Muammar Gaddafi - Zenga Zenga Song - Noy Alooshe Remix

TRIBUNE DE GENÈVE: Kadhafi fait un tabac sur YouTube grâce à un spot musical israélien : Un spot musical israélien incorporant des extraits d’un discours enflammé la semaine dernière du numéro un libyen Mouammar Kadhafi se taille un franc succès sur YouTub >>> AFP | Dimanche 27 Février 2011

Libya: Gaddafi Compares Himself to the Queen in Latest Rant
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Col Gaddafi compared himself to the Queen on Thursday, saying he would "rule for 57 years" and blamed al-Qaeda for the protests against him in his latest outburst.

The embattled dictator said he was like the Queen, who he says has not been overthrown for 57 years.

"You need to listen to your parents. If people disobey their parents they end up destroying the country, he said. "The same case as in Britain (where) for 57 years the Queen has been ruling. I have been in the same situation.

"I am not in the same position to be able to impose rule on the people. I have become more of a symbolic leader. I have no power, it's the people themselves who have the prerogative."

Gaddafi, speaking by telephone to Libyan television, offered his condolences for those who were killed in the bloodshed and called for calm amongst people he said were fighting amongst themselves and taking hallucinogenic drugs. Saying Osama bin Laden was "the real criminal", Gaddafi urged Libyans not be swayed by the al Qaeda leader.

"Bin Laden ... this is the enemy who is manipulating people," Gaddafi said, adding: "Do not be swayed by bin Laden." >>> | Thursday, February 24, 2011

One can be sure that Her Majesty must be feeling very flattered and highly amused to be compared with Colonel Qadhafi! This news must have made her day! – © Mark

U.S. Fears Tripoli May Deploy Gas As Chaos Mounts
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: WASHINGTON—The government of Col. Moammar Gadhafi hasn't destroyed significant stockpiles of mustard gas and other chemical-weapons agents, raising fears in Washington about what could happen to them—and whether they may be used—as Libya slides further into chaos.

Tripoli also maintains control of aging Scud B missiles, U.S. officials said, as well as 1,000 metric tons of uranium yellowcake and vast amounts of conventional weapons that Col. Gadhafi has channeled in the past to militants operating in countries like Sudan and Chad.

Current and former U.S. officials said in interviews that Washington's counterproliferation operations against Libya over the past decade have scored gains, in particular the dismantling of Tripoli's nascent nuclear-weapons program and its Scud C missile stockpiles. But the level of instability in Libya, and Col. Gadhafi's history of brutality, continues to make the U.S. focus on the arms and chemical agents that remain, they said.

"When you have a guy who's as irrational as Gadhafi with some serious weapons at his disposal, it's always a concern," said a U.S. official. "But we haven't yet seen him move to use any kind of mustard gas or chemical weapon" during the unrest. >>> Jay Solomon | Thursday, February 24, 2011

Setback to Gaddafi's African Dream

Gaddafi Struggles to Keep Control
Pro-democracy protesters takeover eastern part of the country, as state structure appears to be disintegrating

AL JAZEERA ENGLISH: Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader, is struggling to maintain his authority in the country, as vast swathes of territory in the east now appear to be under the control of pro-democracy protesters. >>>

Mercenaries Stream Toward Tripoli as Qaddafi Digs In
THE NEW YORK TIMES: BAIDA, Libya — Thousands of African mercenaries and militiamen were massing on roads heading toward Tripoli on Wednesday to reinforce the stronghold of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi as rebels protesting his 40-year rule claimed to have taken control of cities closer to the capital, witnesses said.

The week-old uprising that has swept the country now appeared headed for a decisive stage, with Colonel Qaddafi fortifying his bastion in Tripoli and opponents in the capital saying they were making plans for their first coordinated protest.

“A message comes to every mobile phone about a general protest on Friday in Tripoli,” one resident there said, adding that Colonel Qaddafi’s menacing speech to the country on Tuesday had increased their determination “100 percent.”

The looming signs of a new confrontation came as a growing number of Libyan military officers and officials said Wednesday that they had broken with Colonel Qaddafi over his intentions to bomb and kill Libyan civilians challenging his four decades of rule. >>> KAREEM FAHIM and DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK | Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Libya's Ex-Minister Reportedly Claims Qaddafi Ordered Lockerbie Bombing
FOX NEWS: Swedish tabloid Expressen says Libya's ex-justice minister claims Muammar al-Qaddafi personally ordered the Lockerbie bombing that killed 270 people in 1988.

Expressen on Wednesday quoted Mustafa Abdel-Jalil as telling their correspondent in Libya that "I have proof that Qaddafi gave the order about Lockerbie." He didn't describe the proof.

