Sept. 29, 2009 original publish date
May 11, 2010 update
March 16, 2017 update archive
Former Terrorist and Coup Leader Calls U.N. Security Council “Terrorists”
original article written by Net Advisor™
Libya: A Memory Not Forgotten
First a little history about how a ‘former’ terrorist and coup leader came to power.
In 1949, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly passed a resolution to allow Libya to become an independent country by 1951.
In 1969, Colonel Muammar Qaddafi lead a military coup d’état and over threw the Libyan government where Qadhafi has been head of that government ever since (Source: CIA Factbook).
Libya discovered that it was an oil rich nation began arming them self with support from the former Soviet Union. Qaddafi used its oil money to fund radical factions and terrorist groups against both Arab and non-Arab countries in the 1970 to 1980’s.
In 1972, the U.S. FAA intercepted a message (original FBI report) where the U.S. later accused Libya in financing a radical terrorist group known as “Black September.” That group is responsible for the killing of 11 Israeli athletes, and a German police officer in the Summer Olympics in Munich.
In 1986, President Ronald Reagan ordered military strikes against the Libyan government after the U.S. blamed that the Libyan government was responsible for the bombing of a West Berlin night club where U.S. service men frequently visited.
The U.S. had and oil embargo and trade sanctions against Libya through much of this time. Sanctions however were lifted in 2004 after Libya agreed to end its “Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)” program.
However, in 1988 Pan-Am flight 103 exploded in mid-air over Lockerbie Scotland. A bomb was placed on the plane, where all 259 persons on board and 11 people on the ground were killed.
The CIA concluded that Iran hired a radical faction that was supplied with explosives from the Libyan government.
— Sources: Washington Post, (linked above)
By 1999, Libya agreed under continued pressure of sanctions to turn over two Libyans allegedly involved the Pan-Am bomb plot. Finally, on August 16, 2003, the government of Libya admitted responsibility for the intentional bombing of passenger plane Pan-Am Flight 103.
“…the Libyan Government has taken to comply with the…resolutions, particularly concerning acceptance of responsibility for the actions of Libyan officials, payment of appropriate compensation, renunciation of terrorism, and a commitment to cooperating with any further requests for information in connection with the investigation (S/2003/818)”
— Source: 2003 UN Security Council press release
UN Sanctions were lifted with Libya’s cooperation and reportedly provided a range from US $8-14 million to each of the families of the Pan-Am 103 related victims.
Libya has attempted to become a different nation, even though it still is under the same ruler who was known as a leading sponsor of terrorism for some 20 years.
By 2007, Libya won a seat on the U.N. Security Council. Yes, you read that correctly. A nation state, a known sponsor of terrorism sits on the UN Security Council?
One year later in 2008 Libya settled certain claims with the US government for $1.5 billion. Also in 2008, Libya became the president of the UN Security Council (Source: CNN).
“After years as an international pariah, Libya…ascended the world stage, taking over the rotating post as president of the U.N. Security Council.”
— Source: CNN
In January 2009, US and Libya exchanged ambassadors for the first time since 1973.
Just recently, (August 2009), convicted Pan-Am Flight 103 bomber Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi was released from prison allegedly because he has cancer and may die in a few months.
On September 23, 2009, Qadhafi spoke at the UN Security Council blaming the UN for “failing to intervene or prevent some 65 wars since the UN was founded in 1945.”
The Pot Calling the Kettle Black (phrase)
Qadhafi at the UN Security Council (quote):
“It should not be called the Security Council, it should be called the ‘terror council.'”— Source: MS-NBC, 09-23-2009
This is the guy who the United Nations thinks is the best person to lead the international Security Council?
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Update:
In 2011, then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ‘paved the way‘ for the U.S. to arm Libyan “rebels.”
What followed that same year is U.S. President Barack Obama pushed a NATO coalition to attack Libya. The result led to the civilian capture and killing of deposed Libyan leader, Muammar Qadhafi. The brief war and toppling of a foreign head of state was not authorized by U.S. Congress.
A later discovery said that the motive to topple Libya was based on Libya’s plan to create a gold-backed currency to compete with the Euro and U.S. dollar.
On September 11, 2012, the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya was under attack. The U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens was killed in the attack, along with Sean Smith, Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods.
Then President Obama, Secretary Hillary Clinton and others initially tried to cover-up the terror attack and lied about what actually took place (Our Reports on Benghazi).
Graphic Credit: Jolly Janner/ Wikipedia
Additional information about the author of this report:
Net Advisor™ has long followed global events, and developed military strategy games. While attending a major private University, Net Advisor™ wrote a research report titled: “International Terrorism: Challenge to U.S. Intelligence.”Note: There are reportedly some 112 variations of the spelling of Qadhafi. For this report, we picked one and stuck with it.
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