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Gaddafi receives apology from US
Barbados News.Net
Tuesday 9th March, 2010
The US State Department has apologised over comments made by a State Department official about Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
When Mr Gaddafi two weeks ago called for jihad, or holy war, against Switzerland, a State Department spokesman dismissed his words, saying they had not made any sense.
The Libyan ambassador to the US later sought to clarify Col Gaddafi's remarks about Switzerland, saying the word jihad was meant to suggest an economic boycott rather than an armed attack.
The man who made the dismissive comments, PJ Crowley, has now apologised to the Libyan leader, saying the words were not intended to offend.
At the time of the Libyan leader's comments Libya and Switzerland had been embroiled in a long-running diplomatic row over the detention in Switzerland of Gaddafi's son and the Swiss vote against the building of minarets.
Last week, Libya's National Oil Corporation warned US oil firms there could be possible repercussions due to Mr Crowley's statement.
In his apology to the Libyan leader, Mr Crowley said: "I regret that my comments have become an obstacle to further progress in our bilateral relationship. I should have focused solely on our concern about the term jihad, which has since been clarified by the Libyan government."  Email this story to a friend
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Anonymous
03-09-10, 07:02 PM |
State Department official in Gaddafi gaffe
No one should rust habitual liars with fork tongues? History did not favour their actions, and today they are still at it all over the world.
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Anonymous
03-09-10, 07:57 PM |
ARABS ARE THE SOURCES OF WORLD PROBLEMS,
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Anonymous
03-09-10, 08:16 PM |
It is a sad state when the US government officials apologize to a muslim activist condoning any kind of unholy jihad.
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The Fox
03-09-10, 10:43 PM |
What a lot of Bull S@#t
Gaddafi is nothing more than a terrorist and I’ve no doubt he ment
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REALITY IN OUR TIME
03-09-10, 11:44 PM |
OFFENSIVE ?
THE OBAMA ADMIN NOW MUST APOLOGISE TO TERRORIST LEADERS??HOW MUCH LOWER ARE WE GOING TO STOOP..
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S Hussain
03-10-10, 01:04 AM |
Strange
The word of Gaddafi was changed from boycott to Jihad. Family of Boss donot prefer to apologise because they beleive upon their power. In Market slap with sleeper and in the corner of street apologise. Hence there is no need to apologise as the work of antipropoganda has been completed. Hail to humanity.
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Anonymous
03-10-10, 02:32 AM |
(Last week, Libya’s National Oil Corporation warned US oil firms there could be possible repercussions due to Mr Crowley’s statement.)
Yes, that is the reason why the US government (owned by the bankers) apologized!
If your country is a banana republic then they will never apologize.
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Anonymous
03-10-10, 07:55 AM |
Bully avoid tough guy, they only target soft people.
Chinese are prime target of bully since time immemorial. Todays news from LA told the story of 150 Chinese railways builders of the 1800’s being found buried near a forgotten road side. Reason? They were not allow to be buried in cemetery there because of whatever reason that sound silly today. and today, Chinese are excluded from international space exploration station probably for the same stupid reason by the same kind of people. Luckily Chinese know how to help themselve.
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goomba
03-10-10, 05:15 PM |
why doesn’t gaddafi apologise for calling for jihad against switzerland?
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Anonymous
03-10-10, 05:36 PM |
Just remember one thing, Obama will come up again for election.
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Anonymous
03-10-10, 05:38 PM |
If he doesn’t decide to change the law to allow him to stay in.
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