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| Africa: North | |
| Israeli delegation to visit Libya | |
| 2004-01-06 | |
| That's gonna tighten the Lebanese turbans... An Israeli delegation is expected to visit Libya with the aim of reaching a mutual understanding on the signing of a peace agreement, according to the Kuwaiti Al-Seyassa newspaper Tuesday. European diplomatic sources said Monday that senior Libyan and Israeli officials met in Vienna last Friday in the presence of an American diplomat from the Vienna embassy, and agreed that a joint Israeli delegation consisting of officials from the foreign ministry, defense department and Mossad will pay a visit to Tripoli in the second half of this month, with the goal of discussing the end of relations of hostility between the Libyans and Israelis and building normal ties between both countries. Damm, that meter does work! Moreover, the sources told the newspaper that Kadhafi’s son, Saif al Islam and the head of intelligence, Moussa Kousa have met Israeli officials more than once in Geneva and London during August and November this year with the help of Qatar’s mediation. Working on those Paleo camps in Libya, perhaps? Meanwhile, in comments published Tuesday, Libyan leader Muammar Kadhafi is quoted as saying he is ready to compensate Libyan Jews whose properties were confiscated. He also said he is prepared to allow Libyans to travel to Israel, according to Arab press reports. Speaking to members of the Popular Committe for Public Security and Justice, Kadhafi denied the existence of political prisoners in Libyan jails. He offered any international body for human rights access to Libyan prisons in order to verify this issue. "There is no opposition in Libya... if a citizen has an opposed opinion, he can express it freely via popular conferences," the Libyan ruler was quoted as saying. He had his lips welded on years ago. I’m sure there are no political prisoners in jail, they have lots of empty desert and plenty of shovels. In addition, Kadhafi stressed that Tripoli’s doors are open to everyone who wants to travel or emigrate to other countries, even to Israel. He called to compensate those that lost their assets and money during the early stages of the revolution. He said the state must try those who gained control of other people’s properties in the name of the revolution. He’s gonna try himself and then his son will pardon him.
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| Posted by:Steve |
| #6 Mark Just for the record, if you look directly above the article you may see a blue rectangle. See it? Good. Now, if you read it, it says Africa: North. Now, if you want to make useless comments, please at least get your geography correct. Thank you. |
| Posted by: S 2004-1-6 11:27:41 PM |
| #5 More destabilization of the Mideast. (thank you Mr. Bush) |
| Posted by: Mark 2004-1-6 3:27:01 PM |
| #4 I think Q must be seriously cramming for his finals. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-1-6 1:37:00 PM |
| #3 I thought the colonel ejected all his refugess in the 80's to create more forlorn urchins for Arafat's propoganda machine. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-1-6 11:41:21 AM |
| #2 Musa Kusa first achieved prominence as Director of Qaddafi's International Center for Revolution. As such he was responsible for the world-wide distribution of Qaddafi's "Green Book", for propaganda, and for enlisting Muslims in Qaddafi's Islamic Legion. The Legion was created to take the casualties during Q's effort to assimilate Chad. In the late nineteen eighties Kusa worked out of Sudan's Darfur and was in charge of Libyan efforts to overthrow Hissene Habre and his government in Chad. He is, no matter what cloak he wears today, a nasty character. |
| Posted by: Tancred 2004-1-6 10:58:32 AM |
| #1 head of intelligence, Moussa Kousa? If a moussa could, would a kousa mess with me? |
| Posted by: john 2004-1-6 9:19:42 AM |