Any Moammars 'llowed In?

That headline comes from a commenter on the CBC website, and I just couldn't resist. Seems as though Lybian dictator Moammar Gadhafi is planning to pitch his tent right here in St. John's next week while his plane is refueled. No, really.

Ghadafi might want to check a weather forecast before he pitches a tent in Newfoundland this time of the year.

But the real question is should Gadhafi be allowed to deplane in Canada at all. Refuel, yes. But put 160 of his people in local hotels and pitch a tent? That has all the trappings of a sanctioned diplomatic visit. After the Lockerbie fiasco, which also killed Canadians, I can't see why we would afford him any welcome.

Although there will be no meetings with local dignitaries, Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon will meet with Gadhafi while he is here and deliver a message of strong disapproval over the hero's welcome organized for Abdelbasset Al Maghrahi, the man responsible for the Lockerbie terrorist bombing.

More from The National Post.

For the record I do not condone this idea from the comments in the National Post:

Just put enough fuel in the tank to get him 1,000 kms offshore, then liqour him up with screech. Make sure to get a picture of him kissing the cod.

Update: And now there's this news: Gadhafi brought over his own personal linguist to act as interpreter for his UN speech which was supposed to last 15 minutes.

An hour and a quarter into the speech his interpreter shouted into the live microphone in Arabic: "I just can't take it any more." At that point, the UN's Arabic section chief, Rasha Ajalyaqeen, took over and translated the final 20 minutes of the speech. "His interpreter just collapsed – this is the first time I have seen this in 25 years," another UN Arabic interpreter said. Ms Ajalyaqeen was given the next day off. "Ten minutes with Gadhafi earns you a lot of annual leave," one of her colleagues said.

Update 2: More on Gadhafi's tent.