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| US renews ties with Libya |
| 2006-05-16 |
 The United States restored full diplomatic ties with Libya on Monday, rewarding the longtime pariah nation for scrapping its weapons of mass destruction programmes and signalling incentives for Iran and North Korea if they do the same. Culminating a years-long rapprochement with the OPEC member, Washington will reopen an embassy and remove Libya from a list of state sponsors of terrorism within 45 days. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 It would appear Libya has met the post-Lockerbie requirements for restoring diplomatic status. If that status was NOT restored now, our credibility would be damaged in the eyes of others in the Islamic world who might want to improve relations with the US. |
| Posted by: glenmore 2006-05-16 08:10 |
| #3 And what about theses nurses? Damn. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-05-16 07:53 |
| #2 With people in-country, we can keep a closer eye on any attempted shennanigans. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-05-16 07:34 |
| #1 Damn sight more than I would have given them, but I guess we've forgotten all about Lockerbie now. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2006-05-16 06:58 |