Comments on: Gaddafi's deputy foreign minister is heading to Malta on a persuasion mission

By: Snap

Snap — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 18:54:11 +0000

In reply to Bus Driver. The fence they're sitting on cannot hold out for much longer.

By: yor

yor — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 18:04:23 +0000

In reply to Corinne Vella. Baldrick from Blackadder comes to mind.

By: C Falzon

C Falzon — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 16:32:26 +0000

*…that their fence-sitting and ambiguous language have been interpreted by the Gaddafi regime as “we’re on your side but we can’t really say so out loud”.”

I wouldn’t have thought this a few weeks ago but I’m now seriously worrying that may actually be our government’s position and not merely Gaddafi’s interpretation of it.

I would expect that from the PL, or at least parts of it but I had naively believed that the PN would be above that.

By: Corinne Vella

Corinne Vella — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 10:47:30 +0000

Gaddafi was never Malta’s friend. People like Gaddafi don’t have friends. They have useful idiots and what are nowadays known as ‘tools’.

By: Cannot_Resist_Anymore

Cannot_Resist_Anymore — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 10:02:37 +0000

The Italian Foreign Minister has just given a press conference this morning declaring that Gadaffi’s Deputy Foreign Minster’s mission to Greece and eventually to Turkey and Malta as not credible.

Franco Frattini did not mince his words. Gadaffi and his family must leave the country. There is no future at all for the Gadaffi regime. Italy recognises officially the Bengazi Interim Council.

Would our politicians finally understand that standing up for basic and fundamental principles comes before the protection of self interest under the guise of being “prudent”.

If not, the devil himself will turn against us as, in fact, he has done for over 42 years under the auspices that we had a friend in Libya.

By: Jo

Jo — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 09:11:56 +0000

In all this I feel lost and speechless. Whatever happened to ‘par idejn sodi’? As in a song of my very much younger days “bewitched, bothered and bewildered am I.”

By: Stacey

Stacey — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 08:32:02 +0000

In reply to Corinne Vella. Update: Maltastar has since removed the photo of the Twin Towers - proving that it was not deliberate and that they didn't realise until it was pointed it out.

By: La Redoute

La Redoute — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 07:12:42 +0000

In reply to April Showers. Ivan Camilleri did the same thing in The Times. He lifted information from an article in EUObserver that quoted an Eritrean refugee in Malta, giving the impression that the person in question spoke to him directly for the sake of complaining about Malta.

By: On the ground

On the ground — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 07:05:59 +0000

If our government had any balls they ought to tell Obaidi or Obeidi (different spelling going around) where to go.

As an official of the regime he is an accomplice to crimes against humanity.

But knowing Gonzi and Borg, they love having their miserable faces splashed on international media.

By: Stacey

Stacey — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 06:11:58 +0000

In reply to Anthony Farrugia.

And Maltastar reported that with a photo of the Twin Towers.

http://www.maltastar.com/pages/r1/ms10dart.asp?a=14864