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Pro-Israel Berlusconi kisses Ghaddafi at Arab meet
Sat, 27 Mar 2010 18:29:33 GMT
The fiercely pro-Israeli Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi was among the guests at the controversy-filled Arab League summit in Libya with the supposed aim of forming a unified strategy against Tel Aviv's illegal settlement plans in Palestinian territories.

At one point, according to reports, Berlusconi, whose country ruled Libya for over three decades after 1911, stooped to kiss Gaddafi's hand upon arrival at the summit.

Fourteen Arab leaders and three foreign quests attended the two-day summit, which kicked off on Saturday in the Mediterranean city of Sirte.

Italy has become a firm European supporter of Libya since a 2008 formal apology to Tripoli for the decades of colonial rule. The apology led to a number of accords which has cemented bilateral ties.

Notably, Rome pressured Switzerland to lift a visa ban blacklisting 188 prominent Libyans, saying that Italy and several other European countries in the Schengen border-free zone would circumvent it.

In another major gaffe, the eccentric Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi suggested one of his chief guests, the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, was overweight.

In response to the emir's protest that Arab leaders had achieved too little, Gaddafi said he doubted the Qatari leader could do better but that he was "better than me at filling a void. The little jab was followed by a burst of laughter.

UN chief Ban Ki-moon and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan were also among the foreign guests.

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[TheAnimeDuke]

@eye352 i guess a traitor like you would say something like that, your a disgrace.

[4against1]

after this war hell be kissing gaddafis feet what a prick

[sweetme2795]

@protfl my solidarity is for the Libyans fighting to repel Gheddafi but for those who truly believe in freedom.

then it is normal that there is an involvement of other states in such cases has always been in this way.

I am with the people who fight for freedom what's wrong?

[protfl]

@sweetme2795 ok, let me ask a question to clarify everything, your solidarity is with libyan people that are bandits supported by eurofascits and american fascists? or with actual libyan people?

[sweetme2795]

@protfl you think I'm proud of the politicians who are in government ? if you do not know if my opinion or perhaps you have not understood read what I have read and be quiet and the fascist leader's you . I have a brain and I know that politicians in Italy are disgusting and I wish this shit would change but does not depend only on me but also from other Italian

[protfl]

@sweetme2795 you better kiss ass of your hypocritical fascist leader.

[kennethtaber48]

Prime Minister 188 loves kissing ... just like Prime Minister 187 who saw Jesus walk in some Voo Doo Lounge Game in his Suicidal Kings lust over Princess MM2786

[mrtestb]

Crociati, annegare in Libia. Ci saranno interruzioni! Re gonna die!

[paganesenato]

Italians are not afraid of anything or anyone ... Berlusconi is just an idiot ..

[Chuck7i]

@eye352 r u stupid? In Italy we hate Berlusconi, anyone vote him. Maybe HE is a shit, like you.