The increasingly dangerous spat between Algeria and Egypt over the results of their 2010 World Cup Qualification has a ew chapter. The Arab League invited the leader of Libya Colonel Moammar Gaddafi to mediate in the ongoing dispute.

This announcement comes after academics from both countries appealed for calm and reasoning. While Gaddafi is not the President of the Arab League, he is the Chairman of the African Union. It is surreal that the Arab League [according to the Libyan State Media] has called on Colonel Gaddafi to mediate in a conflict that should be resolved by FIFA.

It is surreal that the Arab League has called on Colonel Gaddafi to mediate when it ignored him in many of their meetings. It was the fact that Colonel Gaddafi was snubbed that he is concentrating on Africa.