
:''This article is about Libya, the country in North Africa. For the mythical character of the same name see: Libya (mythology)''. The '''Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya or Libya''' (Arabic language: ليبيا, transliteration ''Lībiyyā'') is a country in North Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, located between Egypt on the east, Sudan on the southeast, Chad and Niger on the south and Algeria and Tunisia to the west. Its capital city is Tripoli. The three traditional parts of the country are Tripolitania, the Fezzan and Cyrenaica. The name "Libya" derives from the ancient Egyptian term "Lebu", referring to Berber peoples living east of the Nile, and adopted into Greek language as "Libya". In ancient Greece, the term had a broader meaning, encompassing all of North Africa west of Egypt, and sometimes referring to the entire continent of Africa. {| border=1 align=right cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;" |+الجماهيرية العربية الليبية الشعبية الإشتراكية
al-Jamāhīrīyah al-‘Arabīya al-Lībīyah ash-Sha‘bīyah al-Ishtirākīyah |- | style=background:#efefef; align=center colspan=2 | {| border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 |- | align=center width=140px | || align=center width=140px | |- | align=center width=140px | (Flag of Libya) || align=center width=140px | (Libyan coat of arms) |} |- | align=center style="vertical-align: top;" colspan=2 | ''National motto: n/a'' |- | align=center colspan=2 style="background: #ffffff;" | |- | Official language || Arabic language |- | Capital || Tripoli |- | ''Leader of the Revolution'' || Muammar al-Qaddafi |- | President of Libya || Zentani Muhammad az-Zentani |- | Prime Minister of Libya || Shukri Ghanem |- | Area
- Total || List of countries by area
1,759,540 square kilometre |- | Population
- Total (Year)
- Population density || List of countries by population
5,499,074
3.1/km² |- | Currency || Libyan dinar |- | Time zone || Coordinated Universal Time +2 |- | Independence|| December 24, 1951 |- | National anthem || Allahu Akbar (anthem) |- | Top-level domain || .ly |- | List of country calling codes || 218 |} ==History== ''Main article: History of Libya'' Tripoli and Cyrenaica were Roman Empire colonies; and were conquered by Arab Islam in the 7th century. By the 19th century it was an increasingly independent Ottoman Empire province; and came under the control of Italy in 1912. After the Second World War Libya was granted independence, as a condition of the Allied peace treaty with Italy. Since 1969 Libya has been ruled by Colonel Moammar al-Qadhafi, who came to power in a coup and deposed the Libyan monarchy of King Idris. Qadhafi rejected both Soviet Union Communism and Western capitalism and claimed that he was charting an independent course, portraying himself as a champion of "oppressed peoples" and Third World nations seeking to assert their independence on the international stage. U.S.-Libyan relations deteriorated when in December 2 1979, Libyan mobs sacked the United States embassy in Tripoli. Qadhafi referred to the incident it as a "spontaneous demonstration" and denied any involvement. It is suspected that he ordered the attack to show sympathy for Ayatollah Khomeini and the new government of Iran. In May 1980, the United States withdrew all U.S. diplomats but did not break off diplomatic ties with Libya. In 1980, the Libyan government paid Jimmy Carter's brother, Billy Carter, $220,000 to persuade better diplomatic relations between the two nations. On May 6, 1981, four and a half months after Ronald Reagan became president of the United States, the United States government blamed the Libyan government for sponsoring international terrorism. All Libyan diplomats were expelled from the United States and the United States officially broke diplomatic relations between the two nations. The Libyan embassy was also shut down. The Reagan administration saw Libya as an unacceptable player on the international stage because of its backing of Palestinian armed groups, its support for revolutionary Iran in its 1980-1988 war against Saddam Hussein's Iraq (''see Iran-Iraq War''), and its assistance for guerrilla movements in different parts of the world, many which were conducted by separatist groups such as: The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). In March 1982 the U.S. declared a ban on the import of Libyan oil and the export to Libya of U.S. industrial technology items, most of which were used for oil; Europe did not follow suit. Relations between the UK and Libya became strained following the 1984 Libyan Embassy Siege. The U.S. attacked Libyan patrol boats from January to March 1986 during clashes over access to the Gulf of Sidra, which Libya claimed as territorial waters but was not recognized internationally. Qadhafi had long referred to it as the "line of death". Later, on April 14, 1986, Reagan ordered Operation El Dorado Canyon against so-called "terrorist sites" Tripoli and Benghazi that killed