Found on the liberal alternative to Drudge,
http://www.rawstory.comTripoli denies Kadhafi planned to kill Saudi ruler
MIDDLE EAST ONLINE
TRIPOLI - Libya's foreign minister denied Thursday a report in The New York Times that the country's leader, Moamer Kadhafi, last year planned to have the crown prince of Saudi Arabia assassinated.
"I insist on stating officially that this article is without foundation, that Libya has committed no such act and that it is firmly engaged in the fight against terrorism," Abdel Rahman Shalgam said.
The alleged murder plot, involving firing rockets at Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz' motorcade, is being investigated by the United States, Saudi Arabia and Britain, people with knowledge of the case told the daily.
Shalgam said "those who spread such stories are elements hostile to Libya" who "want to poison our relations with Saudi Arabia," adding that those relations are "good and normal."
If the alleged conspiracy turns out to be true it could undermine Kadhafi's efforts to clean up his image and his public pledges that his government has renounced terrorism.
A senior Bush administration official told the daily that the emergence of convincing evidence that Kadhafi ordered or condoned an assassination and terror campaign could cause a "180 degree" change of American policy toward Libya.
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