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The story began in 1985, when a Liberian named Charles Taylor escaped from a county jail in Massachusetts, United States, under controversial circumstances after being arrested for embezzlement. He was accused of misappropriating nearly $1 million from the Liberian government during his time as head of the General Services Agency under President Samuel Doe, and was awaiting extradition to Liberia.
Gaddafi undertook several more invasions of neighboring countries as part of his broader ambition to create a pan-African empire that he called the United States of Africa. To achieve his imperialist dream, he sought to train revolutionaries who would overthrow existing governments across the continent, paving the way for a new Africa where he would rule across national boundaries — borders he dismissed as artificial creations of Western colonial interests.
Muammar Gaddafi’s regime became notorious for its extensive stockpiling of weapons. During the Cold War, Libya was a major purchaser of arms from the Soviet Union and its allies. He also acquired weapons from European countries, particularly France and Italy, before relations soured. These included tanks, fighter jets, and advanced weaponry. After his fall in 2011, vast quantities of these weapons were released into the black market, fueling militant groups.
The tipping point came when protests erupted in Benghazi in February 2011, sparked by the arrest of human rights lawyer Fathi Terbil, who had represented families of the Abu Salim massacre victims. The protests quickly spread across the country, fueled by decades of repression and the regime’s violent response.
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