Libya to Destroy Chemical Weapons from Friday

[rodbarnett]

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Libya will start destroying its chemical weapons on Friday as the small Arab state tries to win back the confidence of the United States and Europe after agreeing to pay damages over the 1988 Lockerbie plane bombing.



The Hague (news - web sites)-based Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said on Thursday that Libya would start destroying 3,300 unfilled bombs on February 27.


OPCW inspectors will monitor the destruction which is planned to last until March 5.


The United States on Thursday lifted a travel ban on Libya and will allow some U.S. firms to negotiate deals in the oil-rich country as it welcomed its progress on getting rid of illicit weapons.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=586&e=3&u=/nm/20040226/wl_nm/libya_weapons_destruction_dc

[denverbill]

1. Amazing. An admitted terrorist is now Shrub's best buddy.

Well, maybe not Shrub's, but Cheney's anyway. Cheney's been chomping at the bit to get Halliburton back exporting oil equipment to any country that needs it. Can't do that when they've got 'terrorist' stamped all over them.

But, admit you killed 300 innocent civilians, pay a few billion in compensation for the 300 innocent lives, and Shrub will forgive you.

[mac2]

2. Pat Robertson has investments in Libya..then there's the oil...

Libya has always been a nation lead by a dictator. Slavery, etc. for women and children. Forget about human rights...there's oil there.

Amnesty International won't agree.

[GermanDJ]

3. There still is no proof for involvement in the Lockerbie bombing

I became curious about this whole issue when I read reports about the La Belle bombing, the Lockerbie trial and how shaky those "proofs" of an involvement of the Libyan government in the Lockerbie bombing were.
After reading countless reports, comments by victims relatives and other articles I can't help but think that the liability for this terrible act of terrorism does indeed lie somewhere else...

Maybe it had something to do with drug politics, maybe the Iranians ordered Palestinian terrorists cells to bring the Pan Am airplane down. But an involvement of the Libyan state seems rather unlikely!

See for example

http://www.countercurrents.org/chomsky3.htm
http://www.globalissues.org/Geopolitics/MiddleEast/TerrorInUSA/faq/Libya.asp#lockerbie

:shrug: