Muammar Gaddafi:
Now you people in NATO, listen to me.
You are bombing the wall that stopped African migration into Europe.
This wall stopped the terrorists from al-Qaeda. This wall was Libya.
You are destroying it, you fools.
For the many thousands of migrants from Africa, for your support of al-Qaeda, you will burn in hell. This is how it will be.
Narrator:
Until 1968, Libya was a monarchy.
Seventy percent (70%) of the population lived below the poverty line.
Many were illiterate and lived in simple nomadic tents.
It was a typically underdeveloped African country.
Gaddafi provided the Libyans with the kind of life that made the rest of the dark continent envious.
Out of the desert arose the 'Eight Wonder of the World' - the Great Man-Made River (the world's largest irrigation project).
Interview Subject (Male) c. 0:50:
He was able to create a system of irrigation throughout the desert, through an underground pipe network.
Interview Subject (Female) c. 0:57:
Factories and enterprises began operating throughout Libya, none of which were there before.
Narrator:
Not having paid a single Dinar, Libyans moved from tents into apartment blocks.
'Rent' did not exist. Everything, including utilities and power, was covered by the government.
Interview Subject (Male, elderly) c. 1:17:
If we were to compare the way cities, such as Tripoli, looked before he came to power and after, you would see that it went from an ugly village to a city with high-rises, 30 years later.
So you want to get married?
The government would give newly-wed couples USD$64,000 towards buying a home and USD$7,000 towards each child born.
You want a car?
The government will cover 50% of the cost.
Petrol in Libya used to be cheaper than water: 3 cents per litre.
Interview Subject (Male) c. 17:03:
Minimum wages were in the thousands of dollars, education abroad was paid for by the state, and cases where medical surgeries needed to be carried out outside of Libya, the state covered that, too.
Narrator:
"But to bring lasting peace of Libya would be impossible: this land will forever be torn apart by the leaders of these various tribes."
"They can't and don't want to be ruled by a single person."
That's what the leaders of the superpowers said in the 1970s
Colonel Gaddafi surprised everyone.
He unified 140 tribes into one country.
Each one of these tribes had their own leader (Sheik).
The option for Gadddafi was to either "scare them to death" or to buy them.
Gaddafi preferred the latter.
He promised them a heavenly existence, and he delivered on his words.
Cuts to Gaddafi:
We have oil: this is what will unite us.
Narrator:
Oil is the reason that Libya stayed as one country.
Gaddafi nationalised the oil producing industry.
He promised that the huge profits would be fairly distributed across the entire country.
All Libyans began to receive their share of Libyan oil trade.
Interview Subject (Male) c. 3:07:
When the people can see that a certain leader is raising the standard of living, of course he will have a lot of support.
Narrator:
Gaddafi kicked out the foreigners.
He closed the US and British military bases.
He confiscated property from local Italians, the offspring of the colonisers.
Then he moved onto the culture.
He changed the calender, including the names of the months, and counting the years now from the birth of the Prophet Mohammed.
He reviewed all the laws in Libya, to be in accordance with Sharia Law.
Alcohol and gambling became illegal.
Gaddafi considered himself to principal fighter for the interests of his people.
Placing hand-picked personnel amidst high ranking roles, and being in full control of the country, Gaddafi refused any kind of title for himself.
Having consolidated immense power, he only ever referred to himself as the 'servant of the people'.
Interview Subject (Male) c. 4:08:
"I'm just your 'brother of a leader', or a "brother of a ruler" - or sometimes he would title himself anything at all.
Narrator:
He considered Islam to be the highest form of moral authority; he did not drink any alcohol, which is forbidden by the Koran.
He didn't even drink tea or coffee and kept his food very simple.
But Libya was only getting richer.
The huge oil revenues allowed Gaddafi to have Napoleonic plans.
He stated that the
Gulf of Sidra, in the Mediterranean Sea, is Libya's territorial waters, and vowed to take out any ship or aircraft that trespass "the line of death".
Ronald Reagan called him the "wild dog of the Middle East" and he ordered the bombing of Tripoli and Benghazi.
The US military operation El Dorado Canyon (1986) lasted 11 minutes.
Around 100 aircraft dropped 150 tonnes of bombs over Libya.
It's target was Gaddafi's residence and military bases, but many innocent Libyans perished.
