Bush official advised Gaddafi on how to stay in power as late as August

[Playinghardball]

Source: RawReplay
By Stephen C. Webster

Documents discovered by Al Jazeera reporter Jamal El Shayyal, who scoured the Gaddafi compound after rebels overran Tripoli, reveals that a former Bush administration official was advising the deposed leader as late as August 2 on what strategy he might take to remain in power.

One of the documents showed the minutes of a meeting with David Welch, the former assistant secretary of state from 2005-2008, who now works for government contractor Bechtel. During his time at the State Dept., Welch was instrumental in brokering the U.S.-Libya Comprehensive Claims Settlement Agreement, which restored diplomatic and commercial ties between the countries after 25 years on hiatus.

According to Shayyal, Welch was still advising Gaddafi as late as August 2, 2011, suggesting that the former dictator funnel information about Al Qaeda connections to the nation’s rebels through Israeli, Egyptian, Moroccan or Jordanian intelligence agencies to give it greater prestige in U.S. intelligence circles. He also reportedly told Gaddafi that if he would “step aside” from command of the Libyan government, he could potentially cling to some of his power.

Read more and watch this video from Al Jazeera, broadcast Wednesday, August 31, 2011



http://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/2011/09/bush-official-advised-gaddafi-on-how-to-stay-in-power-as-late-as-august/

[Cleita]

1. Hmmm! Could that be Condi behind it all?

Inquiring minds want to know.

[Brother Buzz]

3. Could be, George Shultz is behind it all

Condi was his puppet, his creation

[Angry Dragon]

2. Sounds like bechtel and welch are traitors

They should be arrested

as long as corporations are people