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The story begins back in the mid-1970s with a lonely and frustrated Colonel Gaddafi. He had come to power in 1969 with a burning ambition to transform the world – by liberating the Arab countries from the domination of the west, especially from Britain and America. But no-one would help him – or even cared. He was simply ignored.
Gaddafi was following the vision that had been set out by his hero Gamal Abdel Nasser, the President of Egypt. Nasser had promised to unify the Arab world and transform it into a new revolutionary force that would be strong enough to stand up to the western powers.
But then, in 1970, Nasser died and his vision faltered. Gaddafi tried to keep it alive by unifying Libya with other countries – first with Egypt under Sadat, then with Tunisia and Algeria in something he called “The Steadfastness Front”. He even tried Idi Amin in Uganda. But one by one the Arab countries gave up and slipped back to being the compliant puppets of America or Russia
But Gaddafi wasn’t going to give up. He was determined to challenge the old colonial powers.
He was convinced that Northern Ireland was very like Libya. The Catholics, he believed, were fighting a revolutionary struggle against the yoke of British imperialism. So he offered to supply them with money and arms.
Originally posted by deessell
In my opinion, Gadaffi's greatest acheivement was the man made river. This brought running water to people in the Sahara desert.
This was bombed by Nato.
F****ing crime against humanity if you ask me.
'What did I do to you?'
"Gaddafi did not run away, and he did not want to escape
Originally posted by mideast
reply to post by luciddream
He has more honor than Iranian Shah who escaped Iran several times and he didn't return in the last time.
Originally posted by MrSpad
I always find it funny the only people who seem to think Gaddafi was not a scum bag are people who are not Libyan. You go to Libya and try sell the Gaddafi is not so bad crap to them and see how they react. They have museums dedicated to famlily members who were killed and tortured before the revolution. Any of you are welcome to visit, they will be happy to educate you on what living under Gaddafi was like.
Originally posted by Nicks87
Gaddafi was also one of the first people to expose the "rebel" forces in his country as Al Qaeda terrorists that were being funded by the west. It wasnt his people that were rebelling against him, most Libyans loved Gaddafi.
www.youtube.com...
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Gaddafi was speaking out against Al Qaeda and radical islam but instead of supporting him the U.S. and our allies decided to help Al Qaeda, our supposed enemies, instead?
This makes absoultely no sense unless the war on terror was a fraud to begin with and our govts are using Al Qaeda to take over the middle east.
they will be happy to educate you on what living under Gaddafi was like.
Originally posted by pirhanna
And, of course the bought and paid for media (all of them) are ignoring this. They are also blacking out the dictatorial-like clamp down and gassing of citizens in Turkey by the elected radical muslim leadership.
Originally posted by Sankari
Originally posted by pirhanna
And, of course the bought and paid for media (all of them) are ignoring this. They are also blacking out the dictatorial-like clamp down and gassing of citizens in Turkey by the elected radical muslim leadership.
Proof please. The mainstream Western media has been covering the Turkish riots consistently and in great detail, ever since they began.
Anyone who doesn't know this is just pig ignorant.edit on 5/6/13 by Sankari because: typo...
Originally posted by MrSpad
I always find it funny the only people who seem to think Gaddafi was not a scum bag are people who are not Libyan. You go to Libya and try sell the Gaddafi is not so bad crap to them and see how they react. They have museums dedicated to famlily members who were killed and tortured before the revolution. Any of you are welcome to visit, they will be happy to educate you on what living under Gaddafi was like.