The rise and fall of Colonel Muamar Gadaffi

Germany's Merkel says Libya's Gaddafi must go
DEAUVILLE, France | Fri May 27, 2011 7:07am EDT

May 27 (Reuters) - Germany wants Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to be removed and is not isolated in this stance, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday.

Merkel also said the European Union would contribute 1.3 billion euros to aid for Tunisia and Egypt.
(Reporting by Gernot Heller, writing by Annika Breidthardt)

-Reuters
 
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi must go, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Friday in Moscow's strongest call yet for the embattled strongman to stand down. "We believe that Colonel Gadaffi has forfeited legitimacy due to his actions... indeed we need to help him go," Ryabkov said. Yes, we are ready to admit... he needs to go," Ryabkov said on the sidelines of the G8 summit at Deauville in northwestern France. The statement marked a dramatic change of tone for Moscow, which has been critical of UN-sanctioned Western strikes on Gaddafi's forces as they try to quash a pro-democracy rebellion.

AFP
 
US President Barack Obama asked his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev to tell Libyan leader Muammer Gaddafi that he will remain alive if he leaves the country, the Kommersant daily reported Friday. Citing a Russian official present during Obama's meeting with Medvedev on the sidelines of the G8 summit in France on Thursday, the report said Washington's proposal sounded unrealistic to Moscow.

"Such a proposal did not seem particularly realistic to Russia," the respected business daily quoted the Russian diplomatic source as saying. "We asked them: 'Do you yourselves believe that Gaddafi can be convinced to give everything up?'." Kommersant's report appears to flesh out the details of comments from Medvedev's top spokeswoman, who said on Thursday that "requests have been voiced that Russia take upon itself the role of a mediator" in the conflict.

The Moscow newspaper's source suggested that both Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy were pressing Russia to accept the role of mediator because they feared the conflict was reaching a stalemate. "Acknowledging that the conflict has dragged on for too long, and the West has severed all connections with Gaddafi and his circle Russia has been offered to act as a mediator in negotiations with the Libyan leader," the source said.

Kommersant said the talks between Obama and Medvedev dragged on longer than scheduled and prompted both to be late for the G8 meeting by 25 minutes. The Russian source said Medvedev was mulling the offer and did not turn down Obama outright. "We will think it over," the Russian source told the newspaper.

[AFP]
 
gaddafi has to go-otherwise,he will face the fate of his behaviour
 
Reuters: Former Libyan Central Bank governor says he is abandoning Gaddafi and joining rebels ~ what happens if Gaddafi joins rebels?
 



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DEAUVILLE, France – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has urged Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi to step down immediately but warned that Moscow will not offer him an asylum.

Medvedev said Friday at a news conference at the Group of Eight summit in Deauville, France, that Gadhafi will do a good thing for Libya if he leaves the job now.

Asked whether Russia could offer Gadhafi asylum he gave a firm negative answer. Medvedev added that a place for Gadhafi to stay and other details could be discussed after he steps down.

Medvedev said he is sending his envoy, Mikhail Margelov, a top Russian lawmaker, to immediately leave for Benghazi, Libya, to conduct talks with the nation's rebels. He said that talks with the Libyan government could take place later.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.

DEAUVILLE, France (AP) - Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev says he's sending his special envoy to hold talks with Libyan rebels in Benghazi.
Medvedev said Friday at a news conference at the Group of Eight summit in Deauville, France, that his envoy, Mikhail Margelov, will immediately leave for Benghazi.

Medvedev said Russia will use its contacts the rebels to negotiate a peaceful end to the conflict. Margelov told reporters earlier Friday that it's necessary to negotiate with all "reasonable" representatives of the Libyan government, including Gadhafi's sons.
 
mbasajohn said:
its good 4 all libyan if Ghadaf wl go now!
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NATO (Not Altogether Thought Out) will eventually get rid of Gadafi. I hate the whites' interference into other countries' affairs, but also I hate Gadafi's intention to rule Libya for life. So the 2 feelings cancell each other
 
KASIGAZI said:
NATO (Not Altogether Thought Out) will eventually get rid of Gadafi. I hate the whites' interference into other countries' affairs, but also I hate Gadafi's intention to rule Libya for life. So the 2 feelings cancell each other
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Bana Kasigazi they should not cancel each other... katika hio equation umesahau kuweka the 300 years reign of the so called Royal family... please another analysis but not the above..
 
Ule upumbavu wa Libya usifike kwetu, yale siyo mageuzi ni uharamia, yaishie hukohuko. Kama raia unaamua kutumia silaha dhidi ya serikali unategemea serikali ikae kimya? Kule Libya wale ni insurgency, ni purpet wa nchi za magharibi, anayewaunga mkono anaona karibu, siku akiona mbali hatawaunga mkono.
 
Tatizo watu wengi hawajui kinachoendelea Libya, Gadafi akiondoka pale nchi ile itakuwa kama Somalia na Iraq haitatawalika. Lazima mjue kwamba nchi za magharibi zinataka mafuta ya Libya tu, na wale wapinzani wa Gadafi ni purpet wa nchi za magharibi, sasa kama mnawaunga mkono maana yake mnaunga mkono kutawaliwa tena kwa ukoloni wa kisasa. Kama wao wanajua demokrasia si wangeenda Somalia ambapo hakuna serikali kwa muda mrefu ?
 
Wakuu how comes hawa wanojiita G8 kwenye mkutano wao ajenda yao kuu iwe hatma ya Libya na mabadiliko yanayotokea N.Africa. Inamaana wao wana uhcungu sana na Africa au ndio wanajadili nani achukue nini Libya baada ya Ghadafi kungolewa??

Mimi naona ajenda yao haijakaa sawa, tunarudi kulee kwenye Berlin conference ya mwaka 1884 walipokaa na kuigawa Africa kama keki ya birthday.

AU mko wapi hadi watu wajadili hatma ya bara letu?
 
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