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Africa North
Gaddafi negotiates his departure in secret
2011-05-26
[Ennahar] The French magazine "La Belle France Soir" reported in its online edition yesterday that Qadaffy would be willing to cede power with the condition he remains in Libya. The magazine said the Libyan leader spends his time consulting Internet and would be unable to move.

The magazine quoting "Le Canard Enchaîné", according to which Qadaffy is "hunted by 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...
aircraft, could find refuge in Serbia. Belgrade would indeed be volunteered to host the Libyan dictator. This is what revealed "Le Canard enchaîné" to appear Wednesday. While air strikes are continuing, Western envoys (French, British, Americans and Germans) have contacted personalities close to former President Muammar Qadaffy, including Moussa Koussa, a former intelligence chief and Minister of Libyan Foreign, now a refugee in Perfidious Albion. He would be instructed to send a message to Libyan leader's son Saif al-Islam, promising immunity to the entire family in return for a permanent exile.

The African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
(AU), meeting Wednesday in special mini-summit in Addis Ababa, trying again to make its voice heard in the Libyan conflict, its previous calls for a cease-fire and a political solution being kept dead letter.

A dozen African heads of state and the UN Secretary General the ephemeral Ban Ki-moon were to meet late afternoon at a special mini-summit, following a meeting of "ad hoc" AU on the Libyan crisis chaired by Mauritanian Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa.

This mini-summit, to be completed Thursday, opens on the eve of a G8 in Deauville, where Libya is also a central concern of key world leaders.

At the same time, South African President Jacob Zuma has announced that he would travel from Pretoria on Monday to Libya to discuss with Colonel Muammar Qadaffy
... dictator of Libya since 1969. From 1972, when he relinquished the title of prime minister, he has been accorded the honorifics Guide of the First of September Great Revolution of the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya or Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution. With the death of Omar Bongo of Gabon on 8 June 2009, he became the longest serving of all current non-royal national leaders. He is also the longest-serving ruler of Libya since Tripoli became an Ottoman province in 1551. When Chairman Mao was all the rage and millions of people were flashing his Little Red Book, Qadaffy came out with his own Little Green Book, which didn't do as well. Qadaffy's instability has been an inspiration to the Arab world and to Africa, which he would like to rule...
, "as a member of the High Level Panel of the African Union to resolve Libyan conflict.

"The aim is to discuss an exit strategy for Muammar Qadaffy," told AFP an anonymous source within the South African presidency.

In Addis, the chairman of the AU Commission Jean Ping for his part said to be "convinced that only a political solution can bring lasting peace and meet the legitimate aspirations of the Libyan people to a destiny chosen in freedom, democracy and the rule of law."

"In this regard, the roadmap of the AU provides all the elements of such a solution. It is further necessary that we be given the opportunity to implement it," he added.

The AU has shown itself hostile to any external military intervention in Libya at the beginning of the armed rebellion in mid-February.

The organization is engaged in a delicate mediation to make accepted by the Libyan protagonists a "roadmap" setting out a cease-fire as soon as possible, a humanitarian aid delivery and the establishment of a period of transition and dialogue leading to democratic elections.

The regime of Muammar Qadaffy has quickly accepted the proposals of the AU, but the National Council of Transition (CNT), on behalf of the rebels demanded first departure of Colonel Qadaffy and his sons.
Posted by:Fred

#12  " I think if France had just done it a number of others would have been on board even if privately."

France dropped the first munitions thus engaging NATO to the task. CINC here was itching to be on the "right side" so he followed. They were going to do it anyways.
Posted by: newc    2011-05-26 22:14  

#11  NATO involvement should have begun and ended with a sniper team.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2011-05-26 20:30  

#10  EU6305, I agree especially if you add Italy to that list as they were going to receive the brunt of any boat refugee (and Malta) as well as a major consumer of Libya oil.

