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+ | Between 1977 and 1981, [[CIA]] operative [[Edwin Wilson]] shipped almost the entire US stockpile of C-4 (plastic explosive) and flew it to Libya. Later he organised training of [[Muammar Gaddafi]]'s military in bomb making, and sold them a bunch of other weapons.<ref>[[Document:Ed Wilson's Revenge]]</ref> | ||
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Libya was on a list of seven countries which retired 4-star general [[Wesley Clark]] (former [[supreme commander of NATO forces in Europe]] 1997-2001) stated the US military had plans to invade: | Libya was on a list of seven countries which retired 4-star general [[Wesley Clark]] (former [[supreme commander of NATO forces in Europe]] 1997-2001) stated the US military had plans to invade: | ||
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Location | Africa |
Type | nation state |
Subgroups | Jamahiriya el-Mukhabarat |
Interest of | Sandra Barr |
Member of | African Union, Arab League, Organisation of African Unity, UN |
Subpage | •Libya/Prime Minister |
Libya has larger proven oil reserves than any other African nation, ranking 9th in the world. It was provided with a lot of bomb making equipment in the late 1970s in the Arms for Libya clandestine weapons deal. |
Contents
Arms for Libya
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Arms for Libya
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Between 1977 and 1981, CIA operative Edwin Wilson shipped almost the entire US stockpile of C-4 (plastic explosive) and flew it to Libya. Later he organised training of Muammar Gaddafi's military in bomb making, and sold them a bunch of other weapons.[1]
US invasion plans
Libya was on a list of seven countries which retired 4-star general Wesley Clark (former supreme commander of NATO forces in Europe 1997-2001) stated the US military had plans to invade:
In 2001, in the Pentagon, a general told me : ‘I just received a classified memo from the Secretary of Defense: we will take seven countries in five years, starting with Iraq, then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and finally, Iran.’[2]
Invasion
- Full article: 2011 Attacks on Libya
- Full article: 2011 Attacks on Libya
The US and NATO launched unprovoked attacks on Libya in 2011. This, the supreme crime, was termed as an act of "humanitarian intervention".
Related Quotations
Page | Quote | Author | Date |
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Arms for Libya | “Libya is the principal sponsor of terrorism. It finances terrorist acts, it trains terrorist groups, it supplies arms, ammunition, passports and other documents to terrorists, and it uses its embassies, so-called peoples' bureaus, as weapons store-houses and sanctuaries for terrorists. Recently, Libya has been escalating its involvement in terrorism.” | 1986 | |
Mario Borghezio | “Gaddafi was a great leader, a true revolutionary who should not be confused with the new Libyan leadership swept into power by NATO's bayonets and by oil multinationals” | Mario Borghezio | 2011 |
Wesley Clark | “In 2001, in the Pentagon, a general told me : ‘I just received a classified memo from the Secretary of Defense: we will take seven countries in five years, starting with Iraq, then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and finally, Iran.’” | Wesley Clark | 2 March 2007 |
Events
Event | Description |
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2011 Attacks on Libya | "Perhaps one of the most egregious examples of US military aggression and lawlessness in recent memory", carried out under a pretext of "humanitarian intervention". |
2012 Benghazi attack | |
Arms for Libya | Around 20 tonnes of C-4 plastic explosive, training in bomb making, together with thousands of rifles, handguns & other weapons sold by a CIA operative to Muammar Gaddaffi's Libya in the late 1970s - early 1980s. Then "the biggest arms-dealing case in U.S. history", still lacking its own page on Wikipedia as of 2020. |
Contaminated blood affair | For several years in the 1980s France knowingly exported tainted blood, killing thousands. |
Citizens of Libya on Wikispooks
Title | Born | Died | Description |
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Hassan Assali | Libyan living in UK convicted in 1985 of constructing electronic timers in contravention of the Explosives Substances Act. Conviction quashed on appeal in December 2005. | ||
