Gadhafi offers olive branch, veiled threat

Wednesday, April 28, 2004

BRUSSELS, Belgium -- Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, once considered one of the world's most dangerous men, came to Europe for the first time in 15 years Tuesday, offering business deals and an olive branch -- along with a veiled threat to return to the "days of explosive belts" if provoked by "evil" from the West.

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