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Africa: North
Saudis deny Egyptian mediation in Libya row
2005-03-20
Saudi Arabia yesterday denied that Egypt had mediated between the kingdom and Libya to defuse a row over an alleged assassination plot targeting Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz. "Reports of mediation between Saudi Arabia and Libya, and that this mediation achieved its objective, are not true," the official Saudi Press Agency quoted a government source as as saying.

Saudi Arabia has accused Libya of plotting to kill Prince Abdullah in 2003, after he clashed with Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi at an Arab summit. In December it recalled its ambassador from Tripoli and expelled Libya's envoy in Riyadh. Libya has denied the accusations. Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmad Aboul Geit earlier said Egypt had been mediating to resolve the row, and Cairo's efforts had "realised their goal and some breakthrough has been achieved in the position between Libya and Saudi".
Posted by:Fred

#5  Shipman, I am sure there will be other opportunities. In both direction, as the love between Mo and Prance Abdullah is mutual.;-)
Posted by: Sobiesky   2005-03-20 12:08:33 PM  

#4  That would've put Nayef in charge... and accelerated the end of the House of Saud because he would've accelerated their support for Wahhabism abroad and abrogated most "cooperative" (lol!) arrangements between the US and SA in tracking money & Bad Guyz in and out of SA. Definitely a "destabilizer" for the "stable" M.E., lol!

I can almost see the ghostly outlines of the Republic of Eastern Arabia forming out of the Persian Gulf fog... Lol!
Posted by: .com   2005-03-20 12:06:39 PM  

#3  Am I the only one around here who wished Mo had gotten lucky on this scheme? It would have destablized things for sure.... :)
Posted by: Shipman   2005-03-20 12:01:39 PM  

#2  ...Am I the only one who thinks he looks like Michael Palin as Arthur Gumby?...

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2005-03-20 11:43:07 AM  

#1  You know you're surrounded by yes-men when they let you go out in public dressed like that. "Lookin' good, Colonel dude. Sharp, very sharp."
Posted by: Matt   2005-03-20 10:46:00 AM  

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