Libya's dictator is sure talking the talk.
Declaring the nuclear arms race "crazy," Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi said on Saturday that Libya abandoned its quest for weapons of mass destruction because it exposed Libya to "danger" and was no longer needed.He urged other nations with nuclear capabilities to renounce their programs, too. "Any national state that will adopt this policy cannot protect itself. On the contrary, it exposes itself to danger," Gadhafi told African leaders at the end of a two-day summit on water, agriculture, and defense issues in the Mediterranean town of Sirte.
"The nuclear arms race is a crazy and destructive policy for economy and life. We would like to have a better economy and an improved life," added Gadhafi.
However, if he talks too much, the mullahs of Iran are preparing to take him down.
Iran is trying to prevent Libya from disclosing incriminating details of Teheran's top-secret nuclear weapons programme, by threatening to unleash Islamic fundamentalist groups opposed to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.Posted by Alan at February 29, 2004 10:03 AMWestern intelligence specialists have learned from interrogation of al-Qaeda suspects, captured close to Afghanistan's border with Iran, that a militant group of Libyan extremists is being protected and trained by terrorism experts from Iran's Revolutionary Guards.
The Libyan Combat Islamic Group (GICL) was expelled from Libya by Gaddafi in 1997 after it was implicated in attacks against government targets. At first the group relocated to Afghanistan, where it became closely involved in Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda organisation.
After the war in Afghanistan in 2001 the Libyan group was given a safe haven in Iran, together with other North African terrorist groups linked to al-Qaeda. Now the Iranians have agreed to provide the Libyan dissidents with expert training to enable them to attack Libyan targets and intensify their campaign to overthrow Gaddafi.
The Iranians have told Libya of the group's presence in Iran, but promised to restrict its activities to al-Qaeda operations elsewhere so long as Gaddafi does not reveal details of Iran's secret nuclear activity.