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Article: No tent for you! New Yorkers tell Qaddafi.(Muammar Qaddafi )(USA)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
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- September 23, 2009
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Byline: Tracey Samuelson Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor
Not in my backyard.
That's the message a handful of New York-area communities gave to Libyan President Muammar Qaddafi in response to his search for a place to pitch his Bedouin tent while in the United States.
President Qaddafi is here to speak at the United Nations General Assembly Wednesday - his first visit to the US and the UN in his 40-year presidency.
Why a tent?
When traveling internationally, Qaddafi prefers to stay in his traditional Bedouin-style tent, supposedly to honor his roots. He has previously set up camp in Italy and France.
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