New York, 27 Aug-(ANA)-Officials in the US state of New Jersey have reacted angrily to the possibility that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi may pitch his tent there next month.
Col Gaddafi is expected to set up his Bedouin-style tent on Libyan Embassy-owned land in the town of Englewood as he attends the UN General Assembly.
The town mayor, state governor and legislators said he was not welcome.
They were angered by the "hero's welcome" home given to Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi last week.
A number of the 270 people killed when a Pan Am jet exploded over the Scottish town of Lockerbie in 1988 were from New Jersey.
"I want him barred from New Jersey," New Jersey Congressman John Adler said of Col Gaddafi on Wednesday.
State Governor Jon Corzine echoed his views, saying: "Gaddafi is not welcome in New Jersey."
New Jersey senators Robert Menendez and Frank Lautenberg have urged the State Department to limit the Libyan leader's stay to the immediate area around the UN building in New York. (ANA)
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