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December 30, 2003, 12:00 a.m.
Khaddafi Comes to His Senses?
Libya-Disney can't be far behind?

When the Libyan government announced that it would discontinue all its weapons-of-mass-destruction and advanced-missile programs, a debate arose over whether this was a triumph of diplomacy or arms. Proponents of the former pointed to the fact that the new policy was the result of months of closed-door talks with British and American negotiators, and not arrived at through threats or coercion. The pro-force argument noted the coincidence of timing of the negotiations — the Libyans made their overtures shortly before Operation Iraqi Freedom commenced, and announced the results shortly after Saddam Hussein was apprehended.
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December 29, 2003, 12:01 a.m.
Khaddafi’s “Conversion”
Has the Libyan leopard changed his spots?

By Ion Mihai Pacepa

The moment the meek and disheveled image of the Iraqi tyrant appeared on TV screens around the world, an old friend of mine announced that he got the message and said he would disclose his weapons of mass destruction.
As chief of Romanian foreign intelligence, I worked closely with Libya's Muammar Khaddafi before I became, in 1978, the highest-ranking spy from the Soviet bloc to defect to America. I was Khaddafi's handler as he was gearing up these same weapons programs. Moscow had decided in 1972 to use three leftist Arab governments — Libya, Iraq, and Syria — plus Arafat's PLO, to wreak terror against our prime enemy, "American imperial-Zionism." Yuri Andropov, then head of the KGB and soon to be the Soviet leader, assigned Libya to Romania because we already had close intelligence connections with Khaddafi, who, along with Kim Il Sung, had long been eager for chemical weapons, and to acquire Romanian technology for "dirty" suitcase-sized radioactive bombs.
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Qaddafi Buckles after Eying Saddam in His Spider Hole

DEBKAfile Special Analysis

December 20, 2003, 2:37 PM (GMT+02:00)

Long viewed as a highly unpredictable and erratic dictator, Muammer Qaddafi has again made the world sit up. It took him less than a week to assimilate the ignominy of fellow dictator Saddam Hussein’s surrender. The United States was much criticized for exposing the unsightly details of Saddam’s capture, humiliating not only the man but also his nation and Arabs in general. However, the Americans clearly believe that gentle means will not achieve their goals of winning a war and carving out a new Iraq and different Middle East. Above all, they are determined to demonstrate that, regardless of hardships and losses in battle, the United States is calling the shots.
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THE REAL WORLD

Deal With the Devil
Gadhafi is still a tyrant, not a statesman.

BY CLAUDIA ROSETT
Wednesday, December 31, 2003 12:01 a.m. EST

With Moammar Gadhafi's conversion--if that's what it is--there's greater hope that other tyrants may scrap their programs for weapons of mass murder and offer snap, unconditional tours of such amenities as their poison factories and uranium centrifuge facilities. That's worth celebrating.
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