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The Last Word: Saif al-Islam al-Qadhafi; The Politics of Blackmail.(Interview)
Byline: Christopher Dickey
Saif al-Islam al-Qadhafi (his preferred spelling of a name with many variations in English) is the best-known son of Muammar Kaddafi, the Libyan ruler once called "the most dangerous man in the world." Lately, Kaddafi has emerged as a newfound friend of the west, renouncing terror, giving up weapons of mass destruction, and opening Libya for business. Qadhafi, 35, has no official post in government, yet has played a key role in building Libya's ties to the West. Last week he spoke to NEWSWEEK's Christopher Dickey about that role and the recent deal to free five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian intern who had been accused of spreading HIV to children in a Libyan hospital. In return for their freedom, Libya got millions of dollars and a nuclear cooperation deal. Excerpts:
NEWSWEEK: What role did you play in the prisoner deal?
Qadhafi: I was the main negotiator. I laid down the roadmap in order to find an exit from this issue ... And then the Europeans said, "Well, we are not happy with that roadmap." But I think finally they seem happy now.
French First Lady Cecilia Sarkozy was in Libya for the release and flew with the prisoners to Bulgaria. What role did she play?
She is the last person to come interfere in that issue and she is the person who took the medics with her back home. She's very lucky. Lots of people tried in the past.
What did the French offer that nobody else did?
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