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The path to friendship goes via the oil and gas fields

Michael Meacher Saturday March 27, 2004 Guardian 27/03/2004 - Michael Meacher | 27.03.2004 09:44

Colonel Gadafy is just the latest beneficiary of a cynical strategy

So "brave" Muammar Gadafy has agreed on the importance of combating terrorism. A handshake with Tony Blair has sealed his re-entry into the international community, with contracts worth several hundred million pounds for Shell and BAE to follow. His compliance in opening up Libya to nuclear weapons inspectors has been spun as a major triumph in the "war on terror". The motives, however, are rather more cynical.

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Michael Meacher Saturday March 27, 2004 Guardian 27/03/2004 - Michael Meacher
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