EU forced to play by Gaddafi's rules

In a polemic published in several European dailies, writer Tahar Ben Jelloun calls on Europe to "save the Libyan hostages". "Libya wants to apply its strange and outdated conception of justice to Europe. ... We are in the traditional logic of this country called 'the blood debt'. This tradition consists of repaying your crime. ... Europe cannot enter into this archaic logic that is contrary to justice and law. Only an independent and rational court of justice can judge the guilt or innocence of the accused. ... Europe must reject this idea of blood debt; if Europe negotiates with Libyan 'justice', then why call it scandalous to secretly negotiate with terrorists who take hostages in Iraq, Lebanon or Afghanistan?"

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