Libyan strongman/nutbar Muammar Gaddafi is holding a gala celebration to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Reagan’s bombing of Tripoli, and shilling for the dictator will be the fabulous Lionel Richie! Libya remembers US raid with big festival. (Hat tip: Beautiful Atrocities.)

A film on the US raid entitled: “The Resistance to the Attack” is also to be shown, along with children’s drawings and paintings.

A conference is to be held, which organizers hope will be attended by Western academics, on the theme: “The US attack, its consequences and the right of Libyans to compensation and an apology”.

“In a bad world where Iraq is occupied and racism reigns in every country, we are sending out a message of peace through the artists of the world,” said organizer Osama Mohammed.