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...