A PEACE PLAN A DAY... (via Mike Daley):

PMO plays down reports of diplomatic contacts with Libya (Amos Harel and Tsahar Rotem, 1/06/04, Haaretz)

A high-ranking Israeli delegation is expected to visit Libya with the aim of reaching a mutual understanding on the signing of a peace agreement, Kuwaiti newspaper A-Siyasa, quoted on the Al Bawaba website, reported Tuesday. [...]

European diplomatic sources said Monday that senior Libyan and Israeli officials met in Vienna last Friday in the presence of an American diplomat from the Vienna embassy, and agreed to send an Israeli delegation in the new year.

The sources told the newspaper that Gaddafi's son, Saif al Islam, and the head of intelligence, Moussa Kousa, have met Israeli officials more than once in Geneva and London during August and November with the help of Qatar's mediation.

Ever and always, lurking in the background, the gray eminences of the Bush administration....

Posted by Orrin Judd at January 6, 2004 6:26 PM