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Article: Algeria Pulls Back From Union With Libya; Gadhafi Asked to Join Friendship Treaty
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- November 2, 1987
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Confronted by American opposition and internal splits over its
decision to move closer to Libya's Col. Moammar Gadhafi, Algeria is
backing away from a plan for an immediate political union with Libya,
diplomatic sources reported today.
Instead of agreeing to the union of the two Arab nations that
Gadhafi has insistently sought, the Algerians are asking the Libyans
to join a 1983 friendship treaty among Algeria, Tunisia and
Mauritania, according to these sources.
Although the union, which was to have been announced today, has
been frustrated, Gadhafi appears to be making significant progress in
his campaign to break out of the diplomatic isolation that the United
States has sought to ...