Gaddafi says Libya came close to building bomb

[ECH1969]

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, whose country abandoned weapons of mass destruction programmes in 2003, said that at one stage Libya had come close to building a nuclear bomb, the Libyan news agency reported on Monday.

"It is true that Libya came close to building a nuclear bomb. This is no longer a secret … as everything was laid bare by the International Atomic (Energy) Agency for everyone to see," the agency quoted Gaddafi as saying on Sunday in a speech to Libyan engineers.

"The programs and equipment (to build a nuclear bomb) are known," he added.

It was the first time any Libyan official has confirmed that the north African country of more than five million had been trying to build a nuclear bomb.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2229773

[zonkers]

1. But he decided to build a disco with a light up dance floor in his

palace basement instead.

[pitohui]

4. egg-zactly what i was thinking

this guy is a real character, isn't he? i won't trouble my beautiful mind w. his boasts

[Posteritatis]

5. I admit I find him entertaining

His deck's short a dozen cards and composed entirely of jokers, but you gotta admit he's at least got some style about it.

[MichiganVote]

6. Yeah, especially when he blows up commerical airplanes

with innocent people aboard. Laugh a minute.

[endarkenment]

2. Uh - he's lying?

My understanding is that Libya's nuke program was so retarded that the offer of normalization for disbanding it was a no brainer.

[MichiganVote]

7. Perzactly. Free trade and democracy don't you know.

[chelsea0011]

3. "Now give me some candy".

And I came close to being a doctor. If only I graduated college.

[nashville_brook]

8. "theeeees close" -- it was like we were in the same room

sorry... sounds like the lame conversations musicians have...

"we almost opened for Creed once, man."
"oh yeah, well, Billy Squire is in my AA group.
"dude, no way!"
"yeah, and he had almost had a bomb with him once, but the IAEA said he had to either share or keep it to himself."