approximately 60 people following U.S. accusations of Libyan involvement in a bomb explosion at the German La Belle (discotheque) nightclub frequented by U.S. servicemen on April 5, which had killed 3. Among the victims of the April 14 bombing raid was the adopted daughter of Qadhafi. The United Nations imposed sanctions against Libya in 1992 following the Pan Am Flight 103 Lockerbie disaster. The sanctions were lifted on September 12, 2003, after Libya agreed to accept responsibility and make payment of US $2.7 billion to the families of those who died in the bombing. In the same vein, on February 26, 2004, the United States lifted its 23-year travel ban to Libya, and on September 21, 2004, eliminated remaining economic sanctions against the former pariah, lifting the prohibitions of the Libyan Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. Part 550, and unblocking property and property interests previously blocked under those regulations. ==Politics== ''Main article: Politics of Libya'' The Libyan system of government is quite unusual. Qadhafi claims that Libya is a "pure socialist state", and as such the ''formal'' institutions of government are purposely quite vague. Qadhafi himself is not even technically the "President" or "Prime Minister" of the country, and instead describes himself as a sort of "guide" or a "leader" to help the Libyan people in socialism. To most people around the world, he is simply referred to as "Colonel Qadhafi". Libya has no constitution, and the laws of the land come from Islamic law, and Qadhafi's ''The Green Book'' of political philosophy. The government is called a "jamahiriya," a modification of the Arabic word "jumhuriya" (republic) that translates loosely as "people's state." In practice, however, Libya is essentially a dictatorship, with Qadhafi rule by decree, assisted by a small clique of military and political officials. Libya has been accused of widespread human rights abuses, and state sponsored terrorism. On December 19, 2003, Libya admitted having had a weapons of mass destruction (WMD) program and simultaneously announced its intention to end it and dismantle all existing WMD to be verified by unconditional inspections. Libya also agreed to limit its long range missiles to 300 km. Some of the WMD included mustard gas, which was hidden in a Domesticated turkey farm. The announcement came after clandestine diplomatic negotiations with the United Kingdom and United States since March 2003. On March 7, 2004, the White House confirmed that the last of Libya's weapons of mass destruction had been sent to the United States. About that same time, Libya was also caught secretly passing nuclear technology which originated in North Korea on to other countries. Furthermore, Pakistan and China were mentioned as contributors to the programs. Egypt previously had obtained technology directly from Pyongyang, officials said, but the U.S. blocked a shipment of missiles in 2001. Nevertheless, the House subcommittee on terrorism learned a year later Egypt received 24 No-Dong missile engines from North Korea. 'We are still trying to understand the network, to see if other countries have received the [weapons-related] technology, the weapons designs,' IAEA director-general Mohamed El Baradei, who did not cite Egypt, said during a visit to Libya Feb. 23. 2004 'This is of course an important and urgent concern for us.'" See also: * Foreign relations of Libya ==Municipalities== ==Geography== ''Main article: Geography of Libya'' Location: Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt and Tunisia Climate: Mediterranean along coast; dry, extreme desert interior Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, gypsum Geographic regions: Cyrenaica, Tripolitania, and Fezzan. Natural hazards: hot, dry, dust-laden sirocco (known in Libya as the ghibli) is a southern wind lasting one to four days in spring and fall; dust storms, sandstorms. The Great Manmade River project is a large engineering project Libya has undertaken to supply water to the Sahara desert. ==Economy== ''Main article: Economy of Libya'' Libya's economy under the current Prime Minister (Ghanem) is undergoing an incredible business boom. Many socialist era government run industries are being privatized. UN sanctions have been mostly lifted (2004) and US sanctions are too. For example, Continental airlines now offers code-share travel to Libya. ==Demographics== ''Main article: Demographics of Libya'' ==Culture== ''Main article: Culture of Libya'' *Music of Libya *Islam in Libya ==Miscellaneous topics== * Communications in Libya * Transportation in Libya * Military of Libya * Trial against the Bulgarian medics and a Palestinian doctor in Libya * Libya's wars against other Arab states are discussed in the entry Middle East conflict ==External links== ===Government=== *[http://www.libya-canada.org/index-eng.html People's Bureau of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya in Ottawa, Canada] government information and links ===News=== *[http://allafrica.com/libya/ AllAfrica.com - ''Libya''] news headline links *[http://www.alfajraljadeedeng.com/ Al-Fajral-Jadeed] bimonthly state newspaper *[http://www.libya1.com/ Libya: News & Views] news headline links *[http://story.news.yahoo.com/fc/World/Libya Yahoo! News Full Coverage - ''Libya''] news headline links ===Overviews=== * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/middle_east/country_profiles/819291.stm BBC News Country Profile - ''Libya''] * [http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ly.html CIA World Factbook - ''Libya''] * [http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/lytoc.html Library of Congress Country Study - ''Libya''] data as of 1987 ===Directories=== * [http://www.al-bab.com/arab/countries/libya.htm Arab Gateway - ''Libya''] * [http://search.looksmart.com/p/browse/us1/us317916/us559898/us559899/us10065673/us559930/ LookSmart - ''Libya''] directory category * [http://dmoz.org/Regional/Africa/Libya/ Open Directory Project - ''Libya''] directory category *[http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Country_Specific/Libya.html University of Pennsylvania - African Studies Center: ''Libya''] directory category * [http://dir.yahoo.com/Regional/Countries/Libya/ Yahoo! - ''Libya''] directory category ===Tourism=== * ===Other=== *[http://www.photos-libye.com/ Photos of Libya] * [http://www.winne.com/mena/libya/report/2004/index.php Winne.com - ''Libya''] investment portal Libya African Union member states Peace and Security Council fa:لیبی gd:Libia hi:लीबिया la:Libya lv:Lībija ms:Libya zh-min-nan:Libya nds:Libyen scn:Libbia th:ประเทศลิเบีย
The flag was commented out by Tim Starling on Oct 7 along with the following message: "Oops -- User:Tim Starling 02:03, Oct 7, 2003 (UTC)" I have restored the flag, and asked Tim Starling to state his reason for removing the flag of Libya from this article. Perhaps the admins should reconsider their decision to make Tim Starling a sysop. User:Tjdw 19:31, 7 Oct 2003 (UTC) * Update: Tim Starling apparently was experimenting with a fix he had made to a temporary problem, and says he's sorry for leaving the page as it is. (Read my User Talk:Tjdw for his comments. * ---- I'd keep only the modern meaning on this page, and move the ancient meanings into Libya (disambiguation). --User:Shallot 14:26, 17 Nov 2003 (UTC) === Independence === the info box said Independence (From Italy & Great Britain),
which was not true, so I deleted it.
Italy drove the Turks out in 1912.
Italy can be said to have lost control with the fall of Tripoli in 1943.
Libya was then under Allied administration.
Independence was the result of a UN vote --User:ClemMcGann 12:05, 1 May 2005 (UTC) ^In that case you might want to fix the article on Libya's flag. -- Spacewars == facts about libya == Libya is a country that suffers under the rule of the most dangerous dictator [Moammer al Qaddafi] for more than 36 years of executions, imprisonments, Corruption and total absence of all types of liberties and justice, the Libyan Regime prohibits the citizens to practice political liberty, there are no elections In Libya, no decision making is attributed to the people or any other establishment In the country. All decisions are made by one man that is [Qaddafi]. Political opposition is crashed without mercy. No liberty of opinion in Libya. All the media/press is owned by the government, No services are provided by the state To its citizens, once you get inside the country, you will notice that it’s sinking in a Strange kind of oblivion, people can hardly laugh. Their faces are grim, because of the Death and torture, inflicted by the one-man authority that kills and jails freely Without a single opposing word. The super international powers are supporting The notorious Qaddafi regime because of the great advantage they are taking From the dictator, it’s the Libyan oil that Qaddafi pumps through pipes To the so called free world. American oil companies were present in Libya Even during the 80’s, where the relations were in a very poor condition To the eye of the beholder. But in fact, oil was sold at very cheap prices to The American, British and other western companies. It’s really intriguing why The human organizations are hushed by the terrorist regime. Is the world so Black and ugly to this point. Why nobody is speaking about us and all the Injustice that is present in our country? No voice can scream the truth about This place called Libya. All of those who tried were violently killed and tortured By the Libyan secret police. The most feared organization in Libya. It’s Qaddafi’s Bloodstained hand that eliminate all of those who try to ask for a better life for themselves and their families, the Libyan secret police is actually structured in A very strange way: there is no organic system in this police apparatus unlike Any other police agency in the world. However there are two active departments In this time. The foreign security department and the {mukhabarat}={the intelligence}. Those