The little country, where people were sleepy
[from too much eating (Russian reference, likely to docile Libyans due to prosperity)]
was shocked.
Gaddafi survived. Killing him would prove more challenging.
Russian news announcement [potentially] / male voice (c. 5:31):
"Americans failed in their mission" said Mikhail Gorbachev, in a message to Muammar Gaddafi.
Narrator:
The Colonel quickly understood that Western media will never write about the positive aspects of his country: the building of infrastructure and roads, the growing birth rate, and free medical care.
Journalists like a show and he continually tried to grab their attention for interesting publications.
Interview Subject (Male) c. 5:56:
He became more and more creative.
He did strange things, and worse some interesting clothing, accompanied by battalions of security.
Narrator:
His whole life, he wrote philosophy, in what he termed his 'green book'.
Essential, he wrote a bible for the Libyan people in which he said that neither Communism nor Capitalism was suited to Libya.
"Communism is a rejection of God, and Capitalism is a rejection of the human." There must be a third option.
Interview Subject (Male, elderly) c. 6:30:
"Democracy is a sham. Representation is a sham. Political parties are a sham. Parliament is a sham.
He considered that democracy is only an illusion of "the rule by the people." Simply an illusion.
So he introduced the model of the Soviet Union - the 'soviet' [council] is where the power is."
Narrator:
In 1992, the
UN Security Council imposed sanctions against Libya.
Libya's ability to sell oil ceased, and assets were frozen.
How to win back the business of the international community? Gaddafi would consider it for 10 years.
He decided to buy it.
Interview Subject (Male) c. 7:10:
I met with him in 2007 or 2008, during the world financial crisis, and I remember the last thing he said to me.
He said "I only made one mistake, and that was trusting the Americans and the Westerners."
Narrator:
Condoleezza Rice, Tony Blair, and Nicolas Sarkozy convinced Gaddafi to wrap up all his military programs in return for their loyalty [to buying oil].
They said: give up your [military] programs, and you will become a full member of the 'international community'.
Having been ostracised for so long, Gaddafi agreed.
In 2013, Sadam Hussien was tried [by kangaroo court and executed], demonstrating to Gaddafi, once again, that it is best not to be on bad terms with the West.
Interview Subject (Male) c. 7:58:
In 2010, he was hugging Obama and calling him his closest ally and friend; he loaned Sarkozy money.
Narrator:
Sarkozy approached the Libyan government when he was a Minsister of Internal Affairs.
He needed money for his election campaign.
It was Libya's money that helped Sarkozy become President.
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Interview Subject (Male) c. 8:18:
Gaddafi gave Sarkozy a lot of money, both to the cause and in his own pocket.
And not just to Sarkozy, but other EU leaders such as Berlusconi.
He paid Germany and Britain, too.
Narrator:
Gaddafi devoted himself to the intrigues on the international arena, but within his own country he feared no one.
He knew that his people loved him, and it was true - they continued to show love for him, but it only added to his supposition of being irreplaceable.
Cuts to vieled elderly female:
"I am ready to put down my life for Muammar Gaddafi: he is a symbol of emancipation from the colonisers for every Libyan!"
Interview Subject (Male) c. 8:56:
Meanwhile, the tribes began to segregate, living their own ways and traditions.
Even though Gaddafi continued to feed them, clothe them and arm them, and they appeared to be loyal to him, that loyalty wore thin.
Narrator:
In December 2010, the entire region became engulfed by protests and demonstrators.
People became tired of poverty, the rife corruption that was taking place amongst officials, as well as lawlessness and hopelessness of their countries.
The 'Arab Spring' had arrived, complete with chaos, and flowing rivers of blood.
Opposition rebels got control of Eastern Libya in a number of days. Gaddafi was in Western Libya at the time.
He was assured that he could dispel the uprising.
Gaddafi audio:
"Prepare to defend Libya! They wanted a war; they will have a war!"
Narrator:
We are close to victory, but to speed it along, I'm ready to open up the military arsenals and private all of Libya's true patriots with weapons!"
At first, Gaddafi said they are just groups of drug addicts who are attacking police officers and stealing their weapons.
But he quickly realised, this smells like a government coup.
And there is nobody to defend him: he himself had vastly reduced his armed forces.
Interview Subject (Male elderly) c. 10:14:
The first one to act was Sarkozy: he unleashed the French airforce.
