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| Libyan Foreign Minister quits, arrives in UK | |
| 2011-03-30 | |
'We can confirm that Moussa Koussa arrived at Farnborough Airport on 30 March from Tunisia. He travelled here under his own free will. He has told us he is resigning his post,' a UK Foreign Office spokesman said in a statement. 'Koussa is one of the most senior figures in Gaddafi's government and his role was to represent the regime internationally - something that he is no longer willing to do,' the spokesman said. The British government also encouraged people around Gaddafi to abandon him. Libyan rebels have been driven back some 200km by the superior firepower of Gaddafi's troops in a chaotic stampede which saw them yield most of the ground their recent advances had secured. But the first air strike in two days against loyalist positions in the east brought them some cause for celebration. | |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #1 Hope he took his family with him. If not, they're dead by now. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2011-03-30 20:59 |