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Let-down in Libya

Published: September 4 2009 20:13 | Last updated: September 4 2009 20:13

Doing business with Muammer Gaddafi is a perilous task, as the release of Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, the Lockerbie bomber, has painfully demonstrated in Britain.

Libya’s mercurial colonel operates under the assumption that he can do as he pleases as long as he stays clear of funding terrorists or building weapons of mass destruction. Sadly, politicians have been willing to indulge him.

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