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Libya’s Gaddafi Complains Libya Not "Rewarded" For New Course
13 June 2009
Libyan President Muammar Kadhafi faced protests by students on Thursday during his first visit to former colonial power Italy, where he said the world had not rewarded Libya for giving up its ambitions to have weapons of mass destruction. "We cannot accept living in the shadow of intercontinental missiles and nuclear weapons, which is why we decided to change route," the Libyan leader told Italian senators. "We had hoped Libya would be an example to other countries," Kadhafi said. "But we have not been rewarded by the world". The North African nation has seen a thaw in its relations with the West since Kadhafi promised to give up the quest for weapons of mass destruction. International sanctions were lifted in 2003. Kadhafi, who as current chairman of the Africa Union will attend a G8 summit in Italy next month with U.S. President Barack Obama, also criticized the U.S-led war in Iraq. "Iraq was a fortress against terrorism, with Saddam Hussein al Qaeda could not get in, but now thanks to the United States it is an open arena and this benefits al Qaeda," said Kadhafi in his speech to the Italian senate. Students protesting at his human rights record and at a bilateral agreement for Italy to send back boatloads of African migrants crossing the Mediterranean tried to stop him speaking at a Rome university, hurling paint and scuffling with police.
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