Qaddafi declares jihad against Switzerland

Posted By Joshua Keating Thursday, February 25, 2010 - 5:52 PM Share

This is getting ridiculous:

"Any Muslim in any part of the world who works with Switzerland is an apostate, is against (the Prophet) Mohammad, God and the Koran," Gaddafi said during a meeting in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi to mark the Prophet's birthday.

"The masses of Muslims must go to all airports in the Islamic world and prevent any Swiss plane landing, to all harbors and prevent any Swiss ships docking, inspect all shops and markets to stop any Swiss goods being sold," Gaddafi said.

For those not keeping score at home, this feud began when Qaddafi's son Hannibal was arrested for assault and dad expelled Swiss diplomats from the country in response. Qaddafi has also submitted a proposal to the UN general assembly to have the country abolished. Libya also recently arrested two Swiss businessmen.

Simon Amman might want to steer clear of Tripoli. 

Hat tip: Mark Leon Goldberg via Twitter.

 

MAJORMARGINAL

6:39 PM ET

February 25, 2010

Switzerland

The Swiss Navy will take car of this.

 

KARL

12:22 AM ET

February 26, 2010

Qaddafi/Switzerland

Could Qaddafi's latest tirade have been a petulant response to depictions of him in Fasnacht (Carnival) celebrations? I collected a few photos at
http://karl-justaguy.blogspot.com/2010/02/dont-mess-with-colonel.html

 

GRANT

3:47 PM ET

February 26, 2010

Considering how long it took

Considering how long it took Libya and Qaddafi to get off 'pariah to the West' status I can only see this as an incredible foreign policy disaster. Is the man trying to get back on the EU's blacklist?

 

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