The US-led anti-terrorist campaign is reshuffling the whole geopolitical map:
Gadhafi says America has the right to retaliate
October 23, 2001 Posted: 7:25 PM EDT (2325 GMT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, once one of Washington's sworn enemies, said Tuesday the United States had a right to retaliate for the September 11 attacks, but said he would not brand Osama bin Laden a terrorist before an international conference agreed a definition of "terrorism."
"We have to sit down at any level to define what is terrorism, without emotions ... otherwise terrorism will win."
"America has the right to retaliate with direct military action; this is the right of self-defense that doesn't need notification of the (U.N.) Security Council ... We don't blame America," he said.
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cnn.com
Now, see how Lybia's surprise alignment with the US sends jitters to France's foreign policymakers:
news.bbc.co.uk
Indeed, without Lybia's cooperation, France's African agenda is in jeopardy... Hence the French's anxiety to figure out what Gadhafi has in mind --LOL! |
