Libyan leader's warm welcome for Lockerbie bomber leads to anger
NEWARK, N.J. - A northern New Jersey mayor said he's going to court Friday to stop renovation work at the mansion where Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi wants to stay next month when he addresses the United Nations General Assembly.
"If the U.S. State Department won't shut this down, we will," Englewood Mayor Michael Wildes said. "New Jersey's governor, its two U.S. senators and its U.S. congressmen are all on board on this."
Libyan intelligence is widely believed to have orchestrated the 1988 attack on Pan American flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, which killed all 259 aboard — including 38 people from New Jersey. Gadhafi, who has worked to try to rehabilitate his image in recent years, provoked a backlash last week by helping secure the release of the only man arrested in the bombing from a Scottish prison. Television cameras captured Gadhafi giving Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, the convicted bomber, a warm greeting as a cheering crowd welcomed him back to Libya.
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8 comments:
Good luck to you, I hope you are able to make this happen. Ghadafi can kiss my ass!
Good luck, the mayor has more balls than our Bitch Ass President
Let him in; then shoot his arse!
Ditto ANON 340-DITTO!!!
Let the Moron stay and pitch that tent. Lead 'em to a nice waterside view,downstream from a Nuclear plant....Hopefully when he arrives back home he will GLOW on the runway!
Are there any RULES anymore?
LOL 6:13 I was thinking the same thing-Arabs are used to tents-let him pitch one at UN since they love him so much.
totmom,
I couldn't agree more. Provisions should be made for those visiting terrorist speakers at the U.N. property itself. Just a few short years ago, Momar was the leader to whom the remark "We don't negotiate with terrorists" was directed.
He may be a head of state, but his murderous nature & policies ought not be condoned under any circumstances, imo. He used to be the world's most dangerous leader, but a few more have come along.
Why do we roll out the red carpet for these leaders in the name of democracy & tolerance? It's beyond me.
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