State Department Apologizes For Criticizing Ghaddafi, Libya Accepts Apology

The Chief department spokesman P.J. Crowley was asked on Feb. 26 to comment on Gadhafi's call for jihad against Switzerland, and Crowley said he was reminded of Gadhafi's lengthy speech at the United Nations, which lacked "sense."

“I saw that report and it just brought me back to a day in September, one of the more memorable sessions of the U.N. General Assembly that I can recall: lots of words and lots of papers flying all over the place, not necessarily a lot of sense,” he said.

The AP reports that Libya has since "accepted an apology from senior U.S. State Department official for a joking remark he made about Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's call for holy war, against Switzerland. Last week, Libya summoned the U.S. charge d'affaires and threatened negative repercussions if the U.S. failed to apologize." Tweet