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A wildfire of outrage erupted in New Jersey when it was learned Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi was considering pitching his Bedouin-style tent at a residence owned by the Libyan U.N. mission in the northern New Jersey city of Englewood. After a flurry of diplomatic and political activity, it was announced Gadhafi, who will visit the U.S. for the United Nations Assembly in September, will not stay in New Jersey. Libya is widely believed to have orchestrated the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988, and relatives of the victims ? 38 are from New Jersey ? were horrified at the prospect of Gadhafi staying in their state. Some 200 people gathered at the home of Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, a prominent radio and television personality who lives next door to the Libyan residence to send a clear message that Gadhafi was not welcome in Englewood ? nor any other New Jersey town. Speakers included Gov. Jon Corzine, U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) and Rep. Steve Rothman (D-9th Dist.), a former Englewood mayor, and Mayor Michael Wildes. (Video by Nyier Abdou/The Star-Ledger)
