OBAMA APOLOGIZES for comments made about Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's call for jihad against Switzerland.

Posted: March 10, 2010 | Author: barenakedislam | Filed under: Jihad this! |Leave a comment »

The US State Department has apologized for comments made about Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s call for jihad, or holy war, against Switzerland over it’s recent ban on Muslim minarets.

Libya recently welcomed home the Lockerbie Terrorist Bomber who was released from jail in the UK (with approval of Obama) because he had cancer with only three months to live. That was back in August and he’s still alive and kicking, apparently in good health.

GADDAFI & OBAMA, brothers in Islam

Department spokesman PJ Crowley, who made the dismissive comments, said they did not reflect US policy and were not intended to offend. Col Gaddafi had criticised a Swiss vote against the building of minarets and urged Muslims to boycott the country. Mr Crowley described it as “lots of words, not necessarily a lot of sense.”

"May I have this dance, Muammar?

Libya and Switzerland are embroiled in a long-running diplomatic row. (And now we know which side the U.S. is on)

“I regret that my comments have become an obstacle to further progress in our bilateral relationship,” Mr Crowley said. Last week, Libya’s National Oil Corporation warned US oil firms of possible “repercussions” over Mr Crowley’s reaction.

The Libyan ambassador to the US sought to clarify Col Gaddafi’s remarks saying the Libyan leader meant an economic boycott not “an armed attack”. (HAH! Col Gaddafi said Switzerland “deserved to be attacked through jihad.” Not economic sanctions, HOLY WAR)

“I should have focused solely on our concern about the term jihad, which has since been clarified by the Libyan government,” Mr (SCHMUCK) Crowley added. “I understand my personal comments were perceived as a personal attack on the president,” he said. (So now sponsors of terrorism deserve respect?)