Articles tagged with: Muammar Qadhafi
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Friday, 18 May, 2012
Admiral Shabazz Aladeen, dictator of Wadiya, has much in common with other despots. He is an ophthalmologist like Al-Assad of Syria, and rewrites his nation’s dictionary like Turkmenbashi of Turkmenistan. (When he changes the words ‘positive’ and ‘negative’, alike, to ‘Aladeen’ the work of HIV doctors in Wadiya suddenly becomes a lot more complicated). At heart, however, Aladeen is a caricature of the one-time Brother Leader and Guide of the Revolution, Colonel Muammar Qadhafi....
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Wednesday, 14 Mar, 2012
In 1990-1991, Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, and the Arab League faced one of its toughest situations. The leaders of the Arab League, many of whom are the same people who gather there today, met in Cairo to approve a resolution to condemn Saddam and allow foreign troops to launch an attack on Iraqi forces. The meeting, chaired by Hosni Mubarak, was unusually loud and controversial. The Arab World was fiercely divided. In the meeting, Mu'ammar Qadhafi was shouting "The decision has to be una...
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Thursday, 20 Oct, 2011
Colonel Muammar Qadhafi said he would rather die than step down from his leadership of Libya. According to The Majalla sources in Libya, that is indeed what has come to pass.
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Tuesday, 4 Oct, 2011
The strategic purpose of counter-insurgency campaigns is often difficult to market to the general public. A danger to the obvious national interest—a hallmark of convention...
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Libya: Policy Options for Transition
18 August 2011
Chatham House, Middle East and North Africa Programme
When Chatham House held this 18 August discussion on the transiti...
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From the beginning of Libya’s conflict pundits have been careful to point out the number of different fault lines that could lead to serious challenges during a transitional ...
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Wednesday, 24 Aug, 2011
This Saturday rebel forces in Libya made strategic gains in Qadhafi controlled areas. From the western town of Zawiya, including its oil refinery, to the towns of Ziltan and Br...
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Friday, 15 Jul, 2011
Colonel Muammar Qadhafi remains in power, four months on since the international community convened to protect the Libyan people from his tanks and missiles, and five months on...
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Monday, 28 Mar, 2011
BENGHAZI - The rebels had been camped out at the gates of the city of Ajdabiyah for nearly a week but seemed unable to take the city. Holed up against them was an unknown numbe...
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Friday, 11 Mar, 2011
In the late 1960s, the CIA set up the Center for the Analysis of Personality and Political Behavior (CAPPB). The new subdivision was tasked with profiling the psychologies of w...
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