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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-28-11 04:32 PM
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Diplomats discuss Libya's future as Italy plots Gaddafi's escape route Rome is negotiating an Africa
Diplomats discuss Libya's future as Italy plots Gaddafi's escape route
Rome is negotiating an African haven for the Libyan leader as international pressure mounts on him to go

Julian Borger and Richard Norton-Taylor
guardian.co.uk, Monday 28 March 2011 21.38 BST
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A senior American official signalled that a solution in which Gaddafi flee to a country beyond the reach of the International Criminal Court (ICC), which is investigating war crimes charges against him, would be acceptable to Washington, pointing out that Barack Obama had repeatedly called on Gaddafi to leave.

"I can't say I know of active efforts to find him a place to go, but I would not say it has been ruled out," the official said. "The ICC has said it will ready to pursue the case, but there are also the rules of the ICC," he added, pointing out that some countries do not recognise the court's jurisdiction.

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The Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, said: "We consider that intervention by the coalition in what is essentially an internal civil war is not sanctioned by the UN security council resolution."

Turkey's prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was also critical of the air campaign in a Guardian interview on Monday, and in a symbolic blow to the London conference, it emerged that Amr Moussa, the secretary general of the Arab League – whose support for military action was deemed crucial by Washington and its allies – would not be attending, sending a deputy instead.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/28/diplomats-meet-italy-gaddafi-escape?CMP=twt_gu
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blindpig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-28-11 04:48 PM
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1. 1880's all over again.

Capital was in crisis then too, empire was their bromide.
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-28-11 04:52 PM
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2. Sigh.
1880's were just a wee bit different here in the US. What country were you thinking of?
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blindpig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-28-11 05:01 PM
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4. Europe.
The US was still consolidating it's continental 'empire'.
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-28-11 04:52 PM
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3. Has there ever been a time when capital wasn't in crisis? Serious question there n/t
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blindpig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-28-11 05:03 PM
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5. It's like a rollercoaster...

except every time it hits the bottom it falls on the working class's head.
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-28-11 05:32 PM
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8. It seems it's either in crisis or acting preemptively to avoid a crisis
My head hurts!
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L. Coyote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-28-11 05:06 PM
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6. USA bombs Libya because Qaddafi is a criminal, USA willing to let Qaddafi escape justice? WAIT
Edited on Mon Mar-28-11 05:07 PM by L. Coyote
my head just exploded all over my keyboard :rofl:
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-28-11 05:33 PM
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9. Amusing isn't it? n/t
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Desertrose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-28-11 05:35 PM
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10. Amusing in that sick twisted way unfortunately.
:(
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-28-11 05:47 PM
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11. Yeah, totally. n/t
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kenny blankenship Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-28-11 05:09 PM
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7. Russia: We are not happy witnessing a dictator get in trouble for doing what we did to Chechnya
Turkey: We are unhappy watching countries forbid a dictator to do what we seek to do to Kurds in Turkey and Iraq.

All this talk of International Criminal Courts is understandably very upsetting to them.
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