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Gadhafi's Planned Visit to Jersey Sparks Fury

By Jason Farago,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 26, 2009 6:00 AM CDT
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(Newser) – Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi plans to visit New Jersey, perhaps unfortunately soon after he gave a hero's welcome to the freed Lockerbie bomber, reports the Washington Post, and Garden State residents aren't exactly rolling out the red carpet. Gadhafi plans to pitch his huge Bedouin tent in Englewood during his first trip in 40 years to America, where he'll speak at the UN. But his planned suburban foray is causing a diplomatic storm in a state that lost 38 lives in the crash of Pan Am Flight 103.

The House member representing Englewood has approached the State Department and White House, asking them to keep Gadhafi inside New York City. But the leader has already been rebuffed by City Hall; when he asked if he could camp in Central Park, Mike Bloomberg's office said no.

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi waves at the end of a meeting with hundreds of prominent Italian women in a concert hall in Rome earlier this summer.
Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi waves at the end of a meeting with hundreds of prominent Italian women in a concert hall in Rome earlier this summer.   (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Officials are trying to prevent Moammar Gadhafi from staying in the backyard of this Libyan-owned mansion in Englewood, NJ, on his first visit to the US in 40 years.
Officials are trying to prevent Moammar Gadhafi from staying in the backyard of this Libyan-owned mansion in Englewood, NJ, on his first visit to the US in 40 years.   (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi chairs his delegation during the opening session of the 15th Non-Aligned Movement summit in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt, Wednesday, last month.
Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi chairs his delegation during the opening session of the 15th Non-Aligned Movement summit in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt, Wednesday, last month.   (AP Photo/Goran Tomasevic, Pool)
Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi arrives to a round table session during the final day of the G8 Summit in L'Aquila, Italy, last month.
Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi arrives to a round table session during the final day of the G8 Summit in L'Aquila, Italy, last month.   (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Sean Kilpatrick)
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cognitivefilter
Aug 27, 2009 4:09 AM CDT
no mad, americans crashing planes is always bad. right..what's worse...that americans don't know americans were responsible for thousands of other american deaths as a result of crashing planes
Shannonals
Aug 27, 2009 2:35 AM CDT
Why should the current administration be ashamed Reader65069154? If you saying the United States should block his entry into the country to attend the United Nations function, I advise you to read the U.N. charter.
Reader65069154
Aug 26, 2009 12:56 PM CDT
The fact that the war on terror brought this man and his country back to the civilized world is perhaps one of the most overlooked victories of the Bush presidency. The recent events involving the release of the convicted Lockerbie terrorist are unconscionable, and our administration should be ashamed.

 
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