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Colonel Gadafi's Mystery Tour Sat, Dec 15, 2007 at 11:13:20 am PST I give up trying to keep track of all the different creative spellings of weird Libyan thug Muammar Gadafi's name. This AFP story has one I haven't seen before, as the Colonel makes European government officials nervous by taking mystery side trips: Mystery over Kadhafi <http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071215/ts_afp/spainlibyadiplomacy> 's private weekend in Spain. <http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/pictures/20071215GadafiHat-sm.jpg> MADRID (AFP) - Mystery and confusion surrounded a private trip Moamer Kadhafi is making to Spain's southern Andalucia region this weekend, ahead of an official visit to Madrid. A Spanish diplomatic source said early this week that the Libyan leader will use his two days to visit Cordoba and Grenada, which were centres of power during the centuries of Moorish Muslim domination from 711 et 1492. But "unless there was a change at the last minute," Cordoba and Grenada were dropped from the agenda for logistical reasons, the Spanish foreign ministry said, which suggested he may go to Malaga instead. The Libyan embassy would not comment on the private part of Kadhafi's trip. ... The newspaper Publico said Kadhafi's visit to the imposing Cordoba mosque, converted into a cathedral in 1236 after Christians retook the city, was canceled. He had hoped to pray there even though the Catholic Church opposes any Muslim worship at the site. The bishop of Cordoba cited security reasons, the lack of an airport and the difficult access to the monument. ... Kadhafi was also said to be going on a hunting trip either near the city of Cadiz, north of Seville or near Grenada. The Libyan, who wraps up a controversial five-day visit to France on Saturday, would also like to meet with Muslim representatives and members of extreme left-wing Andalucian farm workers union. In France as in Spain, "he has transformed his European trip into a logistical nightmare for the countries that receive him," said the conservative daily newspaper ABC. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
