Gadhafi Accepts Terms of Agreement To End Libyan Conflict?

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South African president says: Gadhafi accepts terms of agreement to end Libyan conflict
CNN ^ | 04/10/2011 | CNN Wire Staff

Posted on Sun 10 Apr 2011 05:56:35 PM GMT+6

Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- Embattled Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, in negotiations with the African Union, has agreed in principal to a deal that would end the conflict in the nation he's ruled for 42 years, South African President Jacob Zuma told reporters Sunday.

Negotiations remained under way Sunday night between Gadhafi and the African Union delegation.

Details of the agreement were not available, though it is believed to include an immediate ceasefire in the nearly two-month long war between Gadhafi's forces and those fighting to unseat him. In his comments, Zuma also discussed an end to NATO airstrikes aimed at enforcing a no-fly zone and targeting Gadhafi's troops.

After staying overnight in Tripoli, the African Union delegation will fly Monday to the Libyan rebel stronghold of Benghazi to meet with opposition leaders there.

Gadhafi has been a strong supporter of the African Union and has channeled large sums of money its way. Libya also holds a seat on the 15-member Peace and Security Council. As such, opposition leaders have voiced skepticism that mediation would end the conflict in a way that would satisfy their goals, which include Gadhafi's ouster.

The African Union's special committee on Libya is represented by Mauritania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali, Uganda as well as Zuma's South Africa. As Gadhafi left one meeting at his compound in Tripoli, he made a rare public appearance for international media before riding off in a car as he waved to supporters near his tent. The leader then entered a second meeting with the delegation.

Earlier Sunday, Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz told journalists that the meetings "will discuss the ways to resolve the crisis in Libya, and our main goal is to stop the military operations and find adequate solutions for the problem between our Libyan brothers http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/04/10/libya.war/index.html

 

[Armchair_QB]

Re: S African President: Gadhafi accepts terms of agreement to end Libyan Conflict

If the agreement doesn't include him stepping down as president/grand poohbah/whatever it's not worth the paper it's printed on.

 

[Stitch]

Re: S African President: Gadhafi accepts terms of agreement to end Libyan Conflict

It would help if the rebels were part of the discussions.

 

[YankeeFan]

Re: S African President: Gadhafi accepts terms of agreement to end Libyan Conflict

It won't work if his son Saif is designated to be the interim ruler either. Nor will Saif's idea that his father stays on in some sort of honorary position, like the "Queen of England" as he suggested.

 

[Stitch]

Re: S African President: Gadhafi accepts terms of agreement to end Libyan Conflict

Gadhafi honors peace deal.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110411/wl_nm/us_libya

I don't understand how news organizations can report so-called peace deals involving Gadhafi with a straight face.

 

[Mark McGwire]

Re: S African President: Gadhafi accepts terms of agreement to end Libyan Conflict

What will our Marines on the ground do, now?

 

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Re: S African President: Gadhafi accepts terms of agreement to end Libyan Conflict

Merkel joins Nato-African bid to end Libya war. Qaddafi to stay until elections
Away from the cameras focusing on the African Union peacemaking delegation in Tripoli Sunday, April 10 headed by South African President Jacob Zuma, exclusive intelligence sources disclose German Chancellor Angela Merkel's discreet but key role in the multinational thrust to broker an end to
the Libyan war. Her emissary arrived quietly in the Libyan capital with NATO consent.
Our sources identify him as Bernd Schmidtbauer, German government coordinator and former secret service chief.
The intervention of the strongest European power for ending the conflict underscores Muammar Qaddafi's military successes over the rebels and the failure of their NATO, British and French supporters to force him to step down – whether by military action, an ineffectual no fly zone and UN sanctions. The German chancellor refused from the first to join the international effort to topple Qaddafi. She now leads the effort to end the conflict.

The Americans were first to grasp that those measures would not work, By April, they had withdrawn their military assets from the arena.

The German emissary has met Qaddafi and his son Saif several times on the basis of a commitment that under no circumstances would the Libyan ruler have to leave his country. This concession makes it possible for him to stay in power - at least until political reforms providing for elections in which one of his sons can run for election as president are in place
In his talks with the African delegates, Qaddafi agreed to the immediate cessation of all hostilities and to negotiations with a view to "adopting and implementing the political reforms necessary for eliminating the causes of the current crisis," according to a statement issued Sunday. http://www.debka.com/article/20836/

 

[Oggiedoggie]

I know that there are rules against outing folks and all, but I'm beginning to believe that d_b is Gaddafi.

 

[Stitch]

Merkel joins Nato-African bid to end Libya war. Qaddafi to stay until elections
Away from the cameras focusing on the African Union peacemaking delegation in Tripoli Sunday, April 10 headed by South African President Jacob Zuma, exclusive intelligence sources disclose German Chancellor Angela Merkel's discreet but key role in the multinational thrust to broker an end to
the Libyan war. Her emissary arrived quietly in the Libyan capital with NATO consent.
Our sources identify him as Bernd Schmidtbauer, German government coordinator and former secret service chief.
The intervention of the strongest European power for ending the conflict underscores Muammar Qaddafi's military successes over the rebels and the failure of their NATO, British and French supporters to force him to step down – whether by military action, an ineffectual no fly zone and UN sanctions. The German chancellor refused from the first to join the international effort to topple Qaddafi. She now leads the effort to end the conflict.

The Americans were first to grasp that those measures would not work, By April, they had withdrawn their military assets from the arena.

The German emissary has met Qaddafi and his son Saif several times on the basis of a commitment that under no circumstances would the Libyan ruler have to leave his country. This concession makes it possible for him to stay in power - at least until political reforms providing for elections in which one of his sons can run for election as president are in place
In his talks with the African delegates, Qaddafi agreed to the immediate cessation of all hostilities and to negotiations with a view to "adopting and implementing the political reforms necessary for eliminating the causes of the current crisis," according to a statement issued Sunday. http://www.debka.com/article/20836/

NATO will not be involved in any deal with Gadhafi still in power.