Gaddafi himself should pay rebels

The idea of deducting the costs for the international financial aid to the Libyan rebels from Gaddafi's bank accounts is excellent, writes the left-liberal daily Süddeutsche Zeitung: "By establishing a special fund to support the rebels, the Western and Arab countries are sending a clear signal to the insurgents that they are not alone in their fight. But in so doing the financial backers are also to a certain extent washing their hands of the matter, because they don't have to decide what happens with their euros or dollars. If the rebels buy weapons with the money, that's up to them. The best thing would be to tap Gaddafi's frozen accounts all over the world. ... That would have one clear advantage: the long-time dictator himself would then be funding the country's liberation. That would only be fair."

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