Qaddafi Cheesed at Swiss Over Son's Arrest

Diplomats, businesses under fire in Libya after Hannibal detained for Geneva assault
By Will McCahill,  Newser Staff
Posted Jul 24, 2008 3:43 PM CDT
Qaddafi Cheesed at Swiss Over Son's Arrest
Muammar Qaddafi alleges his son was mistreated by Swiss authorities after his July 15 arrest.   (AP Photo)

Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi is waging a diplomatic, business and public-relations offensive against Switzerland, the Times of London reports, in response to the July 15 arrest of his son Hannibal in the assault of a Geneva hotel worker. Qaddafi has closed Swiss offices and expelled diplomats, apparently organizing a boisterous gathering outside the Swiss embassy in Tripoli to protest the “mistreatment” of 32-year-old Hannibal, who’s out on bail. (More Moammar Gadhafi stories.)

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