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2011-08-26 Africa North

Gaddafi's desperate secret lobbying revealed

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Posted by ryuge 2011-08-26 11:31|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Hey, My Little Munchkin called on his grandstanding...

Sufyan Omeish, stated that Kucinich was "concerned that his personal safety in Tripoli could not be guaranteed". His preference was to conduct meetings with regime officials outside Libya. There was a plan for Kucinich to meet "senior Libyan officials, including Gaddafi" which never materialized. Kucinich visited Syria instead.

Posted by tu3031 2011-08-26 12:54|| 2011-08-26 12:54|| Front Page Top

#2 It approached key figures from President Obama downwards. The Libyan government tried to convince Dennis Kucinich to visit Tripoli as part of a hastily arranged "peace mission".

How the mighty have fallen. The best Kadaffy could do was ex D.C. Congressman Walter Fauntroy the race baiter.

Should have shelled out more dosh and gotten Jesse Jackson, or for an extra grand, Al Sharpton. He has his own cable TV show, you know.

Ex-Member of Congress Detained in Libya Was on Vigilante Peace Mission
Former U.S. member of Congress Walter Fauntroy, currently held in Tripoli's Rixos Hotel, had traveled to Libya on a self-appointed peace mission. His trip did not have his government's approval, though he appears to have planned to negotiate on behalf of his country, and came as a complete surprise to the State Department, government sources tell The Atlantic. Fauntroy is being detained by troops loyal to Muammar Qaddafi along with several Western journalists at the Rixos Hotel. It is not immediately clear if they is being held as hostages by the regime.

Posted by Eohippus Phater7165 2011-08-26 13:32|| 2011-08-26 13:32|| Front Page Top

#3 If I were Khaddafy, I would looking at some country like Sierra Leone or Haiti for a refuge: offer to fund $500 million a year in infrastructure projects in the country for political asylum. The Khaddafy clan has billions in gold, bearer bonds, and secret bank accounts in the Arab world to draw on. And that arrangement would let them live reasonably well for a couple of decades anyway. After all, he could invest a couple of hundred million in short-term Kuwaiti or Saudi bonds and get the 15% interest that they pay for that.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2011-08-26 20:37|| 2011-08-26 20:37|| Front Page Top

#4 Just doing pick and shovel projects in those countries would let you employ 100,000 workers at $100 a month, which is good wages in those countries. Then you pay to have T-shirts silk-screened with the name of the political party that cut you the deal and hand them out to the workers, along with locally produced straw/grass hats, and you have a political structure that supports you.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2011-08-26 20:39|| 2011-08-26 20:39|| Front Page Top

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