South Africa Rejects 'Political Assassination' of Libya's Gaddafi

The intention of the United Nations Security Council authorizing military action against Libya was "to protect the Libyan people" and "not to authorize a campaign for regime change or political assassination," President Jacob Zuma of South Africa has told fellow members of an African Union panel on Libya.

President Jacob Zuma and Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

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