BBC NEWS | Africa | Stop begging, Africa leaders told by Muammar Gaddafi (no mo' spiderholes!)

"Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has told other African leaders to 'stop begging' for Western charity.

He was speaking at the start of an African Union summit ahead of the G8 summit of the world's rich and powerful nations in Scotland.

Africa's leaders are expected to set out their views on trade and aid.

Colonel Gaddafi thanked British PM Tony Blair for his 'enthusiasm' for Africa. But he told him 'we are not beggars at the doorsteps of the rich'." (more at link)

-- Monkeyman says: LOFL. Is he referring to the same rich guys made him drop his WMD plans like a plate of fresh bacon?

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