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Qadhafi: Arab nationalism is dead
Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi gave a hard-hitting speech against fellow-Arab countries, declaring Arab nationalism dead and gone forever. âThe times of Arab nationalism and unity are gone forever,â Qadhafi told an audience of women on Saturday at Syrte, east of Tripoli, AFP reported. âThese ideas which mobilised the masses are only a worthless currency.â
| "It's stinking pretty bad. It's time to bury it..." |
The once champion of both Arab nationalism and Pan-Africanism also called on the People's Congresses, the centre of the country's political system, to permit Libya to withdraw from the Arab League. Libya has been planning to leave the League for a number of months.
| There have been times when I haven't been sure. Sometimes I've thought Muammar just likes to see Amr Moussa grovel like that... |
âLibya has had to put up with too much from the Arabs for whom it has poured forth both blood and money,â he said in his speech. The resulting effect, Qadhafi said, was that the oil-rich country had been isolated by the US and âdemonised by the Westâ.
| That's what happens when you pick the wrong side... |
The Libyan leader reaffirmed his new-found orientation south, towards the African continent, saying he found there a source of great strength for Libya.
| "Arab unity didn't work. Let's try African unity. Whaddya think?" |
Likewise, reaffirming his faith in womanhood, Qadhafi described the gentle sex as âbetter and more capable than men.â
| I dunno if I'd go that far. Prettier, yes. I've discovered that 80 percent of the women I've met have been just as bad and just as inept as 80 percent of the men that I've met... |
Colonel Qadhafi is protected by a team of Amazonian-like women bodyguards.
| I prob'ly would be, too, if I had his money. I'd have dancing girls, too, and comely wenches to wave palm leaves to cool me... |
The Libyan authorities this year dedicated celebrations for the 34th anniversary of Qadhafi's rise to power to women, paying tribute to their growing role in public life and participation in the armed forces. Libya's new policies are aimed at courting African rather than Arab countries, which Qadhafi has denounced as powerless to deal with the problems in Iraq and Palestine.
| Muammar's probably as dumb as he looks, but he has had 34 years to figure this out... |
Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-10-05 |