Nader Elhamessi | August 1974 | Spooky businessman who "randomly" sat next to Saleyha Ahsan, co-founded World for Libya | |
Faraj Hassan | 1980 | 16 August 2010 | A supporter of Aafia Siddiqui |
Moussa Koussa | 23 March 1949 | Libya's former intelligence chief who abandoned his country before the Western attack in 2011. | |
Abdelbaset al-Megrahi | 1 April 1952 | 20 May 2012 | |
Radwan Mortada | 1984 | Libyan-Lebanese journalist and filmmaker. | |
Alaa Murabit | Gates foundation health functionary | ||
Iman al-Obeidi | 1982 | Received worldwide media attention during the Western bombing campaign of Libya when she burst into the restaurant of the Rixos Hotel in Tripoli and told the international press corps there that Libyan troops had beaten and gang-raped her. | |
Ali al-Salabi | 1963 | Played a key role in providing the rebels in the 2011 Libyan Civil War with Qatari money and arms. | |
Abdullah al-Senussi | 5 December 1949 |
Event Participated in
Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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Bandung Conference | 1955 | 1955 | Indonesia | Important conference for the global south; participants soon became prime targets for US foreign policy |
Related Documents
Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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Document:Ed Miliband’s decision to oppose military action against Syria is an action of statesmanship of which Britons will be proud | Article | 28 August 2013 | Michael Meacher | It is all very well to rush to war in a surge of moral outrage, it is quite another to spell out clearly what are the war objectives and how exactly they are to be achieved. |
Document:Libya: Fine, but why Britain | article | 20 March 2011 | Brian Barder | David Cameron seemingly Gung Ho on toppling the Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, while Barack Obama takes a back seat |
Document:NATO destroys yet another country | article | 26 August 2011 | Madhav Das Nalapat | |
Document:Niyirah al-Sabah’s Story | article | 28 August 2011 | Sandra Barr | Niyirah al-Sabah presenting her lies about Saddam Hussein's troops taking babies out of incubators that led to the Iraq War and Iman al-Obeidi claiming she was gang-raped by Muammar Gaddafi's forces justifying the 2011 Attacks on Libya |
Document:State Failure - the Conservative Government, Westminster and Britain | Article | 14 September 2016 | John S Warren | Foreign Affairs Committee report says ex-PM David Cameron was responsible for appalling policy blunders in Libya that helped create a failed state on the verge of civil war. His (synchronised) resignation is all about appearances. |
Document:The Syrian Protest Movement and its Historical Context | article | 29 April 2011 | Mazda Majidi | |
Document:World War and the Russia-China Veto | Article | 10 February 2012 | Carla Stea | A discussion of the unrest in Syria. It goes on to detail the appalling and ongoing abuses of human rights in post-Gaddafi Libya - the direct result of the 2011 UNSCR 1973, and the military action it was deemed by NATO to authorise. These abuses, carried out by NATO installed proxies, arguably worse than anything happening in Syria, are a stark warning of what Syrians can expect should NATO succeed in its agenda of "Regime change". |
File:DIA-287.pdf | report | 12 August 2012 | DIA | A declassified DIA document which clearly demonstrates that the rise of ISIS in the Middle East was planned and facilitated by the US Government - as later admitted by DIA director Michael T. Flynn. |
File:Leaked-UN-Plan-for-Post-Gadhafi-Libya.pdf | memo | 9 August 2011 | An internal UN memo on the plan for UN involvement in 'post-conflict' Libya. It was obtained and first published by Innercitypress.com on 29 August 2011. Its authenticity is not verified but its contents indicate that it probably is a genuine UN document. | |
File:Sinjar-records final.pdf | report | December 2007 | Joseph Felter Brian Fishman | |
File:UN-Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.pdf | report | 4 January 2011 | UN Working Group | The report of the UN Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, established in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 5/1. |
Document:Fourth Meeting of the Libya Contact Group | article | 15 July 2011 | Unknown |
References
- ↑ Document:Ed Wilson's Revenge
- ↑ Interview radio Democracy Now, 2007-03-02
See also
- World for Libya, a UK charity of note