*  Winds of Jihad reported previously, here

*   Italy wants Libya to crack down on the thousands of illegal migrants smuggled across the Mediterranean to Italian shores. Libya has largely not delivered on pledges over the past few years to eliminate the problem. Italy will pay for $500 million worth of electronic monitoring devices on the Libyan coastline.

 “There should be “fewer clandestine migrants leaving Libyan shores for Italian coastlines”, Berlusconi said

* Fitzgerald: Spending money like dhimmis

* Qaddafi Still Dodging the Bill for PanAm 103

There’s little reason to be optimistic they will pay anytime soon. Qaddafi has a history of discarding his promises once he gets what he wants. And now he’s laughing about it.

 The Associated Press

BENGHAZI, Libya: Italy agreed over the weekend to pay Libya $5 billion as compensation for its 30-year occupation of the country, which ended in 1943.

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Gaddafi welcomes ‘darling Leezza’ as US breaks bread with Libya

Another photo-op for the affirmative action lady

Condoleezza Rice, the US Secretary of State, meets Abdel Rahman Shalgham, the Libyan Foreign Minister, nearly 30 years after America broke off relations with Libya

*    ”King of Kings..”

*    Libya to receive reparations for Reagan air strike

*     Don’t puke: Condi Rice to Host Iftaar Dinner

Sample:  The month of Ramadan is devoted to worship, contemplation, charity, and fellowship, observed with a daily fast.  At the end of each day, Muslims traditionally break the fast with a meal known as Iftaar.  This Iftaar is a chance to celebrate Ramadan, which commemorates the revelation of the Koran to the Prophet Mohammed, and to engage in reflection, generosity, and compassion – important aspects of Islam.  This year the theme is, “Celebrating Islamic Art and Culture.”

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Catherine Philp, Times Online

Outfoxed:

“American officials had hoped that by the time Dr Rice arrived, Libya would have deposited millions of dollars in compensation in a bank account set up for the purpose, but it was said to remain empty today.”

It was a scene almost unimaginable just a few short years ago. America’s top envoy welcomed by the one-time “Mad Dog of the Middle East”, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, breaking his Ramadan fast at a lavish dinner beneath Beduin canvas and the desert stars.

Why should Gaddafi not be pleased with her? After all, Condi is giving him compo for being a terrorist for all his life!

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Gaddafi’s son: We lied about Lockerbie

– “Muammar Gaddafi’s son says his country accepted responsibility for the 1988 Lockerbie airliner bombing only  to get sanctions lifted and called victims’ families greedy.” 

Scottish police had information that might have changed the outcome of the Lockerbie bombing trial, a BBC TV programme has learned.

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