George Osborne thwarts Gaddafi plot to grab £900m in new Libyan banknotes | Mail Online

<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Standard-Catalog-Modern-Issues-Money/dp/B0044KMW30?ie=UTF8&tag=cosdelcri-21&link_code=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Standard Catalog Of World Paper Money Modern Issues (Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. Vol 3: Modern Issues)" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=B0044KMW30&tag=cosdelcri-21" /></a>George Osborne thwarts Gaddafi plot to grab £900m in new Libyan banknotes<img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=cosdelcri-21&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B0044KMW30" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> | Mail Online: "he plot was highly sensitive because the company which made the bank notes had to be seen to be fulfilling its legal obligations.<br /> <br /> The dictator and his henchmen were last night stripped of diplomatic immunity, meaning they could be arrested for war crimes if they set foot in the UK.<br /> <br /> And Mr Osborne got the approval of the Privy Council – with the Queen present – to stop the regime getting access to billions of pounds in assets in Britain at a meeting at Windsor Castle yesterday.<br /> <br /> The Government also said it would no longer approve export licences for ‘military or paramilitary equipment to Libya’, except if it is for UN peacekeeping or humanitarian purposes.<br /> <br /> It followed an outcry when it emerged that Gaddafi used weapons supplied by British firms against his own people."

George Osborne thwarts Gaddafi plot to grab £900m in new Libyan banknotes | Mail Online

George Osborne thwarts Gaddafi plot to grab £900m in new Libyan banknotes | Mail Online: "he plot was highly sensitive because the com...

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