Gadhafi leads Africans in anti-Israel crusade

African Union chairman and Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi has told participants of an African group that Israel’s presence in the region is one of its greatest threats.

Libya is hosting a special session of the African Union Assembly, ostensibly to resolve conflicts on the continent.

Gadhafi opened the session by saying conflicts such as that in Sudan's Darfur region are internal matters, and involve infighting over power.

The Libyan dictator the wars pose no real danger to the region as a whole.

But he warned the conflicts could pose a risk if they invite international intervention, as other powers were eager to get at Africa's wealth.

He said the small internal wars could be used as a pretext for other nations to intervene.

Gadhafi then repeated a call to oust all Israeli embassies from the continent, saying Israel is "behind all of Africa's conflicts."

He demanded the closure of all Israeli embassies across Africa, and described Israel as a gang using the "protection of minorities as an excuse to launch conflicts."

Israel has in the past acknowledged operating a policy in Africa between the 1960s and 1980s, intervening in incidents in Ethiopia, Uganda and Sudan.

Gaddafi claimed that Abdelwahid Mohammed Nur, the leader of a Darfur rebel group had opened an office in Tel Aviv while living in exile in Paris.

After Gadhafi’s inflamatory speech, attendees at the conference were asked to attend festivities marking 40 years since the Libyan dictator took power in a coup.

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