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To: Thomas M. who wrote (10256)	5/7/2004 6:29:18 PM
From: rrufff	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20773

I'm not lying. I've pointed out what he said you spend your time defending former and current terrorists. Here's some more on the gentleman you defend. Amnesty: Libya Used Torture Top news: 7 May 2004, Friday. Confessions from six medics in Libya relating to infecting children with the AIDS virus were extracted by torture, Amnesty International said. The human rights watchdog reacted in shock over the imposition of death sentences for the five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor pronounced in Benghazi yesterday. Amnesty called for the Libyan authorities to immediately quash them. Its delegates were the only representatives of international organizations to be allowed to visit Libya in February and see the accused medics. They heard from those convicted that they were tortured in order to extract confessions, which they later retracted. Their report described the tortures used, including extensive use of electric shocks; being suspended from a height by the arms; being blindfolded and threatened with being attacked by barking dogs; and beatings, including falaqa (beatings on the soles of the feet), and being beaten with electric cables. Amnesty reminded about Col Qaddafi's appeal for the abolishment of death sentences but scolded the Arab country that "it must begin to turn words into action." novinite.com

To: Thomas M. who wrote (10256)	5/7/2004 6:36:54 PM
From: rrufff	Respond to of 20773

Better than the blogs you dwell in, here's the Chinese take on one of your heroes. BEIJING, April 27 (Xinhuanet) -- Libyan leader Colonel Moammar Gaddafi arrived in Brussels Tuesday for a landmark visit to the headquarters of the European Union (EU). In his first visit to the European continent since 1989, Gaddafi will meet with European Commission (EC) President Romano Prodi and several other European commissioners. The EU has become Libya's largest trading partner and one of the main consumers of Libyan oil. Following are the major events in Libya's relations with EU countries over the past 20 years. April 1984 -- Britain suspected Libya were involved in shooting a British policewoman to death outside the Libyan embassy in London and accused Libya of supporting the Irish Republican Army for terrorism and splittism. Britain severed its diplomatic relations with Libya. Dec. 21, 1988 -- A Pan Am airliner crashed in Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270 people. Britain and the United States believed Libyan intelligence officials were responsible for the crash after investigations. March 1992 -- The United Nations Security Council decided to impose air, military and diplomatic sanctions against Libya under a resolution jointly drafted by Britain, the United States and France. July 1996 -- A German company signed a 130-million-dollar contract with Libya to help build five power stations and factories for desalination of sea water. November 1999 -- The British government announced comprehensive resumption of diplomatic relations with Libya after Tripoli handedover two alleged Lockerbie bombing suspects to the Hague for trial. August 2003 -- The Libyan government officially accepted to take full responsibility for the 1988 Lockerbie bombing by agreeing to pay 2.7 billion US dollars to the families of victims and asked the United Nations to lift the 11-year-old sanctions against the country. January 2004 -- EC President Romano Prodi said in a telephone conversation to Gaddafi that Libya should develop a closer relationship with the EU and he invited Libya to join the Barcelona Process, a program between the EU and Mediterranean countries. January 2004 -- Libya signed a compensation deal with France and agreed to pay 170 million dollars to the families of the victims of the 1989 bombing of a French airliner over Niger, which killed 170 people, including 54 French nationals. Feb. 9, 2004 -- Libyan Foreign Minister Abdel-Rahman Shalqam visited Britain, the first Libyan foreign minister to travel to London after Gaddafi took office in 1969. Feb. 10, 2004 -- Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi met with Gaddafi in the Libyan seaside city of Sirte, becoming the first Western leader to visit Libya since the country vowed to abandon its programs of weapons of mass destruction in December 2003. March 25, 2004 -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair visited Libya, the first trip to the North African country by a British prime minister since World War Two. April 19, 2004 -- French President Jacques Chirac accepted an invitation in principle to visit Libya soon, Chirac's office said.Enditem news.xinhuanet.com