Narrator:
After the fall of Tripoli, Gaddafi remained in control of only 2 cities, around which brutal battles waged.
There were more and more casualties.
Interview Subject (Female) c. 10:30:
The West, of course, tricked Gaddafi.
He never expected this. It was a real knife in the back situation.
It isn't even clear why they did this - why was this war necessary?
Muammar Gaddafi was himself doing everything that they asked for.
They killed him in a very humiliating way; as a personality, as a man, as a soldier, as a ruler, as a leader.
Interview Subject (Female, floral dress) c. 10:59:
This version of events will never be relayed in Western media, because it is obviously embarrassing to the dignity of their own countries.
They maintain that Libyans did this to Gaddafi because they are savage, unenlightened beings.
Narrator:
Never has the death of a human being caused such over-abundance of Joy.
Thousands of people rejoiced, who once loved Gaddafi.
Hillary Clinton said "Woooow" when she heard the news.
The US Ambassador to Libya took a picture next to the dictator's body, with his thumbs up.
Interview Subject (Male) c. 11:41:
Libya got rid of Gaddafi and Gaddafi's family. The got rid of 'the green book' and the green flag.
They gained the absence of a unitary state, no governance structures, a permanent civil war and basically everything that the average 'revolutionary' never imagined.
12:13 -
Very disturbing footage of bloodied Gaddafi surrounded by rabble, gunfire, screaming, poor audio, photographs being taken of bloodied and confused Gaddafi on what appears to be back of truck; disturbing high pitched noise like ongoing screaming and gunshots fired, possibly from automatic weapons.
Vladimir Putin [13:05]:
And my final comment, Mr McCain, as is known, is a Vietnam veteran.
I would assume his hands are elbow deep in civilian blood.
It appears he just cannot get by without repeated scenese that are atrocious to us, of the murder of Gaddafi.
On TV screens around the world, we were shown his murder, where he was drenched in blood.
Is this what you call democracy?
How did they do it?
Using drones, they delivered a blow to his battalion, and then over the radio to special forces - which shouldn't have been on the territory - they brought in a camera crew, as well as opposition rebels.
And they murdered him without a trace or trial.
If he was captured, it should have been left up to the people to decide his fate via democratic methods.
Yes, it's difficult and it takes time, but nothing else is acceptable.
RT News Interview (Male) c. 13:59
Bill Dod:
"Colonel Gaddafi told Tony Blair that Jihadists would control the Mediterranean and attack Europe if his regime was allowed to collapse. The warning was revealed in released transcripts of telephone conversations between the two leaders from February 2011"
Transcript:
There are ARMED GANGS who have weapons.
Not decided to face them with force, asking their families to convince them to lay down arms.
You can't reason with them.
They keep saying things like Mohammed is the prophet. Similar to bin Laden.
They are paving the way for him in North Africa.
They want to control the Mediterranean and then they will attack Europe.
Need to explain to the 'international community'.
Gaddafi's prediction was made in two desperate telephone calls with Blair as the civil war was engulfing Libya.
Three weeks later, a NATO-led coalition that included Britain, began bombing raids that led to the overthrow and eventual killing of Gaddafi. ISIL now controls large parts of Libya.
Vladimir Putin [15:01]:
Putin on Libya
Valdai Discussion Club 2014
Look at Libya and what you did there, that got your Ambassador murdered.
Was it us that did this?
You even had a Security Council decision for this; to establish a no-fly zone.
What for?
it was so that Gaddafi's airforce couldn't fly over and bomb the rebels.
This wasn't the smartest decision.
But, OK ...
What did you proceed to do yourselves?
You started bombing the territory.
This is in clear contravention of the Security Council resolution.
It is even outright aggression over a state.
Was it us that did this?
You did this with your bare hands.
And it ended with the murder of your Ambassador.
Whose fault is it? It's your fault.
Is it a good result that your Ambassador was murdered?
It is actually a terrible catastrophe.
But do not look around for somebody to blame, when it is you making these mistakes.
You must do the opposite; rise above the endless desire to dominate.
You must stop acting out of imperialist ambitions.
Do not poison the consciousness of millions of people; that there can be no other way but imperialistic politics.
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Зачем? Zachem?
'what for?'
(sounds like 'Ch'om) / possibly the contracted version?
EU-NATO IMPERIALISM ❌ 
