Published: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 Bylined to: Patrick J. O'Donoghue Izarra: UK Foreign Secretary Hague story on Gaddafi in Venezuela false
<http://www.vheadline.com/graf/Patrick_2010-05-23_152820.jpg>*VHeadline News Editor Patrick J. O'Donoghue reports:* It was a statement from British Foreign Affairs Minister, William Hague that set the cat among the pigeons yesterday when he gratuitously mentioned that he had information that Libya's Muammar Gaddafi was on his way to Venezuela. The first reaction in Venezuela was from a "top official" denying the news. Later, Communications & Information (MinCi) Minister, Andres Izarra took responsibility for confirming the official denial, calling Hague's news release "false." European Union foreign policy director, Catherine Ashton, herself British but from the opposition Labour Party, brushed aside Hague's news as unfounded rumors. Izarra said Venezuelan Foreign Minister, Nicolas Maduro had spoken to his counterpart in Tripoli, who insisted that Gaddafi was still in Libya. Newspapers in the United Kingdom continue to link Venezuela with Gaddafi in their headlines today, quoting Colonel Gaddafi: I'm in Tripoli not Venezuela Patrick J. O'Donoghue [email protected] http://www.vheadline.com/patrick [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
