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  Qaddafi - MSN Encarta
In 1969, then a captain, Qaddafi led a coup that overthrew King Idris I and proclaimed Libya an Arab republic.
At home, Qaddafi launched a cultural and social revolution that blended religious fundamentalism with Arab nationalism and aspects of the welfare state.
Qaddafi was injured and his infant daughter killed in April 1986 when the U.S. bombed Libyan sites in response to terrorism allegedly traced to Libya.
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761577647/Qaddafi_Muammar_al-.html   (233 words)

  
 Mohammar Qaddafi; Libyan Strongman
Although sometimes less than devout, Qaddafi's opinion that anything is justifiable in the name of Islamic revolution has led him to his current beliefs.
Qaddafi, today, is an elusive and mercurial personage who "meddles" in Middle-east and African affairs, almost at will.
It is believed that Qaddafi still is a supporter of Islamic and pro-Palestinian causes, although he frequently engages in more rhetoric than action in recent times.
www.emergency.com /qaddafi.htm   (1148 words)

  
 [Abdurahman Alamoudi:] Qaddafi's American Hit Man? - article by Daniel Pipes
Muammar Qaddafi accused Saudi Arabian leaders of making a "deal with the devil" - paving the way for US presence in the region by allowing American troops to defend the Arabian peninsula during the Gulf War a dozen years ago.
So vital was Alamoudi to the plot that Qaddafi had all others leave the room so he could talk privately with him.
Qaddafi instructed him, "I want the crown prince killed either through assassination or through a coup." Alamoudi and Ismael apparently traveled to London to locate and recruit Saudi Islamists, spending over $2 million in cash along the way.
www.danielpipes.org /article/1876   (996 words)

  
 Qaddafi vs NWO
Qaddafi espoused a new "third universal" theory for oppressed people's liberation, enunciating three interconnected concepts of freedom: emancipation from want, ignorance, and injustice; Libya's liberation from imperialists and neo-colonialism; and emancipation of the entire Arab world.
He calls for a "New World Order" in which "the house is for its occupant, the land is for everyone, and workers are partners and not wage earners." This contrasts sharply with the NWO ushered in by George Bush as he presided over Iraq's destruction in 1991.
Nevertheless, Qaddafi and Libya are perennial targets of abuse in the discourse of world domination, blamed for many "terrorist" acts around the world.
www.thirdworldtraveler.com /Global_Secrets_Lies/Qaddafi_NWO.html   (1079 words)

  
 Colonel Mu’ammar al-Qaddafi remarked in 1976 that “atomic weapons will be like traditional ones, possessed by every ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Qaddafi was born during World War II in a Bedouin tent in the desert, about 20 miles south of the seaside town of Sirte.
Qaddafi’s puritanism has been attributed to his Bedouin origins as well as to a reaction against the creeping corruption spread by the foreign oil companies and contractors, maneuvering for positions and favors under the monarchy.
Qaddafi initially put the RCC in charge of the government and ruled by decree, campaigning to rid the country of corruption and the symbols of Western imperialism.
www.au.af.mil /au/awc/awcgate/cpc-pubs/black.htm   (6762 words)

  
 Libya
Earlier attempts by Qaddafi to raise Libya's status within the Arab world by portraying himself as a champion of the Palestinian cause were counteracted by the massive deportation of Palestinians in 1995.
Qaddafi denies the right of Jews to settle in Israel, arguing that those who immigrated after 1948 should return to their countries of origin.
Qaddafi may be seeking to improve relations with the West in order to alleviate Libya's severe economic problems, which have been exacerbated by UN sanctions.
www.axt.org.uk /antisem/archive/archive1/libya/libya.htm   (782 words)

  
 Neutralizing Qaddafi: Containing Libyan Aggression
Qaddafi attempted to gain control over the source of the White Nile in Uganda when he allied himself with Idi Amin Dada assistance to the Tanzanian forces which invaded Uganda and overthrew Amin in 1979 was not entirely altruistic.
Qaddafi has repeatedly affirmed his intention of overthrowing the Saudi monarchy, which he believes to be a major barrier to an Islamic revolution.
Qaddafi's frequent blows at the Libyan middle class and his purges of the ranks of government have left the country bereft of skilled administrators.
www.heritage.org /Research/MiddleEast/bg157.cfm   (6019 words)