two departments practice their activities outside the country. Inside the country, it’s usually the interior security along with the foreign Security department that practices all of those sick behaviors inside the country. It’s apparent that the foreign security department is really the most active department In the country. To understand how those systems work and to have an idea About their modus opperandi. We should know that every one of those Departments are composed of so many different branches. Every branch has its Own specific domain, but none of those will strictly adhere to the rules that Organizes it’s work. For example in the mid 90’s during the clashes between Some Islamic rebels in cyrenaeca region. The foreign security agents were Fighting side by side with the interior security, the intelligence the Revolutionary committee agents and the popular police agents. Thus when you Try to take a look at the security system in Libya; you’ll notice that there are More than a hundred police agency in the country. All to serve the dictator. The revolutionary committee role is marginalized in the late 80’s in libya. After so many crimes committed abroad by the death squads of the revolutionary Committees. The regime is always renewing it’s self, one of the most Significant features that can help understand why Qaddafi is still there. The regime kills those who served it for a very long time in order to get rid Of any potential danger that might be posed by those who know so much. And have their relations in the different governmental establishments like [bakkar] and [al zaddmaa] who were killed in some very strange mysterious Circumstances. One died in a car accident, and the other is allegedly said to Have fallen from a horse, while in fact those guys were physically liquidated Because they knew some important information that can prove the direct Involvement of the Libyan de facto leader in the pan am case and other Terrorist acts sponsored by Qaddafi. Some of the most important figures In the totalitarian Libyan regime is {moussa kossa} the head of the Libyan intelligence service. And once the head of the foreign security department. This man was present In the Libyan popular bureau {embassy} in England when the British police woman Were killed by a bullet coming from one the Libyan embassy’s windows when The killers inside were trying to dissipate a manifestation against Qaddafi the killer.
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:''This article is about Libya, the country in North Africa. For the mythical character of the same name see: Libya (mythology)''. The '''Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya or Libya''' (Arabic language: ليبيا, transliteration ''Lībiyyā'') is a country in North Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, located between Egypt on the east, Sudan on the southeast, Chad and Niger on the south and Algeria and Tunisia to the west. Its capital city is Tripoli. The three traditional parts of the country are Tripolitania, the Fezzan and Cyrenaica. The name "Libya" derives from the ancient Egyptian term "Lebu", referring to Berber peoples living east of the Nile, and adopted into Greek language as "Libya". In ancient Greece, the term had a broader meaning, encompassing all of North Africa west of Egypt, and sometimes referring to the entire continent of Africa. {| border=1 align=right cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;" |+الجماهيرية العربية الليبية الشعبية الإشتراكية
al-Jamāhīrīyah al-‘Arabīya al-Lībīyah ash-Sha‘bīyah al-Ishtirākīyah |- | style=background:#efefef; align=center colspan=2 | {| border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 |- | align=center width=140px | || align=center width=140px | |- | align=center width=140px | (Flag of Libya) || align=center width=140px | (Libyan coat of arms) |} |- | align=center style="vertical-align: top;" colspan=2 | ''National motto: n/a'' |- | align=center colspan=2 style="background: #ffffff;" | |- | Official language || Arabic language |- | Capital || Tripoli |- | ''Leader of the Revolution'' || Muammar al-Qaddafi |- | President of Libya || Zentani Muhammad az-Zentani |- | Prime Minister of Libya || Shukri Ghanem |- | Area
- Total || List of countries by area
1,759,540 square kilometre |- | Population
- Total (Year)
- Population density || List of countries by population
5,499,074
3.1/km² |- | Currency || Libyan dinar |- | Time zone || Coordinated Universal Time +2 |- | Independence|| December 24, 1951 |- | National anthem || Allahu Akbar (anthem) |- | Top-level domain || .ly |- | List of country calling codes || 218 |} ==History== ''Main article: History of Libya'' Tripoli and Cyrenaica were Roman Empire colonies; and were conquered by Arab Islam in the 7th century. By the 19th century it was an increasingly independent Ottoman Empire province; and came under the control of Italy in 1912. After the Second World War Libya was granted independence, as a condition of the Allied peace treaty with Italy. Since 1969 Libya has been ruled by Colonel Moammar al-Qadhafi, who came to power in a coup and deposed the Libyan monarchy of King Idris. Qadhafi rejected both Soviet Union Communism and Western capitalism and claimed that he was charting an independent course, portraying himself as a champion of "oppressed peoples" and Third World nations seeking to assert their independence on the international stage. U.S.-Libyan relations deteriorated when in December 2 1979, Libyan mobs sacked the United States embassy in Tripoli. Qadhafi referred to the incident it as a "spontaneous demonstration" and denied any involvement. It is suspected that he ordered the attack to show sympathy for Ayatollah Khomeini and the new government of Iran. In May 1980, the United States withdrew all U.S. diplomats but did not break off diplomatic ties with Libya. In 1980, the Libyan government paid Jimmy Carter's brother, Billy Carter, $220,000 to persuade better diplomatic relations between the two nations. On May 6, 1981, four and a half months after Ronald Reagan became president of the United States, the United States government blamed the Libyan government for sponsoring international terrorism. All Libyan diplomats were expelled from the United States and the United States officially broke diplomatic relations between the two nations. The Libyan embassy was also shut down. The Reagan administration saw Libya as an unacceptable player on the international stage because of its backing of Palestinian armed groups, its support for revolutionary Iran in its 1980-1988 war against Saddam Hussein's Iraq (''see Iran-Iraq War''), and its assistance for guerrilla movements in different parts of the world, many which were conducted by separatist groups such as: The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). In March 1982 the U.S. declared a ban on the import of Libyan oil and the export to Libya of U.S. industrial technology items, most of which were used for oil; Europe did not follow suit. Relations between the UK and Libya became strained following the 1984 Libyan Embassy Siege. The U.S. attacked Libyan patrol boats from January to March 1986 during clashes over access to the Gulf of Sidra, which Libya claimed as territorial waters but was not recognized internationally. Qadhafi had long referred to it as the "line of death". Later, on April 14, 1986, Reagan ordered Operation El Dorado Canyon against so-called "terrorist sites" Tripoli and Benghazi that killed approximately 60 people following U.S. accusations of Libyan involvement in a bomb explosion at the German La Belle (discotheque) nightclub frequented by U.S. servicemen on April 5, which had killed 3. Among the victims of the April 14 bombing raid was the adopted daughter of Qadhafi. The United Nations imposed sanctions against Libya in 1992 following the Pan Am Flight 103 Lockerbie disaster. The sanctions were lifted on September 12, 2003, after Libya agreed to accept responsibility and make payment of US $2.7 billion to the families of those who died in the bombing. In the same vein, on February 26, 2004, the United States lifted its 23-year travel ban to Libya, and on September 21, 2004, eliminated remaining economic sanctions against the former pariah, lifting the prohibitions of the Libyan Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. Part 550, and unblocking property and property interests previously blocked under those regulations. ==Politics== ''Main article: Politics of Libya'' The Libyan system of government is quite unusual. Qadhafi claims that Libya is a "pure socialist state", and as such the ''formal'' institutions of government are purposely quite vague. Qadhafi himself is not even technically the "President" or "Prime Minister" of the country, and instead describes himself as a sort of "guide" or a "leader" to help the Libyan people in socialism. To most people around the world, he is simply referred to as "Colonel Qadhafi". Libya has no constitution, and the laws of the land come from Islamic law, and Qadhafi's ''The Green Book'' of political philosophy. The government is called a "jamahiriya," a modification of the Arabic word "jumhuriya" (republic) that translates loosely as "people's state." In practice, however, Libya is essentially a dictatorship, with Qadhafi rule by decree, assisted by a small clique of military and political officials. Libya has been accused of widespread human rights abuses, and state sponsored terrorism. On December 19, 2003, Libya admitted having had a weapons of mass destruction (WMD) program and simultaneously announced its intention to end it and dismantle all existing WMD to be verified by unconditional inspections. Libya also agreed to limit its long range missiles to 300 km. Some of the WMD included mustard gas, which was hidden in a Domesticated turkey farm. The announcement came after clandestine diplomatic negotiations with the United Kingdom and United States since March 2003. On March 7, 2004, the White House confirmed that the last of Libya's weapons of mass destruction had been sent to the United States. About that same time, Libya was also caught secretly passing nuclear technology which originated in North Korea on to other countries. Furthermore, Pakistan and China were mentioned as contributors to the programs. Egypt previously had obtained technology directly from Pyongyang, officials said, but the U.S. blocked a shipment of missiles in 2001. Nevertheless, the House subcommittee on terrorism learned a year later Egypt received 24 No-Dong missile engines from North Korea. 