What do you think of when you hear the name Colonel Gaddafi? Tyrant? Dictator? Terrorist? Well, a national citizen of Libya may disagree but we want you to decide.

For 41 years until his demise in October 2011, Muammar Gaddafi did some truly amazing things for his country and repeatedly tried to unite and empower the whole of Africa.

So despite what you’ve heard on the radio, seen in the media or on the TV, Gaddafi did some powerful things that are not characteristic of a “vicious dictator” as portrayed by the western media.

Here are ten things Gaddafi did for Libya that you may not know about…

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1. In Libya a home is considered a natural human right

In Gaddafi’s Green Book it states: ”The house is a basic need of both the individual and the family, therefore it should not be owned by others”. Gaddafi’s Green Book is the formal leader’s political philosophy, it was first published in 1975 and was intended reading for all Libyans even being included in the national curriculum.

2. Education and medical treatment were all free

Under Gaddafi, Libya could boast one of the best healthcare services in the Middle East and Africa. Also if a Libyan citizen could not access the desired educational course or correct medical treatment in Libya they were funded to go abroad.

3. Gaddafi carried out the world’s largest irrigation project

The largest irrigation system in the world also known as the great manmade river was designed to make water readily available to all Libyan’s across the entire country. It was funded by the Gaddafi government and it said that Gaddafi himself called it ”the eighth wonder of the world”.



4. It was free to start a farming business

If any Libyan wanted to start a farm they were given a house, farm land and live stock and seeds all free of charge.

5. A bursary was given to mothers with newborn babies

When a Libyan woman gave birth she was given 5000 (US dollars) for herself and the child.

6. Electricity was free

Electricity was free in Libya meaning absolutely no electric bills!

7. Cheap petrol

During Gaddafi’s reign the price of petrol in Libya was as low as 0.14 (US dollars) per litre.

8. Gaddafi raised the level of education

Before Gaddafi only 25% of Libyans were literate. This figure was brought up to 87% with 25% earning university degrees.

9. Libya had It’s own state bank

Libya had its own State bank, which provided loans to citizens at zero percent interest by law and they had no external debt.

10. The gold dinar

Before the fall of Tripoli and his untimely demise, Gaddafi was trying to introduce a single African currency linked to gold. Following in the foot steps of the late great pioneer Marcus Garvey who first coined the term ”United States of Africa”. Gaddafi wanted to introduce and only trade in the African gold Dinar – a move which would have thrown the world economy into chaos.

The Dinar was widely opposed by the ‘elite’ of today’s society and who could blame them. African nations would have finally had the power to bring itself out of debt and poverty and only trade in this precious commodity. They would have been able to finally say ‘no’ to external exploitation and charge whatever they felt suitable for precious resources. It has been said that the gold Dinar was the real reason for the NATO led rebellion, in a bid to oust the outspoken leader.

So, was Muammar Gaddafi a Terrorist?

Few can answer this question fairly, but if anyone can, it’s a Libyan citizen who has lived under his reign? Whatever the case, it seems rather apparent that he did some positive things for his country despite the infamous notoriety surrounding his name. And that’s something you should try to remember when judging in future.

This quirky video documentary spells out an interesting, if rather different, story from the one we think we know.

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http://www.globalresearch.ca/libya-ten-things-about-gaddafi-they-dont-want-you-to-know/5414289

i wonder what supreme leader Obama has done with his right hand

i wonder what supreme leader Obama has done with his right hand

Wtf?



Predator Drone strikes of course.

What a silly statement to make.

-PB

left hand

Same as most US Presidents I would suspect.

so he gets a free pass then, ok

If I post up a list of the great things Obama has achieved, feel free to rebut with the fact that he's responsible for thousands of dead and a heap of debt that will ruin many lives... However, on this occasion, someone popped up a list of nice things Gaddafi did for his people (or believed should be done for his people), so I felt compelled to point out that Gaddafi was a murderous c*nt.

so you think Libya is now better off for his absence since it was liberated by Obama and Gaddafi was murdered by the mercenaries paid for by the US led kinetic action?

I think the world is a better place without Gaddafi in it.

Religious zealots existed long before Gaddafi, existed during his reign, and will continue to exist long after we are gone. Getting rid of Gaddafi wasn't the problem, the entire attitude toward the region is the problem.

Gaddafi kept them in check in his country
now its a staging ground for ISIS training

the place is now a failed state and you talk about 'attitude'

Libya was a staging post of IRA training throughout the 70s and 80s - and Gaddafi loved them, visited them in person, encouraged them to strike down at their oppressors, etc. Different leaders now, different terrorists.

Erm... Perhaps because a lot of innocent people died as a result of him actively supporting and supplying the IRA - and perhaps, just maybe, because the blood is still on his hands whether he belatedly changes his mind about his support or not. Those people didn't just suddenly come back to life once he decided that playing nice may be a better option.

what about the blood on the hands of Tony Blair and a million dead Iraqis?
and every US president since?

you seem to have this idealistic view on things, what of all the innocents that have died as a direct result of the kinetic action in Libya?

thats ok, they're just brown people in the desert right... as long as you can exact revenge on someone who you say had blood on his hands because he supported one side in a war 25 years ago....damn the consequences of the vacuum it created

Vintage rc. Not yet encountered a dictator he didn't slobber over.

"Rivers of blood" Gaddafi it is.

Vintage rc. Not yet encountered a dictator he didn't slobber over.

"Rivers of blood" Gaddafi it is.

I'm no particular fan of Gaddafi however he provided an iron fisted buffer against far worse evils as a number of the dictators in the region have done

but if you're satisfied with the Islamic State running rampant through north africa and the middle east and sending them back to the middle ages then who am I to question your motives

perhaps it all serves the interests of Israel in the end right

Sooner or later every conspiracy theorist comes back to the Zionist stance. Clockwork.

I'm no particular fan of Gaddafi however he provided an iron fisted buffer against far worse evils as a number of the dictators in the region have done

but if you're satisfied with the Islamic State running rampant through north africa and the middle east and sending them back to the middle ages then who am I to question your motives

perhaps it all serves the interests of Israel in the end right

+1. Dem jews control everything.

At what point have I said anything about my position vis a vis the Islamic state?

Sooner or later every conspiracy theorist comes back to the Zionist stance. Clockwork.

Crackers is the textbook example of 'The enemy of my enemy is my friend' - he will support anyone who stands up to America - and no doubt he'll tell us that his extensive research on all these matters has brought him to a conclusive position which he will not change - no matter what evidence is put infront of him, because all that evidence has no doubt been cooked up by America or their lackies.