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...chance that either one can be spirited out of Libya and brought to trial in the U.S. seems remote. In any case, the real responsibility lies higher up: government officials on both sides of the Atlantic think the trail of blame leads straight into the office of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. But how can he and his regime be punished...
President Bush promised to consult with other world leaders to map out a way. French President Francois Mitterrand hinted that this time Paris might join -- even though France only last month proposed that the European Community lift existing economic sanctions against Libya. An embarrassingly few days later, a French examining magistrate accused four other Libyans, including Gaddafi's brother-in-law Abdallah Senoussi, of bombing a French DC- 10 jet that exploded over Africa nine months after the Lockerbie tragedy (death toll: 171). French intelligence suspects that both bombings were planned at the same meeting in Tripoli...
Alarcon was the only speaker. Others who had planned to speak, including Iraq, Libya, Vietnam and Afghanistan, withdrew when the resolution was withdrawn. Most Latin nations had indicated they would abstain and some indicated they would vote...
...that the cold war is over, MUAMMAR GADDAFI is feeling left out. Early this summer Britain brushed off his clumsy attempt to make up for the 1984 London murder of a female British constable by an unidentified gunman firing from Libya's embassy. A Gaddafi aide slipped a visiting Member of Parliament a check for $500,000, made out to a British police association, but London sent it back. Last month, trying to repair relations with the U.S., the Libyan leader sent President Bush an elaborate invitation to his gala opening of the Great Man-Made River project. No reply...
...made a number of other claims that have been contested by the Justice Department, another well-placed source confirms that Asaf Ali is backed financially by B.C.C.I. in his worldwide deals and that he brokers Mirages, including some top-of-the-line Mirage 2000s that were sold to Iraq, Libya and Abu Dhabi, among other countries...