Qadhafi Wants Thanks for Services to Peace

Libyan leader Col. Muammar Qadhafi on Friday called on Western nations to express gratitude for his decision to renounce weapons of mass destruction, according to Agence France-Presse (see GSN, Oct. 15).

Qadhafi said that Western nations should thank him “for his services to international peace,” and that “regardless what other nations were doing,” Libya would support international efforts against terrorism, according to AFP. Qadhafi made his comments during a visit by German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder to Libya.

Schroeder said Libya was “on the right track,” AFP reported.

“This country has changed politically and we can only welcome that,” he said (Agence France-Presse/Japan Today, Oct. 15).

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