'We are still trying to understand the network, to see if other countries have received the [weapons-related] technology, the weapons designs,' IAEA director-general Mohamed El Baradei, who did not cite Egypt, said during a visit to Libya Feb. 23. 2004 'This is of course an important and urgent concern for us.'" See also: * Foreign relations of Libya ==Municipalities== ==Geography== ''Main article: Geography of Libya'' Location: Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt and Tunisia Climate: Mediterranean along coast; dry, extreme desert interior Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, gypsum Geographic regions: Cyrenaica, Tripolitania, and Fezzan. Natural hazards: hot, dry, dust-laden sirocco (known in Libya as the ghibli) is a southern wind lasting one to four days in spring and fall; dust storms, sandstorms. The Great Manmade River project is a large engineering project Libya has undertaken to supply water to the Sahara desert. ==Economy== ''Main article: Economy of Libya'' Libya's economy under the current Prime Minister (Ghanem) is undergoing an incredible business boom. Many socialist era government run industries are being privatized. UN sanctions have been mostly lifted (2004) and US sanctions are too. For example, Continental airlines now offers code-share travel to Libya. ==Demographics== ''Main article: Demographics of Libya'' ==Culture== ''Main article: Culture of Libya'' *Music of Libya *Islam in Libya ==Miscellaneous topics== * Communications in Libya * Transportation in Libya * Military of Libya * Trial against the Bulgarian medics and a Palestinian doctor in Libya * Libya's wars against other Arab states are discussed in the entry Middle East conflict ==External links== ===Government=== *[http://www.libya-canada.org/index-eng.html People's Bureau of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya in Ottawa, Canada] government information and links ===News=== *[http://allafrica.com/libya/ AllAfrica.com - ''Libya''] news headline links *[http://www.alfajraljadeedeng.com/ Al-Fajral-Jadeed] bimonthly state newspaper *[http://www.libya1.com/ Libya: News & Views] news headline links *[http://story.news.yahoo.com/fc/World/Libya Yahoo! News Full Coverage - ''Libya''] news headline links ===Overviews=== * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/middle_east/country_profiles/819291.stm BBC News Country Profile - ''Libya''] * [http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ly.html CIA World Factbook - ''Libya''] * [http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/lytoc.html Library of Congress Country Study - ''Libya''] data as of 1987 ===Directories=== * [http://www.al-bab.com/arab/countries/libya.htm Arab Gateway - ''Libya''] * [http://search.looksmart.com/p/browse/us1/us317916/us559898/us559899/us10065673/us559930/ LookSmart - ''Libya''] directory category * [http://dmoz.org/Regional/Africa/Libya/ Open Directory Project - ''Libya''] directory category *[http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Country_Specific/Libya.html University of Pennsylvania - African Studies Center: ''Libya''] directory category * [http://dir.yahoo.com/Regional/Countries/Libya/ Yahoo! - ''Libya''] directory category ===Tourism=== * ===Other=== *[http://www.photos-libye.com/ Photos of Libya] * [http://www.winne.com/mena/libya/report/2004/index.php Winne.com - ''Libya''] investment portal Libya African Union member states Peace and Security Council fa:لیبی gd:Libia hi:लीबिया la:Libya lv:Lībija ms:Libya zh-min-nan:Libya nds:Libyen scn:Libbia th:ประเทศลิเบีย
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The flag was commented out by Tim Starling on Oct 7 along with the following message: "Oops -- User:Tim Starling 02:03, Oct 7, 2003 (UTC)" I have restored the flag, and asked Tim Starling to state his reason for removing the flag of Libya from this article. Perhaps the admins should reconsider their decision to make Tim Starling a sysop. User:Tjdw 19:31, 7 Oct 2003 (UTC) * Update: Tim Starling apparently was experimenting with a fix he had made to a temporary problem, and says he's sorry for leaving the page as it is. (Read my User Talk:Tjdw for his comments. * ---- I'd keep only the modern meaning on this page, and move the ancient meanings into Libya (disambiguation). --User:Shallot 14:26, 17 Nov 2003 (UTC) === Independence === the info box said Independence (From Italy & Great Britain),
which was not true, so I deleted it.
