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Phone Transcript Reveals Gaddafi Accused Blair Of Supporting Al-Qaeda

Newly released telephone transcripts  reveal that Colonel Gaddafi accused Tony Blair of supporting al-Qaeda as he refused calls to stand down during the height of the Libyan uprising. Gaddafi also warned the former British prime minister about the rise of Islamic extremism On Thursday, the former British Prime minister submitted a transcript of the calls he made to Gaddafi on February 25, 2011, to MPs as part of their investigation into the UK’s policy on Libya. Records of two phone conversations between the pair on 25 February 2011 have been published by the Foreign Affairs Committee as its inquiry into Britain’s intervention continues. Here is a link to Blair-Gaddafi transcript No. 1 https://t.co/VxIKppW9JP — Foreign Affairs Ctte (@CommonsForeign) January 7, 2016 And here’s a link to the second Blair-Gaddafi call — https://t.co/nUVjhO6lIQ — Foreign Affairs Ctte (@CommonsForeign) January 7, 2016 RT reports: Addressing MPs in Parliament, Blair insisted he contacted Gaddafi as a “concerned private citizen,” and confirmed he cleared the phone calls with Prime Minister David Cameron and the US State Department. Blair accused of supporting Al-Qaeda Blair appears to have been pressured to respond to a number of allegations during the phone calls, including claims he supported Al-Qaeda. [...]