VOL. XXXIV

NO. 18

4-FEBRUARY-1991

Libya

Libya Stops Payments to Turkish Contractors for Ankara's Role in Gulf War

Libyan leader Colonel Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi has stopped payments to Turkishcontractors because of Turkey's role in the war against Iraq, prompting Turkishcontractors to appeal to the government in Ankara to compensate them. Col.Qadhafi said on 26 January, "I believe the Libyan nation will have to cutrelations with Turkey...in all fields, including economic." Col. Qadhafisaid Turkey had...