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February 15, 2005

GADDAFI REPORT: SAADI & ZELJKO, BFF!

¶ Delusional soccer wannabe Saadi Gaddafi has revealed former Perugia teammate, Aussie Zeljko Kalac (r.) told him to quit after just 2 days in camp: "He was very friendly (so) I asked him to come to my room & give me some advice." Kalac told Saadi to go home. In Sydney, Gaddafi said "Every day he sends me messages on the mobile phone. He say, 'Oh, I wish I was with you, in my city, in my country'." Saadi adores his new best friend, whom he calls Spider: "He's super funny. The most funny guy I have seen in my life."

Saadi also said his father is tired of indulging his delusions:

'My father wants me to come back to Libya. He doesn't want me to play football, he says, 'You are bigger than that, you have to be something more than a player.' But this is my passion. I say, 'OK, just let me finish my contract.' Maybe then I can be Libyan ambassador in the United States, or have some other kind of very sensitive position.  To retire from football is a very big decision for me, because I love it so much. I want to play forever. It is in my heart."

¶ Gaddafi to the rescue? Colonel Gaddafi said to have responded warmly to South Korea's request he visit North Korea in bid to persuade Kim Jong-Il to abandon nuclear weapons. This would probably not be a good idea, as North Korea denounced Gaddafi as 'coward' & 'fool' when Gaddafi renounced production of WMDs.  Gaddafi also gave US top-secret info on atomic weapons shared by  North Korea & Libya

¶ Gaddafi lobbying to block transfer of Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi to a different Scottish prison, requesting he serve his life sentence in Libya or another Muslim country. Libya has complained to both Britain & the UN, claiming that transferring Megrahi breaches the agreement by which Libya handed Megrahi over for trial.  Libya is particularly concerned about Meghrahi serving time with inmates scheduled for release: "If the other people around him are ready to go home that would drain him psychologically."

¶ Gaddafi warned that in event of foreign military intervention, he would back out of the mediation to end genocide in Darfur. Reacting to Kofi Annan's suggestion that NATO should intervene in Darfur: "The brother Kofi Annan's statement is very dangerous & stops us from pursuing the African efforts. If his statement were to be implemented that will make Sudan a second Iraq." (As opposed to a second Rwanda, I suppose.)

¶ Faux-American Indian Ward Churchill met with Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi in Tripoli in 1983 — 2 years after the U.S. banned Americans from traveling to Libya. Churchill made the trip as emissary of the American Indian Movement  & sought diplomatic support from the Libyan strongman.  Churchill defended the visit, arguing it wasn't that bad & that he had not, "requested arms from the Libyan government."

¶"Only two countries have the capacity to double their oil production - Libya & Iraq." The high quality of Libya's low-sulfur crude & quick travel time to U.S. - half the time it takes Saudi crude to reach Gulf Coast - adds to the attraction. Industry executives eager to see what properties will be up for grabs when Libya hosts next bidding contest next month.

Posted by Jeff at February 15, 2005 01:03 PM

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