |
| Posted by: True German Ally 2003-12-19 5:50:36 PM |