Gadhafi May Set Up Tent on Trump's Lawn

Bedford issues stop-work order on Libyan leader's digs

(NEWSER) - The New York town of Bedford has become the latest community to tell Moammar Gadhafi to pitch his tent elsewhere, LoHud.com reports. The town issued a stop-work order to workmen erecting the Libyan leader's Bedouin-style tent on an estate owned by Donald Trump. Officials said no permits required for such work had been obtained. A spokesman for Trump said the estate had been rented to Middle East partners and not directly to the dictator, who is making his first-ever visit to the UN this week. More»

'This problem has been solved to the satisfaction of all parties'

(NEWSER) - Moammar Gadhafi tried to leaven his image a bit after his 90-minute UN diatribe by sitting down with the Wall Street Journal yesterday. The Libyan strongman assured reporter Jay Solomon he could "comprehend" the anger of Americans who lost friends and relatives in the Lockerbie bombing. He denied orchestrating a hero's welcome for the bomber and said the release was all through "proper channels," adding, "We all feel the pain for such a tragedy." More»

Buried in 96-minute diatribe was a smart UN reform proposal

(NEWSER) - His swine flu conspiracy theories and who-shot-JFK musings may have got the headlines, but Moammar Gadhafi actually made a few good points during his 96-minute monologue at the UN General Assembly, blogs Gideon Rachman. The Libyan colonel is totally right that the Security Council is outdated and doesn't represent the world well, and he accurately outlined the difficulties of reform: offer one country a seat and another pops right up. Unfortunately, calling it "the terror council" does tend to turn fellow UN reformers off. More»

(NEWSER) - Maybe he just needs a good night's sleep (somewhere). Moammar Gadhafi made such a long and rambling speech today—his main point seemed to be to rail against the Security Council's power—that he wore out his first translator. Some odds and ends:

• He suggested Israel had a hand in the JFK assassination.
• Swine flu might be a military weapon that leaked from a lab.
• He complained at length of jet lag and having to get up early for the meeting.
• On that note, he suggested moving the UN out of New York: "You will thank me for not having to travel for 20 hours to this place."

(AP) - In his first appearance at the UN, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi blasted the Security Council and called for the end of the five permanent members' veto power. He also wants to expand the group with additional member states to make it more representative. "It should not be called the Security Council, it should be called the 'terror council,'" said Gadhafi in a rambling speech, during which he quoted from the UN charter. At one point, he complained of jet lag, but that didn't stop him from speaking more than 90 minutes. More»