Qaddafi Lives Up to Reputation as Allies Yet to Oust Him
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As foreign envoys converge on Istanbul to discuss yet again how to get rid of Muammar Qaddafi, the Libyan dictator is living up to his reputation for cunning by hanging on longer than any of them had predicted.
For all the early talk of days, not weeks to the endgame, Qaddafi has survived four months of NATO bombings and confounded diplomats with his mixture of bluffs and threats. It’s the same bag of tricks he has used to keep more than 100 tribes under control since taking power in a military coup in 1969.