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Libya to Remain on U.S. Terrorism List
The United States will not remove Libya from its list of state sponsors of terrorism, despite Tripoli’s recent cooperation on a range of security issues, a senior U.S. official told Reuters yesterday (see GSN, March 16). The State Department’s annual Patterns of Global Terrorism report would include Libya when it is released next month, said Henry Crumpton, the department’s counterterrorism coordinator. “However, Libya has made enormous progress in the last couple of years and we are hopeful that at some point we can address that question,” Crumpton said. “It’s a question of confidence and time,” he said. “I must stress, though, that in terms of intelligence cooperation, in terms of operational impact on the enemy, Libya is a good partner.” Crumpton said Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria would also remain on the list and that no new countries would be added. States on the list are barred from purchasing U.S. arms, are limited in the types of U.S. aid they can receive and do not receive U.S. support for loan applications at international financial institutions (Hugh Bronstein, Reuters, March 24).
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