Abdel-Jalil stepped down as justice minister to protest the violence against anti-government demonstrations.

He told Expressen Qaddafi gave the order to Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, the only man convicted in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, which killed all 259 people on board and 11 on the ground.

"To hide it, he (Qaddafi) did everything in his power to get al-Megrahi back from Scotland," Abdel-Jalil was quoted as saying. >>> Associated Press | Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Gunfire Continues in Tripoli After Gadhafi Vows to Die a 'Martyr'

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Libya in Turmoil as Muammar Gaddafi's Power Slips Away
Some Libyan cities celebrate victory over the Muammar Gaddafi regime as night-time battles continue in Tripoli. European countries attempt to evacuate their citizens

WikiLeaks Cables Detail Qaddafi Family’s Exploits
THE NEW YORK TIMES: WASHINGTON — After New Year’s Day 2009, Western media reported that Seif al-Islam el-Qaddafi, a son of the Libyan leader Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, had paid Mariah Carey $1 million to sing just four songs at a bash on the Caribbean island of St. Barts.

In the newspaper he controlled, Seif indignantly denied the report — the big spender, he said, was his brother, Muatassim, Libya’s national security adviser, according to an American diplomatic cable from the capital, Tripoli.

It was Muatassim, too, the cable said, who had demanded $1.2 billion in 2008 from the chairman of Libya’s national oil corporation, reportedly to establish his own militia. That would let him keep up with yet another brother, Khamis, commander of a special-forces group that “effectively serves as a regime protection unit.”

As the Qaddafi clan conducts a bloody struggle to hold onto power in Libya, cables obtained by WikiLeaks offer a vivid account of the lavish spending, rampant nepotism and bitter rivalries that have defined what a 2006 cable called “Qadhafi Incorporated,” using the State Department’s preference from the multiple spellings for Libya’s troubled first family.

The glimpses of the clan’s antics in recent years that have reached Libyans despite Col. Qaddafi’s tight control of the media have added to the public anger now boiling over. And the tensions between siblings could emerge as a factor in the chaos in the oil-rich African country.

Though the Qaddafi children are described as jockeying for position as their father ages — three sons fought to profit from a new Coca-Cola franchise — they have been well taken care of, cables say. “All of the Qaddafi children and favorites are supposed to have income streams from the National Oil Company and oil service subsidiaries,” one cable from 2006 says. >>> Scott Shane | Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Libya Protests: The Gaddafi Family Tree
BBC: A look at the roles and relationships of the Libyan leader's closest family, amid ongoing protests and violence across the country. >>> | Monday, February 21, 2011

Go, Gaddafi! Go!
THE GUARDIAN: UNITED NATIONS – Libya's deputy ambassador at the United Nations, surrounded by fellow diplomats, called Monday for Moammar Gadhafi to step down as the country's ruler.

"If he doesn't," deputy ambassador Ibrahim Dabbashi warned, "the Libyan people will get rid of him."

Dabbashi spoke as deep cracks appeared in Gadhafi's regime after more than 40 years in power, with a fire raging at the main government hall in the capital, Tripoli, and protesters calling for more demonstrations despite the government's deadly crackdown.

Gadhafi's son, Seif al-Islam, went on state TV in the early hours Monday, vowing to fight and warning in a sometimes confused speech that if protests continue, a civil war will erupt in which Libya's oil wealth "will be burned."

Some diplomats abroad and the justice minister at home resigned.

But Dabbashi said the U.N. diplomats were not resigning because they served the people of Libya and not the regime. Libyan UN diplomats say Gadhafi should step down >>> Edith M. Lederer, AP foreign | Monday, February 21, 2011

Nach der Ölkatastrophe: Großbritannien fürchtet BP-Zusammenbruch
FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG: Der Börsenwert hat sich halbiert, die Kosten der Ölpest summieren sich bislang auf 3,12 Milliarden Dollar: BP ist angeschlagen. Die britische Regierung fürchtet angeblich einen Zusammenbruch des Konzerns - ein Risiko, weil viele Rentenfonds betroffen wären. Derweil prüfen arabische Staatsfonds einen Einstieg.

