Ali Aujali

Ex-Libyan Ambassador Labels Regime 'Criminal' As Pre-Qaddafi Era Flag Raised Over Home (VIDEO)

Ryan J. Reilly | February 25, 2011, 4:25PM

It was quite a scene at the former Libyan ambassador's residence in Northwest Washington, D.C. Friday afternoon, where a group of protestors raised the pre-Qaddafi era flag outside of the home of Ambassador Ali Aujali, who resigned his post earlier this week.

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Topics: Ali Aujali, LIbya, Muammar Qaddafi

LIbya

Livingston Group Lobbied for Libya, Qaddafi Charity

Susan Crabtree | February 22, 2011, 6:43PM

The Livingston Group, one of the main lobbying firms working on behalf of Egypt and former President Hosni Mubarak, also was paid $2.5 million in 2008 and 2009 to influence Washington on behalf of the government of Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi and a charity run by his son Saif Al Islam Al Qaddafi.

"In 2008, the lobbyists held several meetings with members of Congress and their staff 'concerning the legislative status of amending a statutory provision against U.S. trade with Libya,' in an effort to boost foreign investment in the country," reports the Sunlight Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to government transparency. "Around the same time as the meetings the Senate lifted the sanctions on the nation imposed after U.S declared Libya a terrorist state in the 1980s."

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Topics: Bob Livingston, Jack Abramoff, LIbya, Lobbyists, Muammar Qaddafi, Saif Al Islam Al Qaddafi, The Livingston Group

Bahrain

Does The Administration Have A Bahrain Problem?

Eric Lach | February 16, 2011, 3:24PM

The spirit of popular uprising that in a matter of weeks has toppled regimes in Tunisia and Egypt has now spread to several other countries in the region. Iran, Libya and Yemen have all seen protests this week. But the trickiest situation for the American government to react to could be the one in tiny Bahrain.

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Topics: Bahrain, Barack Obama, CIA, Iran, LIbya, State Department, Yemen