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April 6, 2011 05:59 pm PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/l0cGT8hxOL8/ex-congressman-in-li.html
Ex-Congressman in Libya to 'Help' Once Proposed Arming Gadhafi
Over at Wired Danger Room blog, Noah Shachtman reports on former US Congressman Curt Weldon, who traveled repeatedly to Libya over the last decade and ended up so cozy with the Gadhafi regime that the firm Weldon worked for once floated the idea of selling arms to Tripoli. "Now that Gadhafi is under assault from NATO airstrikes and rebel ground troops, it should come as no surprise that Weldon is back in Libya, 'to try to help negotiate a political settlement with Gadhafi and family,' according to CNN."...Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/l0cGT8hxOL8/ex-congressman-in-li.html
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