Libya fires anti-Qaddafi ambassador to US
Published: Mar 1, 2011 03:38 Updated: Mar 1, 2011 03:38
WASHINGTON: The State Department says the Libyan government has fired its ambassador to the United States and replaced him with a loyalist of leader Muammar Qaddafi.
Ambassador Ali Aujali (OH-zha-lee) had announced last week he was siding with Qaddafi’s opponents as protesters clamor for Qaddafi to leave.
State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley says the Qaddafi regime notified the department on Monday that it had fired Aujali.
The Obama administration closed its embassy in Tripoli on Friday after the remaining US diplomats were evacuated but has not broken diplomatic relations with Libya. Last Monday, Aujali joined other Libyan diplomats in calling for Qaddafi to step down although he said he would not resign his post as ambassador.
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