  
 Trade and Finance: Qaddafi's Quagmire
In October, Qaddafi, visiting Moscow for the first time in four years, concluded several economic and military pacts with the Soviets, who also agreed to implement a number of long-term economic, trade and technical cooperation programs.
Qaddafi may soon have to choose between cutting spending on his foreign policy goals of destabilization and terrorism or on domestic consumption and production.
Qaddafi's foreign and domestic policies have wrecked havoc on Libya's relations with Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria and Syria.
www.washington-report.org /backissues/123085/851230006.html   (1106 words)

  
 Islam Watch - "Muhammad Qaddafi’s Rage at Pope" (Allah, Sin, Daniel Pipes, Muammar Ghadafi, Ibn Warraq, ...
Qaddafi confined Sharia to private matters and in its stead; his own ideas were promulgated in the public domain.
In the light of the actions and attitudes of early converts of Islam, the junior Qaddafi’s fanatical rage at the Pope’s citation of a critical comment of the 14th century Byzantine emperor is consistent and understandable.
Indeed, colonel Qaddafi’s humiliation of Islam deserve nothing less than instant death in the light of the justice the Prophet had handed to the critics of him and his creed.
www.islam-watch.org /MA_Khan/QaddafiPope.htm   (1506 words)

  
 Libya - Arab League - Qaddafi - Worldpress.org
Qaddafi had threatened to withdraw from the Arab League twice before—in March 2002, because Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Abdullah’s peace proposal for Israel ignored the Right of Return for Palestinian refugees, and in 1998, under similar circumstances.
Despite Qaddafi’s frequent role as a dissenting voice in the body, or perhaps because of it, many writers saw Libya as a necessary component of Arab political efforts.
While some writers expressed the opinion—or perhaps hope—that this would prove to be just another of Qaddafi’s fits and that Libya would eventually return to the fold, almost all saw the immediate effect on the Arab League as a secondary issue in relation to the looming war on Iraq, which all member states officially oppose.
www.worldpress.org /Mideast/822.cfm   (1632 words)

  
 Qaddafi, Muammar al- The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
In 1969 he formed, along with a group of fellow officers, a secret revolutionary committee and led (1969) a successful coup against the monarchy of Idris I. Qaddafi established himself as Libya’s commander in chief and chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council.
Since Qaddafi took power the Libyan government has been known for its support of many international terrorist and guerrilla organizations, including the Irish Republican Army, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), and other extremist Arab and Islamic groups.
Qaddafi survived, but several of his children were hurt or killed.
www.bartleby.com /65/qa/Qaddafi.html   (335 words)

  
 The American Enterprise: Has Qaddafi Been Born Again?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Qaddafi surrendered a nuclear and chemical weapons program that turned out to be more fully developed than nearly anyone had anticipated.
It is illegal in Libya to engage in the private practice of law; the formation of political parties or unions are crimes punishable by death; dissidents are routinely jailed and tortured.
Qaddafi is coming from a point of weakness, and we’re treating him like an equal partner.
www.taemag.com /issues/articleID.19195/article_detail.asp   (909 words)

  
 Encyclopedia
For most of the 1990s, Libya endured economic sanctions and diplomatic isolation as a result of Qaddafi’s refusal to allow the extradition to the U.S. or Great Britain of Libyans accused of planting a bomb on a Pan American jet aircraft that exploded in 1988 over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270 people.
Qaddafi was a prime mover in the establishment of the
Qaddafi’s name is also spelled Gaddafi, Gadhafi, and Kadafi.
www.history.com /encyclopedia.do?vendorId=FWNE.fw..qa000300.a#FWNE.fw..qa000300.a   (823 words)

  
 The Free Liberal: Hello Qaddafi!
But, Qaddafi is ruthlessly presented in the American press and political establishment as someone to be ignored, a political buffoon, a Charlie Chaplin as the Great Dictator in sinister African robes, constantly intriguing against all freedom and supporting spectacular, if ultimately futile terrorist ventures.
Qaddafi and his followers created a set-up presented as wild-eyed national Arabic socialism—called Jamahiriya-- but suspiciously similar to New England town meetings to run the country on a local level.
What Africa needs, says Qaddafi, is to get rid of trade barriers and open its government borders, become a United States of Africa confederation, and get rid of tariffs, get rid of import taxes, paralyzing to business controls, and all that planning garbage.
www.freeliberal.com /archives/001172.html   (1308 words)

