[Washington Post] Mary Beth Sheridan - Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi reportedly is planning to set up camp in suburban Englewood, N.J., next month on the grounds of a house owned by Libya's UN mission when he visits to address the UN General Assembly. Rep. Steven Rothman (D-N.J.), whose district includes Englewood, said Tuesday that the State Department and the White House had "strongly urged the Libyan government to have Mr. Gaddafi remain only in New York City." American officials were infuriated by the joyful homecoming celebration in Libya last week for the convicted bomber in the attack on Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988. 38 of the 270 victims of the attack lived in New Jersey.
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