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started paying money to the victims of terrorism in France due to Libya sponsoring those groups and even surrendered those involved in the 1988 Pan Am bombing case to the European authorities.

So what makes Libya not qualified for leading the UN security council? In short, Libya has a long history of diplomatic isolation, supporting terrorism, pursuing weapons of mass destruction and biological arms, sponsoring espionage missions and a strong ties to the Arab-middle eastern nations. Now all of a sudden, it has switched its views and has begun a new pan-African movement and a new foreign policy that links with the western governments. So what is Colonel Qaddafi and his government really have in mind?

The new changes are just too young and too radical to determine the effects of such actions within Libya and with its former relationships with terrorist organizations and Arab countries. I think Libya is taking the right steps towards the right direction. But Libya is just not ready yet to take on the international world. I suggest we hold off on Libya for a few more years as it fixes its internal issues before taking world stage.

Colonel Qaddafi also needs to rethink his country's civil, political and economic stances more before taking up a leadership role in the UN. In short, lets wait and see how well Libya progress before we start pushing on more responsibility onto that government.

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