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I really hope Libya will come a better place.
But look at Iraq, it got worse after Saddam died.
While Iraq is a rich country which gets help from other countries.
Libya maybe different, but don't hate Gaddafi. He was maybe weird and a bit cruel but thanks to him Libya is one of the richest countries in Africa. He was economical genius, he invested in somethings which brought massive wealth to Libya.
Maybe cruel? I don't want to turn this into a political discussion but just some stuff why you should not like him (at least for me, and all Libyans)
- Funded Terrorism
- Civil infrastructure, healthcare and the education system have failed beyond disbelief in the last 40 years. (People go outside Libya to to surgeries/operations
- Gaddafi committed some of the most brutal human right excesses in the late 70′s and early 80′s. Libyan students were hanged in universities, sport auditoriums and public squares simply for not adhering to the green book ideology.
- Gaddafi's agents killed WPC Ivon Fletcher outside the Libyan Embassy in London in 1984 and many other Libyan political dissidents through a campaign that he calls "Eliminating Stray Dogs"
- Abu Sleem prison massacre where he ordered the killing of over 1200 political prisoners
- Gaddafi waged pointless wars in Chad and Uganda where over 20,000 Libyans died
- he HIV infection breakout in Benghazi. Over 500 children where effected because the sterilization equipment were malfunctioning.
The destruction of the mausoleum (in Benghazi) of Omar Mukhtar and the removal of his remains to be buried in a remote Oasis which was an act of desecration to the national pride. (Omar Muhktar is a Libyan hero, he freed Libya from the Italians, and is probably the most respected person in Libya).
- The declaration of war on Switzerland for arresting one of his sons and his wife for beating up the domestic staff.
Source: http://www.libyafeb17.com/2011/02/why-do-you-libyans-want-gaddafi-gone-here-are-some-reasons/
In Libya, the billboards were not commercials, but pictures of him and a number beside him (the number represents the number of years he ruled Libya).
He had many agents and spies among civilians.
PS it is not because of Gadafi that Libya is rich, it is because Libya has lots of oil, even if it were not Gadafi ruling, the other government would know that there are tons of oil and would take advantage of it as Gadafi did (but Gadafi did not invest in Libya, just a bit).
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