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Second, even if all concerned parties agreed to dispose of their arsenals, only the products of nuclear technology dissappear, not the knowledge. The U.S., the Soviets or Colonel Muammar Khaddafy might at any time decide to utilize the knowledge to secure quick and easy military victory and the world would have no recourse. The U.S. and the USSR--and perhaps Britain, China and France--could keep a few nuclear weapons to deter third-party countries from seeking such advantage, but this would increase the likelihood of strategic calculations for alliances between the nations and strategies to win nuclear...

Author: By Joseph F Kahn, | Title: Not So Fast | 10/16/1986 | See Source »

...Benghazi in April, American reporters had good reason to go after the story. But they were chasing a will-o'-the-wisp. The Washington Post claimed last week that the rumors over Libya had been instigated by the Administration in a "secret and unusual campaign of deception" to destabilize Muammar Gaddafi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Real and Illusionary Events | 10/13/1986 | See Source »

...chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, which supplied $600,000 of the program's $3.5 million budget. The series, she charges, "frequently degenerates into anti-Western diatribe" and fails to meet NEH's "standards of balance and objectivity." Among her complaints: a sympathetic portrayal of Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi. At Cheney's insistence, NEH's name was removed from the show's credits, and a request for funds to promote the show was denied...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: One Man's View of a Continent the Africans | 10/13/1986 | See Source »

...RECENT DAYS, the press has assailed the White House mercilessly for its "disinformation" campaign aimed at toppling Libyan leader Muammar Khaddafy...

Author: By David G. Patent, | Title: A Call for Self-Scrutiny | 10/9/1986 | See Source »

...nearly a year, Fiat Chairman Gianni Agnelli has been trying to rid Europe's largest private automaker of an unwanted partner: the government of Libyan Strongman Muammar Gaddafi. In 1976 Libya purchased a 15% share of the then troubled company for $320 million and won two seats on Fiat's 15-member board. After Fiat executed a successful turnaround to become Europe's best- selling automaker, the Tripoli government refused to part with its shares. Last week Libya, presumably strapped for cash by low oil prices, handed over its shares for a handsome $3 billion. Two of the buyers, West...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Buyouts: At Last, Ciao to Gaddafi | 10/6/1986 | See Source »

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