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Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, declaring that "we'd be content and happy if Obama can stay president forever," launched into a rambling assault against the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday, at one point complaining to world leaders gathered to hear him speak that he was tired and jet lagged.... He broached conspiracy theories, urged investigations of U.S. military activities and took aim at the structure and the actions of the Security Council, in a one-hour and 36-minute speech at the U.N. General Assembly's annual session. Gadhafi was one of several leaders, including President Obama, addressing the assembly Wednesday. Gadhafi called for world unity in confronting various world crises, such as climate change and food shortages, but he aimed his ire at the world body and the United States. Dressed in a traditional Libyan cap and robe, he elaborated on what he believes is the unfairness of the structure of the U.N. Security Council, which has five permanent members: the United States, Russia, China, France and Britain, each with veto power. "No one is objecting to the preamble [of the U.N. charter], but everything that came after that is contradiction of the preamble," he said through an interpreter. "The preamble says the nations are equal whether they are small or big. Are we equal in permanent seats? No, we're not equals." Citing the history of colonization and persecution of Africans, Gadhafi said it should be a priority for the United Nations to have a permanent African presence on the Security Council. He also said that despite the fact that the United Nations says there should be no resorting to military force unless it is a collective decision, 65 wars broke out after the establishment of the United Nations, and the Security Council didn't do anything to stop the conflicts. Watch Gadhafi demand equality » Gadhafi said the Security Council hasn't provided security but "terror and sanctions." He said no one should accept the resolutions of the Security Council, which he said should be called the "terror council." He suggested abolishing the Security Council in favor of the General Assembly, which would become a "world parliament." Gadhafi slammed U.S. military actions in places such as Korea, Panama, Vietnam and Grenada. He called the invasion of Iraq "the mother of all evils," criticizing the hanging of deposed leader Saddam Hussein and the abuses at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. He also said there should be investigations into many incidents, such as the Afghan war, and that the Taliban should be able to form an Islamic emirate, similar to the Vatican, and not be an enemy. He called for inquiries of the massacre at the Sabra and Shatila refugee camp in 1982 during the Lebanese civil war, Israel's Gaza offensive and the killings in the 1960s of former President Kennedy and civil rights leader the Rev. Martin Luther King. On other issues, Gadhafi said the solution for Israelis and Palestinians "is a democratic state without religious fanaticism" and said people on both sides want to live in one state. He has put forward an idea called the Isratine proposal that calls for a one-state solution in the region. Citing tough U.S. security, Gadhafi also broached the idea of moving the U.N. headquarters out of the United States and suggested putting it in another location, like China or India. He called the H1N1 flu virus a military tool and a weapon of proliferation. Gadhafi, who spoke after Obama, called the American leader "my son" and congratulated him on his first U.N. General Assembly, but he indirectly criticized Obama for giving a speech and walking out.

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