  
 Hanna Siniora: The Qaddafi Proposal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Qaddafi will once again try to put his initiative on the agenda of the present summit.
The two countries that have the longest borders with the future Palestinian state, Israel and Jordan, should be the natural partners to a community-type con-federal relationship resembling the EU process of integration.
Jordan, which in the past was threatened by the possibility of becoming the Palestinian state through the defunct Jordanian option, or the old position of Ariel Sharon, that part of the West Bank combined with the transfer of Palestinians to Jordan would be the Palestinian state, should examine new possibilities.
www.palestine-pmc.com /details.asp?cat=4&id=1744   (669 words)

  
 Qaddafi, Muammar al- - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
QADDAFI, MUAMMAR AL- [Qaddafi, Muammar al-], 1942-, Libyan political leader.
Qaddafi survived, but several of his children were hurt or killed.
He also was a strong force behind the Organization of African Unity 's decision to transform itself into the African Union.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-qaddafi.html   (457 words)

  
 Qaddafi’s Quest
Qaddafi is waging a campaign to persuade the West that he has abandoned terrorism.
Despite Qaddafi’s apparent willingness to abide by international law regarding the Pan Am case, he is still vigorously pursuing a WMD and missile capability, which has included reports of chemical and biological weapons links between Tripoli and Baghdad.
Qaddafi’s apparent willingness to comply with international law in the Pan Am case, combined with mounting pressure by corporate interests to renew economic and diplomatic ties between Washington and Tripoli, will likely cause Western officials to reexamine their policy toward Libya.
www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/Threats_to_Israel/Qaddafi.html   (793 words)

  
 Maghreb Mirror: Libyans Debate Post-Qaddafi Era
As plans for the meeting became public, according to conference organizer Henry Schuler of CSIS, Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi launched a public campaign of intimidation against the Libyan opposition in exile, which he called "stray dogs that have escaped and begun to bark abroad." The result was cancellation by a number of conference participants.
Qaddafi also uses foreign dealings to strengthen his hold on power, according to conference participants.
Abdul Majid Buik argued that even if Qaddafi could be eliminated–an open question given the failure of past attempts directed at Saddam Hussain and Mohamed Farah Aidid–other elements in the regime would survive a military strike.
www.washington-report.org /backissues/0194/9401050.htm   (1929 words)

  
 Qaddafi - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Qaddafi, Muammar al-, born in 1942, Libyan revolutionary leader and strongman, known for his devotion to Islam and his zealous support for...
By the mid-1970s Qaddafi’s domestic revolution was coalescing.
The constitution of 1977 laid out the new political system, whereby Libya became a...
ca.encarta.msn.com /Qaddafi.html   (80 words)

  
 THE UNITED STATES AND LIBYA
Moreover, Qaddafi soon abandoned his reflexive aversion to Marxism, and though Libya was far from "a Soviet satellite" (as Alexander Haig called it in 1981<3>) and farther still from a "Communist, Marxist-Leninist controlled state" (as intellectual Paul Johnson charged<4>), he increasingly found himself supporting governments and movements that were an anathema to Washington.
Qaddafi probably was responsible for organizing a Palestinian force that emphasized terrorism (the National Arab Youth for the Liberation of Palestine)<21> but its bloody record didn't compare with that of the U.S.-created terrorist force, the contras.
Qaddafi has also called for death to be meted out to rulers of many African and Middle Eastern nations and he has organized plots to overthrow them (all unsuccessful).
www.zmag.org /zmag/articles/ShalomLyb2.html   (7471 words)

  
 Qaddafi Walks Out
Qaddafi is known for creating drama at international meetings, and his walkout was the only glitch in a meeting carefully prepared to prevent unwelcome surprises.
Qaddafi left the conference hall as Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa defended the League from what he said were attempts to undermine it.
Qaddafi’s main concern appeared to be the Arab League’s failure to adopt his “white paper” proposal for a single Israeli-Palestinian state, instead of the widely accepted alternative of Israeli and Palestinian states side by side.
www.arabnews.com /?page=4§ion=0&article=45487&d=23&m=5&y=2004   (629 words)

