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Article: Europeans' views of Qaddafi clash with Western diplomatic moves.(WORLD)(Muammar Qaddafi)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
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- September 1, 2009
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Byline: Robert Marquand Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
Paris -- As Libya's leader Muammar Qaddafi gins up a titanic-sized celebration in Tripoli to honor the 40th anniversary of his coup and his rehabilitation in the West, he's won few hearts and minds among the European public, which still views him largely as a serial human rights violator and 1970s-style Arab dictator. Especially in light of Mr. Qaddafi's hero's homecoming for the convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi - analysts describe a classic moral clash between a broad public and expert view of Qaddafi as an unrepentant bully at home, and the patient Western ...
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