So Near And Yet So Far

Yet another landmark in Libya's ongoing international rehabilitation was marked by the resumption of cover by US Eximbank on March 23, which extends export credit guarantees for US exporters selling goods and services to Libyan public sector organisations. The move, signalled by US President George Bush in late February, will give a further boost to trade relations between the two erstwhile foes. But the Libyan leadership is showing sign of growing frustration at the tardy pace with which the Bush administration is pursuing the full normalisation of relations. Colonel Muammar al Qadhafi's ire is directed at the US State Department's

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