NATO is serving a UN warrent. It was the UN process which let the window close on using early rebel momentum and Daffy disorganization. I think if France had just done it a number of others would have been on board even if privately.

Heck, I might have even been on board for US involvement had it been properly explained, but all we get is a campaign speech from Britain two months later. It is contemptable.

I think what I feel is leadership envy. Finnigan O'Bama is a joke. The media is so untrustworthy that even if this were true nobody would believe it.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2011-05-26 19:34  

#9  "I don't think incompetent is quite the word. It seems to give them the benefit of the doubt, as if they just can't do any better."
Meaning they still may not do any right(to Correct).
Posted by: newc   2011-05-26 17:46  

#8  Although, for all I know, the French and British may have valid reasons to attack Daffy. I just don't believe it has anything to do with protecting innocent civilians. I wouldn't be surprised if more people have died as a result of NATO prolonging this conflict than would have died if they had let it run its course. The media should be scoffing at that explanation and hounding the officials who spout such nonsense. But they don't. It is suspicious to say the least but they go on as if it's all normal and natural. It stinks.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2011-05-26 15:15  

#7  Hmmmmm. Collusion-ists. Or maybe collaborators.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2011-05-26 15:06  

#6  Le Canard enchaîné ("The Chained Duck") is a French satirical paper. France Soir seems to be quoting the Canard as though it is serious. Though Le Canard
Posted by: MW   2011-05-26 14:52  

#5  "Corrupt might be more like it but even that seems to fall short."

Howzabout "collusion-ists," EU?
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2011-05-26 13:41  

#4  It is unfortunate that the greatest call for reason of intervention came 2 months after deployment and from a foreign country's hall of government (not a slight on our UK brethren, to be clear as the cliche goes).

To me, the triple letters and old newswrap is a bailout and/or health care waiver from being federal/nationalized media.

Daffy's strong character flies in the face of any UN authority, which has happened a number of times before, really going back to post Desert Storm, but here in prime time the weakness of all these alliances is on show. I believe the heads of a la carte are quite aware of this and are now jockies of the perpetual siege and likely more in love with the precedence of procedure than actually solving any problems. In essence, charting a course to create more stalemates in order to display why the UN et al are necessary.

National Counsel of Transition? Really? What a load of shit, at least come up with a soccer club name like, Libya Sporting Club or Disgruntled Peoples United. It stinks of administrative genericism and should be condemned as such, war for red tape. Be thankful if your skin is not on the line waiting for the end of second breakfast for a watered down tea letter penned out in sleepy head nobs at a 5 star conference room by fat asses on fancy folding chairs.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2011-05-26 12:25  

#3  ...no one in our incompetent media...

I don't think incompetent is quite the word. It seems to give them the benefit of the doubt, as if they just can't do any better. But I don't believe that. Corrupt might be more like it but even that seems to fall short.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2011-05-26 11:50  

#2  This mini-summit, to be completed Thursday, opens on the eve of a G8 in Deauville, where Libya is also a central concern of key world leaders.

Whoaa...who would've seen this one comming? And, imagine, on the eve of the G8 pow-wow no less. Just when folks were starting to describe this...Narrow Humanitarian effort with intermittent kinetic pieces... as a "stalemate". And outta nowhere comes cryptic reports that Mighty Mo is starting to get all squishy. Damn, that's gotta make for interesting conversation over all that succulent Frenchi cuisine. Not to mention, the perpetutualy dysfunctional Afrikan Union appears to be brokering the deal. You really can't get much more anti-colonialist then that now can you. Wow...it's almost as if this stuff has been scripted.
Posted by: DepotGuy   2011-05-26 11:09  

#1  The imbeciles in the state department and the incompetent administration really left Gadaffi Duck no way out. Now it takes the AU to breathe some reason into him after a very costly military experience that no one in our incompetent media will discuss.

Curse Obama and his filthy administration. Stupid ass.
Posted by: newc   2011-05-26 08:40  

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