Investoren aus dem Nahen Osten erwägen Medienberichten zufolge, dem angeschlagenen britischen Energiekonzern BP mit einer Kapitalspritze zur Seite zu springen. Die Londoner Zeitungen „Daily Telegraph“ und „Guardian“ berichteten am Montag übereinstimmend, der Golfstaat Kuweit prüfe, seine Beteiligung an dem britischen Energiekonzern von bislang 1,75 Prozent auf 10 Prozent aufzustocken. >>> | Dienstag, 06. Juli 2010

Libya Eyes Stake in 'Bargain BP'
THE TELEGRAPH: Libya has expressed an interest in building a stake in BP, describing the oil company as a bargain following its Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

The Libyan Government, headed by President Gaddafi, may not be welcomed as an investor in BP by the White House. Photograph: The Telegraph
Share[s] in BP rose 3.5pc to 333.3p in London, following weekend speculation that the company had been in contact with sovereign wealth funds about them buying stakes.

Shokri Ghanem, the chairman of Libya's National Oil Corporation, told a newswire that: "BP is interesting now with the price lower by half and I still have trust in BP. I will recommend it to the Libyan Investment Authority."

He later added: "I think that BP shares are good value for bargain hunters,"

BP denied that it was planning to issue any new equity, but a weighty shareholder buying up stock on the open market could still help provide a floor on the company's plummeting share price. It declined to comment on any talks with sovereign wealth funds.

The oil giant has lost half of its market value since the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded and sank on April 20, triggering a catastrophic leak. Qatar, Abu Dhabi and the Kuwait Investment Authority, which already holds 1.8pc of BP, have also been linked to the company as possible investors. >>> Rowena Mason | Monday, July 05, 2010

Libyen-Affäre: «Qadhafi hat sein Gesicht verloren»
TAGES ANZEIGER: Bundespräsident Merz hätte versuchen sollen, Qadhafi zu treffen. Selbst wenn dies bedeutet hätte, drei Tage lang auf ihn zu warten, sagt Nahost-Experte Hottinger.

Herr Hottinger, haben Sie eine Ahnung, wann die beiden Schweizer Geiseln freikommen?


Es gibt zwei Möglichkeiten: Entweder erlässt Qadhafi einen Gnadenakt – danach sieht es allerdings nicht aus – oder es gibt neuen Druck auf die Schweiz. Wenn Qadhafi das im Sinn hat, behält er natürlich sein Pfand.

Man hat den Eindruck: Qadhafi will die Schweiz schmoren lassen.


Seine Idee, die Schweiz aufzuteilen, zeigt, dass Qadhafi die Temperatur sogar noch etwas erhöhen möchte. Das würde heissen: Sein Rachebedürfnis ist noch lange nicht gestillt. Jetzt kommt es sehr auf die Geschicklichkeit der Schweiz an. Dabei muss sie sich an Qadhafi orientieren, nicht an den Regeln des Rechtsstaats. Der Rechtsstaat hat in Libyen keine Bedeutung. Man muss schauen, wie man Qadhafi beschwichtigen kann.

Was also würden Sie dem Bundesrat raten?


Zuerst einmal: Nicht in Panik verfallen. Weiter braucht es eine Ouvertüre, in der sich Qadhafi in Szene setzen kann, nicht seine Minister. Es war wohl ein Fehler, dass Bundespräsident Hans-Rudolf Merz mit einem Minister verhandelt hat, und dann das Angebot, «du kannst den grossen Chef sehen», nicht wahrnehmen wollte oder nicht wahrnehmen konnte. Das hätte geheissen, auf Qadhafi zu warten.

Anmerkung: Laut Recherchen der Online-Redaktion des «Tages-Anzeigers» hat Bundesrat Merz bestritten, dass es ein Angebot zu einem Gespräch mit dem lybischen Staatschef gab.

Unter Umständen hätte das dauern können. 


Ja, aber wenn der Bundespräsident die Reise schon unternimmt, hätte er wohl warten müssen, vielleicht drei Tage lang. Das wäre auch dann der Fall gewesen, wenn er von vornherein ein Rendezvous zugesichert bekommen hätte.

So oder so heisst das: Die Schweiz muss sich demütigen lassen.


Das sollte man nicht so schweizerisch sehen. Es handelt sich um eine Stammesangelegenheit zwischen zwei Stämmen, dem libyschen und dem schweizerischen. Wir sind in einer Fehde. Wenn zwei Stämme streiten, braucht es einen Schiedsrichter. Das muss so über die Bühne gehen, dass Qadhafi nicht sein Gesicht verliert. >>> Von Ruedi Burger | Samstag, 05. September, 2009

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TAGES ANZEIGER:
Libyen widerspricht Merz: Rückkehr der Geiseln nie zugesagt: In der Schweiz liege wohl ein Missverständnis vor, sagt der libysche Vize-Aussenminister – und erzählt seine Version der Abmachung. >>> oku/sda/ap | Sonntag, 06. September 2009

Gaddafi Is Everywhere in Libya — Especially as He Celebrates 40 Years in Power
TIMES ONLINE: You are never alone in Libya. From the moment you arrive at Tripoli international airport, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi is with you.