  
 Qaddafi’s Regime - History - Libya - Africa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
By the mid-1990s Qaddafi began moving away from his self-appointed role as leader of the opposition to the international system.
Although Qaddafi had come to power an advocate of Islam, he and the religious elite of Libya parted ways in the early 1980s, and Qaddafi’s version of Islam became increasingly heterodox.
By the late 1990s observers suggested that Qaddafi had become interested in Libya’s participation in the international system not as a “rogue state,” as the United States had labeled the nation, but as a law-abiding member.
www.countriesquest.com /africa/libya/history/qaddafi's_regime.htm   (663 words)

  
 Col. Qaddafi seeks to lead new club - Africa | csmonitor.com
It's part of Libyan leader Col. Muammar Qaddafi's newfound passion for forging a United States of Africa, which was the topic at a special Organization of Africa Unity summit here this week.
For believers, Colonel Qaddafi is aggressively rekindling an African dream that began nearly 40 years ago, using Libya's oil wealth to reverse Africa's marginal status as a continent of war-torn nations and impoverished people.
The streets of the capital Tripoli and Sirte, Qaddafi's hometown and venue for the OAU meeting, are plastered with posters that declare Africa a "paradise on earth" and Libya as the "historical gate of the African continent from time immemorial."
www.csmonitor.com /1999/0910/p1s3.html   (1019 words)

  
 Qaddafi Faces Pressure From Neighboring States - washingtonpost.com
While some of Qaddafi's problems have been developing gradually, the catalyst for his current predicament appears to have been his decision last summer to expel thousands of foreign workers that his economy, debilitated by dropping oil prices, could no longer sustain.
Libyans close to Qaddafi told Reuter this month they viewed the story as a propaganda ploy by the Reagan administration similar to several almost "seasonal" campaigns against Qaddafi in the past.
Qaddafi publicly opposed Syrian-backed attacks on Palestinians in Lebanon, and Syrian President Hafez Assad has entered a process of highly visible rapprochement with Jordan's moderate King Hussein.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/18/AR2006071800517_pf.html   (1351 words)

  
 FrontPage magazine.com :: Qaddafi's American Hit Man? by Daniel Pipes
Muammar Qaddafi accused Saudi Arabian leaders of making a “deal with the devil” - paving the way for US presence in the region by allowing American troops to defend the Arabian peninsula during the Gulf War a dozen years ago.
So vital was Alamoudi to the plot that Qaddafi had all others leave the room so he could talk privately with him.
Qaddafi instructed him, “I want the crown prince killed either through assassination or through a coup.” Alamoudi and Ismael apparently traveled to London to locate and recruit Saudi Islamists, spending over $2 million in cash along the way.
frontpagemag.com /Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=13733   (916 words)

  
 Qaddafi After the Raid - Sheila Louise Rees
The U.S. air attacks on five targets in Benghazi and Tripoli have had an undeniable impact on Colonel Mummer Qaddafi's regime in Libya; however, the precise nature of the impact is difficult to determine.
The road to confrontation actually commenced several years ago when Qaddafi laid claim to sovereignty over a huge expanse of the Mediterranean known as the Gulf of Sidra.
That move was plainly illegal under international law, and the U.S. Sixth Fleet routinely contested Qaddafi's claim by steaming through and holding exercises in the gulf.
www.worldandi.com /specialreport/1986/May/Sa11270.htm   (265 words)

  
 Muammar Qaddafi
A dictator known as much for sponsoring international terrorism as his impeccable fashion sense, Libya's self-proclaimed "Guide of the Revolution" took power in a September 1969 military coup which deposed King Idriss.
One of Colonel Muammar Qaddafi's first acts as dictator was to rework the calendar and rename all the months.
Just six months after the settlement, Qaddafi was visited by British Prime Minister Tony Blair in Tripoli.
www.nndb.com /people/641/000026563   (209 words)

  
 Qaddafi - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
Qaddafi falafels have high amounts of uranium, although Qaddafi adamatly denies its existence.
The leader of the coup was Colonel Muammar Qaddafi, who formerly ran a modest falafel stand at the Kansas State Fair, between Little John's Kettle Corn and Phineas' Phunnel Cakes.
Qaddafi falafels are a favorite of terra-ist groups worldwide.
uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Qaddafi   (251 words)

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