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Old 06-10-2004, 10:34 AM
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Re: Has Qaddafi changed?

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Originally posted by Rudey
While he was renouncing terrorism, he was suspected of setting up the assassination of the Saudi Monarch to destabilize the region.

Terrorists don't change. His hands are bloody just like any other terrorists.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/10/in...10LIBY.html?hp

-Rudey
I'm not sure how Saudis generally feal about their monarch. If they have a favorable view, I would see an act like that just cementing their resolve against groups like Al Quaeda. For the US, something like that might actually be helpful as far as our middle east policy and the war against terrorism.

I think at this point as far as Libya goes, the US is best off playing with the hand it's dealt. Pakistan, for example, while not being a model of democracy is much better for the US as an ally than as an enemy.

I'm still on the fence about Libya.
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