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Africa North
Former Libyan Dictator Never Destroyed WMD Weapons as Promised
2011-11-16
[Tripoli Post] Former Libyan leader Muammar Al Qadaffy
...a proud Arab institution for 42 years...
broke his promise and misled former British Prime Minister Tony Blair by keeping chemical weapons hidden from the rest of the world.
Qadaffi .. lied?
In 2004 the former Libyan leader had promised to destroy most of his chemical weapons, but now it turns out that he kept them hidden from the rest of the world.

The new Libyan leaders, the National Transitional Council informed the current British Prime Minister David Cameron
... has stated that he is certainly a big Thatcher fan, but I don't know whether that makes me a Thatcherite, which means he's not. Since he is not deeply ideological he lacks core principles and is easily led. He has been described as certainly not a Pitt, Elder or Younger, but he does wear a nice suit so maybe he's Beau Brummel ...
it had identified that a stockpile of arsenal that had been 'kept hidden from the world'.

Some of the sites discovered across the country are thought to contain mustard gas agent and other chemicals. They are now under armed guard.

Britannia is now sending officials to Libya to help the government to investigate the scale of the former dictator's secret chemical weapons stockpile that were retained by the Libya

If as expected, the find will be confirmed by international inspectors, it would mean that Al Qadaffy had fooled Britannia and other countries by claiming that he had given up the country's weapons of mass destruction.

When Al Qadaffy made the promise in 2004, he did so in return for being brought back in from the diplomatic cold. During Blair's visit to Tripoli in the 'Deal in the Desert' closer ties between the countries were agreed.

Blair had insisted that he was not embarrassed to have forged links with Al Qadaffy. "We were used to him being a threat, sponsoring terrorism. He was developing a nuclear and chemical programme. He gave it all up," he said.
Posted by:Fred

#4  Ah, he probably just forgot. I mean, he ran the country for forty years and forgot to make himself a general, so, y'know...
Posted by: mojo   2011-11-16 17:39  

#3  Muammar Al Qathafi (the 349th spelling) lied?
Posted by: JohnQC   2011-11-16 16:31  

#2  Then why he didn't use them at the last?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2011-11-16 16:24  

#1  Surprise Meter?
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2011-11-16 13:12  

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