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Libya leaves talks on airline bombing compensation | |
2003-10-16 | |
Negotiations with Libya on compensation for a 1989 airline bombing were suspended Tuesday, with members of the Libyan delegation announcing they would return home without a deal, a representative of victims’ families said. It was not clear why the talks broke off. Come now! Guillaume Denoix de Saint Marc, who represents families of the 170 people killed in the attack on the French UTA airline, a DC-10 jet, said his group was "waiting for the misunderstanding to be resolved to start negotiations again. There was no misunderstanding, the French and the Libyans understand each other perfectly! "We’re sorry that the negotiations were interrupted because they were advancing in a constructive way," he said in a telephone interview, without giving details of what went wrong. LCI television suggested Libya felt the French government was not holding up its end of a partial deal signed last month. Libya’s representatives, from a charity foundation headed by one of Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi’s sons, arrived Monday night in Paris. With talks suspended, they announced their intention to leave Wednesday, Denoix de Saint Marc said. "I don’t think there’s a definitive break between the families and the delegation," he said. The talks come more than a month after the partial deal, signed September 10, had cleared the way for a United Nations vote that lifted 11-year-old sanctions against Libya, long seen as a rogue state that sponsored terrorism. That accord did not set a compensation amount.
Wonder why? The French government, while not directly involved in the talks, had congratulated the two sides Tuesday on their return to the negotiating table. "We hope that the resumption of these negotiations can conclude as quickly as possible," said Foreign Ministry spokesman Herve Ladsous. If it weren’t for the families involved, I’d hope for a prolonged, bloody draw between the French and the Libyans. They deserve each other. | |
Posted by:Steve White |
#8 Anonymous, we already knew that. Well, not the SA part, but you can't have terrorists without the Saudi's. It just wouldn't be right. |
Posted by: Charles 2003-10-16 10:40:04 PM |
#7 ATTENTION, SERIOUS ATTENTION: I suspect that Lybia wants all sanctions lifted so together with Egypt and Saudi Arabia they can try to built NUCLEAR POWER...... |
Posted by: Anonymous 2003-10-16 9:41:34 PM |
#6 If so, not our problem they value their people so little. I think we already saw proof of that this past summer. |
Posted by: Pappy 2003-10-16 8:35:02 PM |
#5 I think some Palistinians are going to find out just how much we value three American citizens. |
Posted by: Super Hose 2003-10-16 12:54:28 PM |
#4 On the Independent chat room I visit, some euro stated that the original compensation was set/negotiated by phrench judges. If so, not our problem they value their people so little. |
Posted by: Anonymous 2003-10-16 12:49:28 PM |
#3 Probably because negotiators' fees alone are somewhere around $999,999.00 per family. Nahh, it has nothing to do with negotiator's fees. The amount will be enough only when it is equal to or exceeds that which the U.S. settled for. |
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2003-10-16 10:11:57 AM |
#2 not even counting in the kickbacks to Dominique and Jacques, they are demanding a lot more money. Reminder to Jacques: when extorting money from a thug like Moammar, don't give up the hostage (deal) on a promise... heh heh |
Posted by: Frank G 2003-10-16 9:09:46 AM |
#1 offered an extra $1 million for each family, but Denoix de Saint Marc has said that is not enough. Wonder why? Probably because negotiators' fees alone are somewhere around $999,999.00 per family. For the shit job they did back in 1999, I wouldn't pay them a penny. |
Posted by: Rafael 2003-10-16 2:55:29 AM |