The French philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy has been banned from visiting Libya as part of a delegation led by former premier Nicolas Sarkozy.
The ban, by the mayor of Tripoli, comes as a blow to Levy who visited Libya to show his support for the rebels' anti-Gaddafi campaign. He claimed to have been invited by the Libyan prime minister Ali Zeidan during his visit to Paris in January. The latter has denied issuing the invitation.
A spokesman for the Tripoli town hall said: " We haven't invited him. If he comes we will shut the door on him." The town hall claims its security is at risk from attack by Islamist militias.
The high-level French visit was timed to coincide with the second anniversary of French intervention on behalf of the rebels.
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BHL is one of my favourite people!
ReplyDeleteHe is intelligent, good-looking and JEwish! What more can I ask?
He is outspoken and that does not always please people. But who cares? He belongs to that tradition of "le droit d'ingérence', the right to intervene.
Wish there were more l!ike him!
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BHL was interviewed on French TV about a year and a half ago. He said that he was "optimiste" about Libya. That optimism may be worth as much as faith in the Second Coming.
ReplyDeleteWhat a slap in the face for BHL. Then also Sarkosy is in deep trouble
ReplyDeleteBut imagining that we can be friends with ARabs.....
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