Muammar Gadaffi in no mood to forgive Switzerland...

SPARE a thought for the Swiss. There seems no end in sight to the campaign by Muammar Gadaffi, the Libyan leader, to humiliate them in revenge for the arrest in Geneva of Hannibal, his son, last year. 

“Hannibal’s war”, as diplomats call it, has been taking its toll on the land of Heidi: in the past year Libya has cut back oil supplies to the Swiss and withdrawn more than £4.3 billion from their banks. Gadaffi has also severed air links with Switzerland and several Swiss companies in Libya have been forced to close shop. 

No match for an Arab nationalist leader used to life in the trenches, the Swiss have run up the white flag, offering talks. Gadaffi, though, is not yet ready to forgive: his prime minister recently refused to meet the new Swiss chargé d’affaires in Tripoli. More...

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