Wherever you go, the Great Leader and Father of the Revolution watches benevolently over you, never more so than now as he prepares to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the coup that brought him to power.

As befits Africa’s longest-serving leader, he stares down from a thousand billboards, from great banners draped down the sides of skyscrapers, from bunting stretched across streets, from official portraits in every shop and hotel lobby, from hoardings at the remotest junctions in the desert. Nobody else gets a look-in.

His image is reproduced in neon, on mosaics and across the sides of the hot-air balloons tethered in Green Square in readiness for next Tuesday’s celebrations. It appears on the huge electronic clocks counting down the minutes to that great occasion.

His is a personality cult that makes Mao Zedong, Saddam Hussein or Kim Jong Il look self-effacing. >>> Martin Fletcher in Tripoli | Friday, August 28, 2009

Kommentar: Gaddafi bleibt ein unappetitlicher Despot
WELT ONLINE: Der Enthusiasmus, mit dem Silvio Berlusconi den libyschen Revolutionsführer Muammar al-Gaddafi in Rom empfängt, ist befremdlich. Denn auch wenn Gaddafi deutliche Schritte unternommen hat, seine Beziehung zum Westen zu verbessern – er bleibt ein Diktator, der seine Bevökerung unterdrückt und Europa erpresst.

Diese Umarmung soll die Kolonialzeit vergessen machen: Der libysche Staatschef Muammar al-Gaddafi besucht Italien. Am Flughafen von Rom wird er vom italienischen Ministerpräsidenten Silvio Berlusconi mediterran begrüßt. Bild dank der Welt
Der libysche Revolutionsführer Muammar al-Gaddafi ist ein Diktator, der seine Bevölkerung unterdrückt. Er hat Terrorismus als Mittel der Politik eingesetzt, war einer der schlimmsten antiwestlichen Lautsprecher und hat die EU noch vor Kurzem im Falle der zu Unrecht verurteilten bulgarischen Krankenschwestern aufs Übelste erpresst. Andererseits ist er inzwischen ein wenig zur Vernunft gekommen, hat dem Terror abgeschworen und 2003 seine Programme zur Entwicklung von Massenvernichtungswaffen aufgegeben.

Staatsbesuche des Meisters der politischen Kostümierung sind also ein schwieriger Balanceakt. Weil Gaddafi nun deutliche Schritte unternommen hat, seine Beziehung zum Westen zu verbessern, sollte er dafür auch ein bisschen belohnt werden. Und es ist nur zu begrüßen, dass Italien die Sünden seiner Kolonialherrschaft wiedergutmachen will. Solche Geschichtsaufarbeitung ist notwendig, unabhängig davon, wer gerade in Tripolis regiert.

Dennoch gilt es, das richtige Maß zu wahren. Gaddafi mag nicht mehr ganz der widerwärtige Schurke von einst sein, ein unappetitlicher Despot bleibt er aber doch. Deshalb befremdet der Enthusiasmus, mit dem ihn Frankreichs Präsident einst in Paris empfing und Silvio Berlusconi nun in Rom. >>> Von Clemens Wergin | Donnerstag, 11. Juni 2009

TAGES ANZEIGER: Qadhafi hetzt in Rom gegen die USA

Der libysche Revolutionsführer nahm heute im römischen Senat kein Blatt vor den Mund – er gönnte sich einen Seitenhieb gegen die USA.

«Wir sind gegen den Terrorismus, aber was ist der Unterschied zwischen dem Bombenangriff der USA auf Libyen 1986 und den Anschlägen von Osama bin Laden», sagte al-Qadhafi in seiner Funktion als Präsident der Afrikanischen Union (AU) in einer Neben-Aula des Senatsgebäudes.

Er bezog sich damit auf den Luftangriff der Amerikaner auf Tripolis und Bengasi vom April 1986 - als Reaktion auf den Bombenanschlag in einer Westberliner Diskothek, bei dem zwei Menschen ums Leben kamen und zahlreiche andere verletzt wurden.

Die Beziehungen zwischen Libyen und den USA waren erst Anfang 2004 nach einer 23-jährigen Unterbrechung wieder aufgenommen worden. «Dass der Irak heute der Terrororganisation al-Qaida offen steht, ist allein Schuld der USA», sagte al-Qadhafi, denn Saddam Hussein sei «ein Bollwerk gegen den Terror» gewesen. >>> oku/sda | Donnerstag, 11. Juni 2009

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