Felicity Arbuthnot: How Many Dirty Western Hands in Libya?

This weekend a detailed article suggests that a French secret serviceman, acting on the express orders of the then President Sarkozy, is suspected of the murder of Colonel Quaddafi, on 20th October last year. While bearing in mind that the NATO backed insurgents now in power, who have destroyed much of Libya, de-stabilized, terrorized and hope to carve up Libya's resources for their, rather than the country's benefit, have every reason to wish to disassociate themselves from the butchery of Colonel Quaddafi's terrible death, the new allegations illuminate interesting points. The French assassin, it is claimed, infiltrated the mob, rabidly manhandling the Colonel, and shot him in the head. The motive, according to well placed Libyan sources, was to prevent any chance of interrogation into Sarkozys links with Colonel Quaddafi. The Mail previously revealed, quoting a French governmental briefing note published by an investigative website, that fifty million euros has been laundered through bank accounts in Panama and Switzerland from Colonel Quaddafi, to fund Sarkozy's 2007 election as President, which, if correct, would have broken political financing laws. Sarkozy's numerous visits to Libya were also cited. Further claims are that The Swiss account was opened in the name of Jean Francois Cope, the leader of Mr Sarkozy's  ruling UMP party, and the President's right hand man. Quadaffis son, Saif allslam, whose life hangs in the balance, no doubt further so, should he be subject to the Libyan judicial system, has stated unequivocally regarding the Sarkozy campaign funding: We have all the details and are ready to reveal everything. We funded it. No wonder Saif, also generous funder to his former place of advanced study, the prestigious London School of Economics, where he also delivered the annual Ralph Miliband Lecture in May 2010, named for renowned academic and father of the former UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband and his brother Ed, current leader of the Labor Party, has been abandoned by the Western powers who had formerly welcomed him, then conspired in another illegal coup, this time in his own country.