The case for Gaddafi
An open ended thread covering the lies, reasons for, and results of, the 2011 war. With highlights of the philosophy, structure & history of Jamahiriya.
9/1/69 Brother Leader takes over Libya from King Idris in a bloodless coup.
10/20/11 it was all over
An open ended thread covering the lies, reasons for, and results of, the 2011 war. With highlights of the philosophy, structure & history of Jamahiriya.
9/1/69 Brother Leader takes over Libya from King Idris in a bloodless coup.
10/20/11 it was all over

A good place to start is the Parliament report
"We see NO evidence that th UK Government carried out a proper analysis of the nature of the rebellion in Libya, strategy was founded on erroneous assumptions & an incomplete understanding of th evidence."
https://www.salon.com/2016/09/16/u-k-parliament-report-details-how-natos-2011-war-in-libya-was-based-on-lies/
"We see NO evidence that th UK Government carried out a proper analysis of the nature of the rebellion in Libya, strategy was founded on erroneous assumptions & an incomplete understanding of th evidence."

The summary of the report also notes that the war "was not informed by accurate intelligence." It adds, "US intelligence officials reportedly described the intervention as 'an intelligence-light decision.'
TLDR: the destruction of Libya was based on lies from top to bottom.
TLDR: the destruction of Libya was based on lies from top to bottom.

The parade of corruption:
Sarkozy, Blair, and now even nice guy Trudeau have all been implicated in scandals connected to pre 2011 Libya.
They hobnobbed with Libyan officials or even G himself inside his tent at the Bab al-Aziziya compound.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/canada-libya-snc-lavalin-scandal-corruption-gaddafi-trudeau-explained-a8821221.html
Sarkozy, Blair, and now even nice guy Trudeau have all been implicated in scandals connected to pre 2011 Libya.
They hobnobbed with Libyan officials or even G himself inside his tent at the Bab al-Aziziya compound.

As of this Tue. Sarkozy is in custody
Investigators are examining claims that Gaddafi’s regime secretly gave Sarkozy €50m overall for the 07 campaign. Such a sum would be more than double the legal campaign funding limit, which was €21m at the time.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/20/nicolas-sarkozy-police-custody-french-president-campaign-funding-libya
Investigators are examining claims that Gaddafi’s regime secretly gave Sarkozy €50m overall for the 07 campaign. Such a sum would be more than double the legal campaign funding limit, which was €21m at the time.

Shit, this is actually last year, but you probably missed it then.
Blair is even more complicated:
On one hand you have this:
"the CIA and MI6 built relationships with Libya, the two agencies assisted Libyan spies in the kidnapping of Gaddafi’s enemies...
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/nov/09/how-britain-did-gaddafis-dirty-work-libya
On one hand you have this:
"the CIA and MI6 built relationships with Libya, the two agencies assisted Libyan spies in the kidnapping of Gaddafi’s enemies...

.. Two leading figures in the Libyan opposition who had fled the country were kidnapped, one from Hong Kong, one from Thailand, and flown back to Tripoli along with their wives and children. Both men were tortured...

MI6 gave their Libyan counterparts questions for the prisoners, who, under extreme duress, led them to other Libyan dissidents in exile."
While on the other hand radical Libyan exiles leave the UK in 2011 to foment revolution.
One of them returns
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/manchester-bomber-salman-abedi-concert-british-government-libya-isis-a8369506.html
While on the other hand radical Libyan exiles leave the UK in 2011 to foment revolution.
One of them returns

Cameron takes over in 2010,
the next year this group has all restrictions lifted at the least, possibly hired and transported there at worst?
Definitely taken back home, at least in this case:
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/07/31/uk/manchester-bomber-royal-navy-intl/index.html
the next year this group has all restrictions lifted at the least, possibly hired and transported there at worst?
Definitely taken back home, at least in this case:

"Manchester had since the 1990s become a centre for a small but dangerous group of exiled Libyans belonging to anti-Gaddafi groups, such as the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, originally formed by Libyans fighting the communists in Afghanistan. "

"Asylum seekers & British-Libyan nationals in Manchester & London were menaced by Gaddafi’s agents, who were invited into the UK and permitted to operate on the streets alongside MI5"
In 2011 the sides change in an instant. Those same exiles go to war
Bizarre and duplicitous
In 2011 the sides change in an instant. Those same exiles go to war
Bizarre and duplicitous

And speaking of bizarre and duplicitous.
That is Libyan National Security Advisor Dr. Mutassim Qadhafi at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC April 21, 2009.
He was murdered the same day as his father, she came, she saw, she laughed.
That is Libyan National Security Advisor Dr. Mutassim Qadhafi at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC April 21, 2009.
He was murdered the same day as his father, she came, she saw, she laughed.

Meet Khalifa Haftar
In 1969 Haftar is a member of Gaddafi's Junta in the revolution, eventually becoming chief of staff of the Libyan military.
1990 after getting captured & disowned by G. in the war with Chad he's rescued by the CIA, moving to Langley & becoming a US citizen
In 1969 Haftar is a member of Gaddafi's Junta in the revolution, eventually becoming chief of staff of the Libyan military.
1990 after getting captured & disowned by G. in the war with Chad he's rescued by the CIA, moving to Langley & becoming a US citizen

"Haftar joined the Libyan opposition in exile and later became head of the National Front for the Salvation of Libya, the opposition’s military wing.
During U.S. president Ronald Reagan’s administration, the NFSL received covert support from the CIA"
https://warisboring.com/the-cia-s-man-in-the-libyan-civil-war/
During U.S. president Ronald Reagan’s administration, the NFSL received covert support from the CIA"

“It proves for the first time that Libyans are willing to die to get rid of that bastard” William Casey
From thereon the NFSL was put on the CIA's payroll.
In March 2011 Haftar goes to Libya, from Langley, to play a major role.
Supposedly "on his own"
https://truthout.org/articles/the-cias-man-in-libya/
From thereon the NFSL was put on the CIA's payroll.
In March 2011 Haftar goes to Libya, from Langley, to play a major role.
Supposedly "on his own"

NATO bombs water supply
"The deliberate destruction of a nation's water inf. with the knowledge that doing so would result in massive deaths of the population as a direct consequence, is not simply a war crime, but potentially a genocidal strategy"
https://theecologist.org/2015/may/14/war-crime-nato-deliberately-destroyed-libyas-water-infrastructure
"The deliberate destruction of a nation's water inf. with the knowledge that doing so would result in massive deaths of the population as a direct consequence, is not simply a war crime, but potentially a genocidal strategy"

"So much shit doesn't add up here. I am pretty much not confident in ANY of the sources ... If anything, just need to be very clear how contradictory all the information is on this project ... a lot of the conclusions drawn from it are not really air tight" Bayless Parsley

The Great Man Made River is the world′s biggest irrigation project ever. In 1999, UNESCO awarded Libya a prize for notable scientific research regarding the use of water in desert areas.
https://en.qantara.de/content/libyas-great-man-made-river-irrigation-project-the-eighth-wonder-of-the-world

“President Obama moved forward without Congress approving. He didn’t have congressional authorization, he has gone against the Constitution, and that’s got to be said.”
Dennis Kucinich
https://www.politico.com/story/2011/03/kucinich-libya-action-impeachable-051668
Dennis Kucinich
