Gaddafi calls Turkey's EU bid a "Trojan horse"

[emad]

Reuters
Thu Dec 16, 2004 12:14 PM GMT
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ROME (Reuters) - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has said it would be dangerous for the European Union to admit Turkey as a member state, calling the accession bid a "Trojan horse" for Islamic militants like Osama bin Laden.

"As far as the Islamic world is concerned -- including the Islamic extremists, even bin Laden -- they're rejoicing over the entry of Turkey in the European Union. This is their Trojan horse," he was quoted as saying by the Italian media.

"I'm saying only what will happen with the entry of the horse into Troy," he added in comments published on the day EU leaders met in Brussels to discuss whether to begin accession talks with the secular but overwhelmingly Muslim Turkey.

Gaddafi made his comments in an interview with RAI television, which is due to be aired on Friday. A transcript was printed on Thursday in Italy's La Repubblica daily.
http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=639635

[trotsky]

1. Perhaps if we built a giant wooden badger.

[emad]

2. Where's Shrub's pic?

[trotsky]

3. Here?

[emad]

6. Is that Poppy, the one with the antlers?

Skull & bones Winter Solstice reunion?

[Bucky]

4. Qaddafi's just jealous & wants to derail Turkey's growth

He's using the most available bugaboo to bug his regional rival, Turkey. He's trying to hog some glory. What a douchebag.

[quaoar]

5. So now Gaddafi is on the anti-terror train, eh?

How much is Bush paying him?

[emad]

7. Riggs Bank, Tripoli?

New branch opening January 2005?