{"id":322415,"date":"2011-03-19T14:48:10","date_gmt":"2011-03-19T14:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/19\/libya-al-qaeda-is-to-blame-for-unrest-gaddafi-tells-west\/"},"modified":"2011-03-19T14:48:10","modified_gmt":"2011-03-19T14:48:10","slug":"libya-al-qaeda-is-to-blame-for-unrest-gaddafi-tells-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/19\/libya-al-qaeda-is-to-blame-for-unrest-gaddafi-tells-west\/","title":{"rendered":"Libya: Al-Qaeda is to Blame for Unrest, Gaddafi Tells West"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"53.6984465428\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/><!-- close google_banner_mid div ---><\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.english.rfi.fr\/africa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/7305b8cerfi-logo-en.jpg\" alt=\"Radio France Internationale (Paris)\" title=\"Visit Radio France Internationale (Paris)\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- begin story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p>19 March 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>In letters addressed to Western leaders, Libyan leader Moammer blamed the unrest in his country on al-Qaeda and said the UN security council authorising air strikes was invalid. 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A day after declaring a ceasefire following a UN resolution allowing the use of air strikes to impose a no-fly zone over Libya, Kadhafi leader blamed the unrest in his country on al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Aqim<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-322415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Libya: Al-Qaeda is to Blame for Unrest, Gaddafi Tells West - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/19\/libya-al-qaeda-is-to-blame-for-unrest-gaddafi-tells-west\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Libya: Al-Qaeda is to Blame for Unrest, Gaddafi Tells West - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"19 March 2011 In letters addressed to Western leaders, Libyan leader Moammer blamed the unrest in his country on al-Qaeda and said the UN security council authorising air strikes was invalid. 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