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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (45317)	12/20/2003 5:52:18 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

Not an isolated development but lot has gone behind it.. The series of negotiations and onsite inspections by U.S. and British experts were initiated by the long-reviled Gadhafi in March, shortly after he agreed to a settlement in the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am jetliner over Lockerbie, Scotland. The result, Bush and Blair said, was that Libya agreed to disclose all its weapons of mass destruction and related programs and to open the North African country to international weapons inspectors to oversee their elimination. Libya's most significant acknowledgment was that it had a program intended to enrich uranium for use in nuclear weapons, a senior Bush administration official said. Libya's nuclear effort was more advanced than previously thought, said the official, who briefed reporters at the White House on condition of anonymity. U.S. and British experts inspected components of a centrifuge program to enrich the uranium, but did not see a fully operational system, the official said. Teams of American and British experts went to Libya in October and December, the official said. The Libyan news agency Jana Tripoli quoted Foreign Minister Abdel-Rahman Shalqam as saying Libyan experts had shown their U.S. and British counterparts "the substances, equipment and programs that could lead to production of internationally banned weapons." The experts visited 10 sites related to Libya's nuclear program, the official said. The American and British team also was shown a significant amount of mustard agent, a World War I-era chemical weapon. Libya made the material more than a decade ago, and had bombs that could be filled with the substance for use in combat, the U.S. official said. Libya also acknowledged having chemicals that could be used to make nerve agent. The official said there was little evidence of a biological warfare program. Libyan officials further acknowledged contacts with North Korea, a supplier of long-range ballistic missiles, and provided the U.S.-British team access to missile research and development facilities. However, the official said several "remaining uncertainties" about Libya's programs exist even after all the disclosures. Bush said the United States and Britain, wary of Libyan promises, would watch closely to make sure Gadhafi keeps his word. And he said Libya's promises on weapons aren't enough; it must "fully engage in the war against terror" as well. If Libya "takes these essential steps and demonstrates its seriousness," Bush held out the promise of helping it build "a more free and prosperous country." Neither he nor aides provided specifics. The U.N. Security Council ended sanctions against Libya on Sept. 12 after Gadhafi's government took responsibility for the Pan Am bombing and agreed to pay $2.7 billion to the victims' families. But the United States has kept its own 17-year embargo in place and has kept Libya on the list of nations that sponsor terrorism. "As we have found with other nations, old hostilities do not need to go on forever," Bush said. "Libya can regain a secure and respected place among the nations and, over time, achieve far better relations with the United States." In a statement carried by the Libyan news agency, Gadhafi called his move a "wise decision and a brave step that merit support from the Libyan people."

To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (45317)	12/20/2003 7:28:33 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

The only way is the Bush way make them afraid and let them know that blood is no more a cheap commodity sacrificed on altar of appeasing politicans the new order is "Oderint dum metuant": Let them hate me, provided that they fear me. Berlusconi told the magazine he had supported the war against Iraq because of Italy's loyalty to the United States, and said he thought Saddam Hussein had either destroyed or exported his weapons of mass destruction. He said the US invasion had been positive, both to oust a dictatorship and to serve as a paradigm for change in the region. He quoted an unnamed leader - later identified by his spokesman as Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi - who told him recently: "I will do whatever the Americans want because I saw what happened in Iraq and I was afraid." My comments.. He is definitely more afraid after seeing ace in the hole.. we welcome Qaddafi to comity of nations, we also assure him of our support to obtain for Libyans freedom that we al cherish, he starts with us with a new slate. Ike on this.. iranian.com