Gaddafi: European partnership will increase terrorism

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi warned of a terror backlash if Muslim countries in North Africa accepted a plan for a partnership with Europe.

Mr Gaddafi repeated his refusal of a suggestion by French president Nicolas Sarkozy to set up a strategic bloc that unites Mediterranean countries of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, saying it might increase terrorism in the already volatile Middle East.