VOL. XLV

No 6

11-February-2002

LIBYA

OasisPartners Get License To Negotiate New Standstill Agreement With NOC

Theabsence of Libya from a group of states including North Korea, Iran and Iraq designated as sponsors of terrorism and an axis of evil by US PresidentGeorge W Bush in his State of the Union address on 29 January has demonstratedthat despite several thorny issues that continue to mar the US-Libyarelationship, a thaw of sorts between Washington and Tripoli is under way. Thisis clearly...