WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — The Libyan government has pitched a tent in suburban New York that leader Moammar Khadafy may use for entertaining, according to a State Department official. And it appears the property was rented from Donald Trump.
The State Department official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of diplomatic sensitivity and protocol concerns, said the property was obtained for the duration of this week’s United Nations General Assembly. The official said no one would be staying there overnight.
Local officials quickly objected to Khadafy’s anticipated presence. Khadafy, who arrived in New York on Tuesday, will likely face protests over Scotland’s recent release of Libyan Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, who was convicted of the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, which killed 270 people.
