The rehabilitation of the Gaddafi regime

The business newspaper Világgazdaság comments on the celebrations marking the 40th anniversary of the Libyan revolution and notes that the once ostracised Gaddafi regime is becoming socially acceptable again: "Given the scandal over the return of the Lockerbie bomber [Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi] to his home country it will be interesting to observe which heads of state and government take part in the 40th anniversary of the Libyan revolution and the rise to power of [head of state] Muammar al-Gaddafi. Although the guest list hasn't been published it's already certain that Italian head of government Silvio Berlusconi will attend the Libyan festivities. Libya has been an important economic partner for Italy for many years. … On the one hand it is an important oil supplier (it provides Italy with most of its fuel), on the other the country is an attractive location for investments for the West. The ripping open of the Lockerbie wound is therefore hardly likely to reverse the process of the Gaddafi regime's international rehabilitation. After all, oil makes the world go round."

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