Libya Threatens to Sue U.S. Secretary of State for Calling It 'non-Democratic'
, Libya (AP) - Libya's foreign minister has threatened to sue U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell for calling Moammar Gadhafi's regime "totalitarian."
At a gathering at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington Thursday, Powell was asked by a Libyan-American about U.S. diplomacy toward the Libyan regime.
"We have no illusions about Col. Gadhafi or the nature of his regime ... its non-democratic, totalitarian nature, and we will approach it in that light," Powell said.
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"The Minister Colin Powell humiliated the people of Libya and therefore ... we will file a lawsuit against him," Shalqam was quoted as saying. "What he said is considered blasphemous and defamatory against Libyans."
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