France's Responsibility in Libya Begins after Sarkozy Is Given Warm Welcome in Benghazi

By now, it is stale news that French President Nicolas Sarkozy received a hero's welcome at Benghazi, the city which nurtured the revolution against Libyan dictator Gaddafi. Sarkozy and his political parties are no strangers to Benghazi, Libya or anywhere else in North Africa. In fact, France has had a bloody role in the history of the region, much of which with both the Africans and the French would like to forget. The French mistakes in Algeria hurt not only the people of Algeria, but also made France rethink its own policies concerning Africa, and the colonies that it once ruled.

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Speculation on Quaddafi's Whereabouts - Leave it to the Professionals...

The chief reason for media outlets saying they know where Libya’s former dictator is, is to justify their massive budgets being spent on the war in the country. As much as the likes of Rupert Murdoch would like to get him themselves, the only people who are likely to get him are the freedom fighters, or international intelligence agencies.

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THE FALL OF MUAMMAR Qaddafi: THE LAST EMPEROR OF MACHIAVELLIAN POLITICS.

Once again I’m compelled to write about Colonel GadHaffi, I remember I wrote a brief introduction of him in my African series, titled “Is there really a silver lining ahead of us”. There I described the rise of the Colonel along with his powerful cabal.

For emphasis sake I’ll recall some issues in that article, Colonel Ghadaffi took over power via a military coup, where King Idris was deposed for alleged corruption a vice known as a virtue by most African leaders and totally characterized the Colonel’s rule. His people got tired of such rule, because he was committing the same sin he fought against 4 decades earlier, they sought a change, mainly fueled by the success of the protest in Egypt and Tunisia, however if they knew the massive cost in terms of man and machine would they have venture? I can’t tell  for sure, but I know of a certain they were never going to rest until either the Colonel left office and faced charges or all the rebel movement are totally annihilated.

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