Arabic News Weekly Edition for Libya, 5/10/2004
Weekly Edition, Libya - Week of May 10, 2004
- Libya denies targeting Syria in its decision: a country threatened to be crashed by Israel
Libya refuted yesterday the US under secretary of state for disarmament John Bolton who considered that its decision to halt purchase of weapons from " any country considered a source for the dissemination of weapons of mass destruction," to be targeting Syria, Iran and southern Korea and stressed that " Libya can not assess that Syria has a weapons of mass destruction because Syria is a peaceful country Libya-Syria, Politics, 5/15/2004 - Libya stops weapons deals with countries criticized by Washington
Libya has announced it had stopped all deals pertaining to weapons with countries presumed to deal with the weapons of mass destruction. In a statement broadcast by the Libyan news agency, Libya said that Tripoli will not deal with any weapons or military services with countries considered a source of huge concern in the field of deploying such type of weapons. Libya-Regional, Politics, 5/14/2004 - Libyans burnt the American flag in Benghazi
Hundreds of Libyans organized demonstrations in the streets of the Libyan coastal city of Benghazi during which they burnt the American flag in retaliation to the American criticism over Libyan court death penalty sentence against 6 foreigners working in the medical field that caused the infection of hundreds of Libyan children with HIV virus. Libya-USA, Politics, 5/10/2004