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| Guardian Provides Entertaining Quotes from Muammar's Past |
| 2004-03-26 |
| Posted by:Super Hose |
| #1 Here better a sample of three of his comments - On Libya-IRA solidarity [Having supplied assault rifles and Semtex explosive to the IRA in the 80s, Gadafy was was asked if he had increased IRA aid because Britain helped the 1986 US air raids on Libya]: Yes, of course ... The Americans are acting with the mentality of cowboys and a civilised country like Britain should not be in the same policy with the Americans. But Thatcher played with the cowboys and therefore it did a lot of harm to Britain. Yes, she is a cowgirl. · Observer, 1987 On Libya-IRA non-solidarity This act [the bombing of Manchester] should not be supported. Should it be confirmed that the IRA was behind the bombing, it would mean that the IRA deviated a great deal from liberating Ireland. · Libyan state news agency Jana, June 1996 On Libyan peacemaking in Ireland The ultimate objective of supporting an armed struggle is to bring a problem to a conclusion, a peaceful conclusion. So when I saw that the British and the Irish were talking to each other [leading to the Good Friday agreement], that there was a chance to solve the problem by peaceful means, then there was no longer justification for giving support for armed action. · Interview, Sunday Mirror, January 2003 |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-03-26 7:35:22 AM |