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Clinton calls on Gaddafi to step down
 Hillary Clinton... sometimes described as the Smartest Woman in the World and at other times as Mrs. Bill, never as Another Gray Eminence... , the US secretary of state has said Muammar Gaddaf should resign instead of issuing threats after the Libyan leader threatened on to attack European "homes, offices and families" unless NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the style of the American pants... stopped bombing his country. "Qadaffy should put the well-being and the interests of his own people first and he should step down from power," Clinton said in Madrid on Saturday. "The NATO-led mission is on track. The pressure on Qadaffy is mounting and the rebels have been gaining strength and momentum. We need to see this through and we are in complete agreement that we will." NATO said on Saturday that it was increasing the number of air strikes on western Libya, an area largely under Qadaffy's control. 'Catastrophe' In a telephone address through loudspeakers to thousands of supporters gathered in Tripoli's Green Square, on Friday, Qadaffy warned the NATO-led alliance to stop its war support or face "catastrophe". In the speech, 100 days after NATO first entered the country, Qadaffy gave multiple warnings to foreign forces that have been militarily supporting anti-regime rebels for months. "We advise you to retreat before you face a catastrophe... If we decide to, we are able to move to Europe like locusts, like bees," Qadaffy said as a crowd of supporters waved green flags and posters of the leader. Addressing the West, Qadaffy warned that Libyans could take Dire Revenge™ on Europe for its support of rebel forces. "We can decide to treat you [Europe] in a similar way," adding, "if we decide, we can also move it [the war] to Europe, to target your homes, offices, families, which would become legitimate military targets, like you have targeted our homes." "I advise you to ground your planes... and to hold discussions with the Libyan people," Qadaffy said, denouncing an arrest warrant against him issued on Monday by the  International Criminal Court... where Milosevich died of old age before being convicted ... [ICC]. Posted by: Fred 2011-07-03 |
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