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Last update - 17:57 30/03/2009
Gadhafi bolts Arab summit, declares himself 'dean of Arab rulers'
By The Associated Press
Tags: Israel News, Gadhafi, Libya 

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi stormed out of an Arab summit on Monday after denouncing the Saudi king and declaring himself "the dean of Arab rulers."

Gadhafi disrupted the opening Arab League summit in Qatar by taking a microphone and criticizing Saudi's King Abdullah, calling him a "British product and American ally."

When the Qatari emir tried to quiet him, the Libyan leader and current Africa Union chairman insisted he be allowed to speak.
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"I am an international leader, the dean of the Arab rulers, the king of kings of Africa and the imam (leader) of Muslims, and my international status does not allow me to descend to a lower level," Gadhafi said.

He then got up and walked out of the summit hall.

The Libyan leader is known for his unpredictable behavior, and it's not clear whether he will rejoin the two-day summit aimed at ending Arab feuds. A Libyan delegate said Gadhafi went to the Islamic museum in Doha for a tour.

Gadhafi has angered other Arab leaders with his sharp remarks at past summits and has harbored a grudge against Abdullah since exchanging harsh words during a summit in early 2003 shortly before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.

"Now after six years, it has proved that you were the liar," Gadhafi told Abdullah, adding that he now considered their "problem" over and was ready to reconcile.

Last year, Gadhafi poured contempt on fellow Arab leaders at the summit in Syria and warned that they might be overthrown like former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.

He boycotted the 2007 summit in Saudi Arabia but gave a televised speech saying "Liza" - referring to former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice - had dictated the gathering's agenda.

Also in 2005, Gadhafi told the summit in Algeria that Palestinians and Israelis are "stupid." A year earlier, he sat smoking cigars on the conference floor of the Tunisia summit to show his contempt for the other leaders
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  1.   Oh Moammar 18:25  |  Z 30/03/09
  2.   Must be the Jewish blood in their veins 18:46  |  Ahmed Al Daud 30/03/09
  3.   Gadhafi the fiery man of Africa. 18:47  |  Stephen. 30/03/09
  4.   Yogi would be proud 18:49  |  alan the real one 30/03/09
  5.   Gadhaffi in final stadium of narcistic desease? 18:51  |  Mark B. 30/03/09
  6.   Too bad there is no picture 18:58  |  Mark B. 30/03/09
  7.   The "Dean of Arab Rulers" has quite a temper 19:00  |  Conroy 30/03/09
  8.   Our Cousins Sure Are Funny... 19:36  |  Yosemite 30/03/09
  9.   Gadhafi not a bad guy 21:00  |  Molney 30/03/09
  10.   ahmad #1 you call it "arab search for power" something that has 21:32  |  enjoy ur misery 30/03/09
  11.   Stephen@2,nice post,it shows your ignorance AND prejudice all in 21:35  |  way to go stephen 30/03/09
  12.   First Erdogan, now Gadhafi 21:39  |  Realist 30/03/09
  13.   Is he noraml! 22:30  |  Paul 30/03/09
  14.   Ahmed al-Daud (response 1) 22:52  |  Eugene 30/03/09
  15.   Gadhafi Quits Arab Summit 23:57  |  The Teacher/Instruct 30/03/09
  16.   Fieldmarshal Arab Supreme Command Ghadafi needs a sanitorium!.. 01:21  |  The Bedouin 31/03/09
  17.   Andre Azzoulay we love you! 01:30  |  Israeli Arab 31/03/09
  18.   Gadhafi and Lieberman must meet 03:40  |  American in NY 31/03/09
  19.   Gadhafi No r Mal 11:11  |  The Teacher/Instruct 31/03/09
  20.   I bet ..... 01:37  |  Joe 28/08/09
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