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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/reform-in-libya-long-overdue.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Saif al-Islam appeared on state television to declare his father Moammar Gaddafi remained in charge with the army's backing" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-reform-in-libya-long-overdue.jpg" alt="Saif al-Islam appeared on state television to declare his father Moammar Gaddafi remained in charge with the army's backing"/></a></p>
<p>A former senior diplomat has said political reform in Libya is &#8220;long overdue&#8221;.</p>
<p>Ex-Foreign Office minister Lord Malloch-Brown, who was previously deputy secretary general of the United Nations, said: &#8220;I wish this had happened years ago.&#8221;</p>
<p>Lord Malloch-Brown, who served in the Foreign Office under Gordon Brown for two years, said he was surprised repression and inequality under Colonel Gaddafi&#8217;s 41-year rule had not sparked a popular uprising earlier.</p>
<p>But he added: &#8220;The resistance of Gaddafi &#8211; the terror state and security state he has established &#8211; explains why not. To be an opponent of his has been an almost suicide sentence to put on oneself, so he has survived through terror and suppression of his citizens.&#8221;</p>
<p>Lord Malloch-Brown said it is important the West re-engages with the Libyan regime, a move boosted in 2004 by a visit to the country by then prime minister Tony Blair.</p>
<p>&#8220;It was a dilemma not just for Britain but for the West,&#8221; Lord Malloch-Brown told BBC Radio 4&#8217;s Today programme. &#8220;A Gaddafi who was isolated remained a global contributor to terrorism, responsible for producing explosives for IRA acts of terrorism at one point.</p>
<p>&#8220;He was turning his state into a financier and supporter of international terrorist activities. The diplomatic objective of getting him into the embrace and responsibilities of more normal interstate behaviour was a good one.</p>
<p>&#8220;Whether or not subsequently that tail was wagged by business interest which pushed for concessions &#8211; that&#8217;s a more moot and debatable point.&#8221;</p>
<p>Libyan protesters and security forces battled for control of Tripoli&#8217;s city centre overnight, with snipers opening fire and supporters of Gaddafi shooting from speeding vehicles, witnesses have said. The protests appear to be the heaviest in Libya&#8217;s capital after days of deadly clashes in eastern cities.</p>
<p>Three witnesses say protesters moved into Tripoli&#8217;s central Green Square and nearby squares on Sunday night. Plain-clothes security forces and militiamen attacked in clashes that lasted until dawn.</p>
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