The minister's defection, though, is a potential gold mine of intelligence about the Libyan government.
One of its citizens, who represents a Swiss engineering giant, ABB, is still stuck in a Libyan jail.
Along with international prizes and shows, he boasts a death threat from former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and has riled Libyan and Jordanian authorities.
With the time and space that we have provided for the Libyan people, they will be able to determine their own destiny, and that is how it should be.
Which countries depend most on Libyan oil?
He reassured the Libyan opposition fighting to overthrow Colonel Muammar Qaddafi that he backed them.
This is particularly striking since, in the Libyan case, the President had plenty of time to get congressional support.
ABC News reported that coalition forces shot down a Libyan warplane that was defying the U. N. -imposed no-fly zone.
However last night his son Saif al-Islam who rebels said had been captured, appeared in front of western journalists and claimed his father was still somewhere in the Libyan capital.
A Libyan rebels security forces member looks on as Libyan youth play with a canister at Freedom square on August 22, 2011 in Benghazi, Libya.
But just recently, we asked the Libyan Embassy here to undertake the same step of suspending operations.
A Libyan rebel leader, Abdul Fattah Younis, has accused Nato of standing idly by while forces loyal to Colonel Gaddafi continuing killing people in the besieged western city of Misrata.
When Libyan Colonel Moammar Qaddafi's populace turned on him, he bombed them.
Europe, too, emerged much diminished - and not just during the Libyan conflict where Germany opted out and Britain and France ran short of munitions within weeks.
And in Libya, the death of Moammar Qadhafi showed that our role in protecting the Libyan people, and helping them break free from a tyrant, was the right thing to do.
U.N. and Libyan officials say they reached an an agreement Sunday to allow aid workers safe passage to Misrata.
It's also what the Libyan opposition asked us to do.
But it isn't that simple: Libyan oil is suitable for making gasoline, while Gulf state oil is better for diesel and fuel oil.
Jim Swire, who lost his 23-year-old daughter Flora, said it would be to Scotland's credit if the Libyan was released.
He has denied his people freedom, exploited their wealth, murdered opponents at home and abroad, and terrorized innocent people around the world - including Americans who were killed by Libyan agents.
French fighter jets shot down a Libyan government warplane over the city of Misrata on Thursday.
There were also unconfirmed reports of American B-2 "stealth" bombers hitting a major Libyan airfield.
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