Italy drove the Turks out in 1912.
Italy can be said to have lost control with the fall of Tripoli in 1943.
Libya was then under Allied administration.
Independence was the result of a UN vote --User:ClemMcGann 12:05, 1 May 2005 (UTC) ^In that case you might want to fix the article on Libya's flag. -- Spacewars == facts about libya == Libya is a country that suffers under the rule of the most dangerous dictator [Moammer al Qaddafi] for more than 36 years of executions, imprisonments, Corruption and total absence of all types of liberties and justice, the Libyan Regime prohibits the citizens to practice political liberty, there are no elections In Libya, no decision making is attributed to the people or any other establishment In the country. All decisions are made by one man that is [Qaddafi]. Political opposition is crashed without mercy. No liberty of opinion in Libya. All the media/press is owned by the government, No services are provided by the state To its citizens, once you get inside the country, you will notice that it’s sinking in a Strange kind of oblivion, people can hardly laugh. Their faces are grim, because of the Death and torture, inflicted by the one-man authority that kills and jails freely Without a single opposing word. The super international powers are supporting The notorious Qaddafi regime because of the great advantage they are taking From the dictator, it’s the Libyan oil that Qaddafi pumps through pipes To the so called free world. American oil companies were present in Libya Even during the 80’s, where the relations were in a very poor condition To the eye of the beholder. But in fact, oil was sold at very cheap prices to The American, British and other western companies. It’s really intriguing why The human organizations are hushed by the terrorist regime. Is the world so Black and ugly to this point. Why nobody is speaking about us and all the Injustice that is present in our country? No voice can scream the truth about This place called Libya. All of those who tried were violently killed and tortured By the Libyan secret police. The most feared organization in Libya. It’s Qaddafi’s Bloodstained hand that eliminate all of those who try to ask for a better life for themselves and their families, the Libyan secret police is actually structured in A very strange way: there is no organic system in this police apparatus unlike Any other police agency in the world. However there are two active departments In this time. The foreign security department and the {mukhabarat}={the intelligence}. Those two departments practice their activities outside the country. Inside the country, it’s usually the interior security along with the foreign Security department that practices all of those sick behaviors inside the country. It’s apparent that the foreign security department is really the most active department In the country. To understand how those systems work and to have an idea About their modus opperandi. We should know that every one of those Departments are composed of so many different branches. Every branch has its Own specific domain, but none of those will strictly adhere to the rules that Organizes it’s work. For example in the mid 90’s during the clashes between Some Islamic rebels in cyrenaeca region. The foreign security agents were Fighting side by side with the interior security, the intelligence the Revolutionary committee agents and the popular police agents. Thus when you Try to take a look at the security system in Libya; you’ll notice that there are More than a hundred police agency in the country. All to serve the dictator. The revolutionary committee role is marginalized in the late 80’s in libya. After so many crimes committed abroad by the death squads of the revolutionary Committees. The regime is always renewing it’s self, one of the most Significant features that can help understand why Qaddafi is still there. The regime kills those who served it for a very long time in order to get rid Of any potential danger that might be posed by those who know so much. And have their relations in the different governmental establishments like [bakkar] and [al zaddmaa] who were killed in some very strange mysterious Circumstances. One died in a car accident, and the other is allegedly said to Have fallen from a horse, while in fact those guys were physically liquidated Because they knew some important information that can prove the direct Involvement of the Libyan de facto leader in the pan am case and other Terrorist acts sponsored by Qaddafi. Some of the most important figures In the totalitarian Libyan regime is {moussa kossa} the head of the Libyan intelligence service. And once the head of the foreign security department. This man was present In the Libyan popular bureau {embassy} in England when the British police woman Were killed by a bullet coming from one the Libyan embassy’s windows when The killers inside were trying to dissipate a manifestation against Qaddafi the killer.
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