At the beginning of October French intelligence persuaded Compaoré to cancel his trip to Libya at the last minute (he was going to dicuss Liberia with Colonel Moammar el Gadaffi) because it feared that the head of the presidential Guard Hyacinthe Kafando was about to launch a coup...
He visited Burkina and Libya ostensibly for the opening of Tripoli's Great Man- Made River project; Colonel Moammar el Gadaffi and Captain Blaise Compaoré have been Taylor's key suppliers of weapons and training and of soldiers (at least in Burkina's case) since his rebellion started in 1990...
Geneva-based North-South XXI which claims to be a non-governmental organisation and which last year was accredited as such to the United Nations Economic and Social Council administers the annual Gadaffi International Human Rights Prize which is named after Libyan leader Colonel Moammar el Gadaffi...
Despite major questions about its value Colonel Moammar el Gadaffi is pressing ahead with his Great Man-Made River...
The old antagonism over the Aouzou Strip is suspended and Colonel Moammar el Gadaffi's regime is no longer in a position to hand out cash and weapons for an armed uprising his former proteges complain...
Colonel Moammar el Gadaffi is disappointed that the UMA has not supported him over UN sanctions – although Algerian officials and Tunisia's Foreign Minister Habib Ben Yahia have lobbied on Libya's behalf...
Libya chose an Egyptian legal associate of Ashraf Marwan who is a close friend of Colonel Moammar el Gadaffi's family and a relative of the late Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser...
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For instance sources close to French military intelligence the Direction du Renseignment Militaire (under General Jean Henrich) claim Colonel Moammar el Gadaffi's cousin and security chief Ibrahim Sayed Gadaffadam...
The aim is to overthrow Colonel Moammar el Gadaffi...