A singed son of the desert. (Muammar Qadhafi, fire at Libyan chemical plant) (Currents) From: U.S. News & World Report | Date: March 26, 1990 | COPYRIGHT 1990 All rights reserved. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

A singed son of the desert

It probably wasn't Mrs. O'Leary's cow that started the fire in the Libyan chemical plant, but that didn't keep a grinning White House spokesman from suggesting the possibility. Hours after the plant in Rabta erupted in flames last week, Marlin Fitzwater professed that the U.S. had no knowledge of the cause. "Someone could have knocked over a kerosene lamp or something," he said, just barely avoiding a direct parallel between Rabta and the cause of the Great Chicago Fire.

Only a week before, the White House had gone public with news that the plant, ...

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