Throughout the course of history there’s been many viciously cruel dictators. But few as deranged as Muammar Gaddafi. Yet for over 40 years the Libyan leader terrifies, tortures and torments the world with one horrific act after another. This is the story of the Middle East’s longest serving dictator. Evolution of Evil s1e1: Gaddafi: Mad Dog of the Middle East, History 2015
Suddenly the colonel’s convey is hit by a Nato air-strike forcing the once almighty-tyrant to take refuge in a sewer pipe. But how has it come to this? ibid.
1969: After more than ten years in the planning Gaddafi is ready to make his move. With King Idris out of the country receiving medical treatment in Turkey, the mission he calls Operation Jerusalem is a go … ‘Probably one of the most peaceful coups that has happened in history.’ ibid.
He will pursue any Libyan that opposes him. ibid.
And he will fight his war dirty. ibid.
Gaddafi is US public enemy number one: ‘This mad dog of the Middle East.’ ibid.
The United Nations imposes tough sanctions. ibid.
His methods would become ever more deranged. ibid.
‘The Liberace of the Arab world.’ ibid.
‘The most prolific rapist in history.’ ibid.
It’s the end of a dictatorship: the symbols of a dynasty lie smashed … A new revolution is overthrowing the old. At a price. In 1969 he overthrew a monarchy. In 2011 he joined the roll-call of dictators swept away by people power. Gaddafi: The Endgame: State of Denial, Al Jazeera 2011
When the demonstrators did take to the streets, they were confronted with organised violence from government mercenaries. ibid.
From the outset, Gaddafi’s Libya was in a state of constant revolution. The bloodless coup in 1969 that ten years after independence brought him to power was seen as a popular revolution sweeping away the corrupt pro-Western monarchy of King Idris. ibid.
By the middle of August Gaddafi had disappeared from TV and was heard only via infrequent radio broadcasts. We now know that he was on the run living house to house, street to street. ibid.
Gaddafi was dead, shot by one or more of his captors. ibid.
Libya: Stability for all and security for impoverished migrants in the country looks a long way away. Mediterranean with Simon Reeve III, BBC 2018
October 20th marks the fifth anniversary of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s death; in 2011 Gaddafi was killed by opposition forces in Qasr. Libya Without Gaddafi: 5 Years of Turmoil, RT 2016
In the latest advance alone, a Libyan battalion discovered five Islamic State bomb factories. ibid.
The mainstream media has failed to report reliably about what goes on inside. ibid.
In 1969 Colonel Gaddafi tricked his way into power in Libya … Just seventy junior officers were responsible. Secret Wars Uncovered s1e9: Coups D’etat, History 2020
This particular plane made a service stop in Tripoli and then landed in Johannesburg International airport on Boxing Day 26th December when they knew the airport would be dead. It was Libyan money. The money was brought into the country illegally. Storyville: The Hunt for Gaddafi’s Billions, eye-witness, BBC 2021
Colonel Gaddafi’s 42-year reign in Libya is under threat. The uprising known as the Arab Spring is spreading in the region. Gaddafi is moving billions of dollars in cash out of Libya as a war chest for his private use. He tells the Libyan people he will stay in power and vows to fight to the death. Ten months later Gaddafi is captured and killed. He dies the richest man on Earth, worth an estimated $150 billion. But a large part of his fortune has disappeared. ibid.
Gaddafi had a lot of money in banks around the world … It is said that until the very end Gaddafi kept moving his valuables out and was planning his fightback. ibid.
Over a thousand raids were mounted against Tobruk [Libya]. The World at War 8/26: Desert, ITV 1973
‘There is a whole narrative that brought the United States and Nato and France and the UK into attack – Libya was a lie.’ Killing Gaddafi!, Youtube 50.14, Endevr 2022
‘We didn’t really know what we were doing when we intervened in Libya.’ ibid.
October 20th 2011: The Libyan dictator Muammar al-Gaddafi is dead. The west cries victory. ibid.
In the space of a few weeks the dictator rehabilitated by American and Europe is going to be portrayed as a genocidal monster through a virulent propaganda campaign. ibid.
‘In March 2011, the United Kingdom and France, with the support of the United States, led the international community to support an intervention in Libya to protect civilians from attacks by loyal forcesto Muammar al-Gaddafi. This policy was not informed by accurate intelligence …’ ibid. Blunt report summary
With Muammar Gaddafi assassinated by his captors, NATO has declared its operation in Libya a success. The Corbett Report, The Assassination of Gaddafi, James Corbett online 2011
The killing of Muammar Gaddafi at the hands of NATO-backed, Al Qaeda-linked forces marks the end of a campaign expressly aimed at the assassination of a head of state and overthrow of a sovereign country in direct violation of international standards that have held sway since the Nuremberg trials at the end of World War II and the establishment of the Geneva Conventions. ibid.
Muammar Gadaffi demonised by the West, but here are the facts of about Libya under Gadaffi:
* Free Healthcare
* Free Electricity
* Interest Free Loans
* Newly-Weds Received $50,000 to Find a Home
* Mothers Received $5,000 on Birth of a Child
* Citizens Received a Percentage of all Oil Sales and Petrol Was $0.14 a Litre
* Government Paid 50% of the Price of Your Car
* Unemployed Libyans Received the Average Salary for Their Profession in Benefits. Ragged Trousered Philanderer tweet 15th September 2023
Young Arabs began to remake their world … Libyans had taken to the streets challenging their long-time dictator Muammar Gaddafi. Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World? s1e6: Libya: If You Break It, You Own It, BBC 2024
Gaddafi had been a villain for the West for a quarter of a century. ibid.
‘We need to make sure they [Gaddafi’s forces] don’t get to Benghazi.’ ibid. US dude
‘You unleash a chain of events that make it very difficult to control.’ ibid.