Qaddafi as media star, or media villain? Whatever the answer, he still knows how to play them

Although accused of having supplied Abu Nidal with the weapons for the attacks, Mr. Qaddafi seemed privately disturbed by the incidents but suggested that he would prefer to be demonized in the media rather than grouped with the United States and Israel by condemning the Palestinian terrorist. (File photo)

By JAMES M. DORSEY
SPECIAL TO AL ARABIYA

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