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Libya

1631 – The white slavery of Barbery. 1.23 white European slaves of Barbery enslaved by the Corsairs in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya. A village in Baltimore Ireland was taken in 1631. Made sex slaves by the Corsairs. (Ancient Origins. 6 Oct 2014).

1911 – Italy seized Libya from Turkey. Oil and minerals in Libya. (Gods bankers. Gerald Posner. (c)2015 US).

1935 – Italian dictator Benito Mussolini created Libya, out of the Italian colonies of Tripolitania and Cyrenarca. (The lawn road flats. David Burke (c)2014 UK).

1942 – Field marshall Erwin Rommel, commander in chief of the Afrika korps, leader of the Axis forces in Libya from the beginning of 1942. Drove him across the Tunisian border after a chase. (Auckland Star NZ. NZPA. 13 March 1943. Papers past).

29 Jan 1942 – German and Italian troops occupied Benghazi Libya. (Chch Star NZ. Today in history. 29 Jan 2016).

1943 – George the pigeon. New Zealand pilot Norman Crompton and his crew, the Martin Battimore, in the sea off the coast of Libya in 1943. Four men with no food or water. A pigeon called George survived. World war two. A pigeon saved the lives of RAF airmen in the Mediteranean sea. (Chch Star NZ. 14 July 2016).

24 Dec 1951 – Libya became independent. Dr Matthew Partridge. Money week UK 24 Dec 2015. http://moneyweek.com/december-24-1951-libya-becomes-independent/

1970s – Italian P2 Licio Gelli organised a three way deal for oil and arms between Libya, Argentina and Italy. Agency for Economic Development. Which he and Umberto Ortolani owned. Wikipedia.

1973 – Libya nationalized western oil companies. (Gideons spies. Gordon Thomas (c)2008 UK).

20 July 1973 – A Japanese airliner flying from Tokyo to Amsterdam was hijacked to Libya. One hijacker was killed by his own grenade. The other was not tried.

Sept 1973 – Muammar Gaddafi's air force attacked an Italian warship near the Libyan coast. (Gods bankers. Gerald Posner. (c)2015 US).

1974 – Cuban economic and political cooperation began with Libya.

1975 – Libya made a huge deal for Soviet arms, thought to be worth over $500 million, including 2,000 tanks and 2 squadrons of M16, 23 jets. The Russian were glad to have the foreign currency.

1976-82 – Cuba cooperated with Libya in the political founding of the world MATHABA in Tripoli to provide political support to coordinate revolutionary violence throughout the world. Cuba supported Libya's stand on Chad. And the RENTE POLISARIO.

1977 – Alistair Horne. A savage war of peace. Algeria 1954-62. New York. The Viking press.

1978 – Wikipedia. List of people who disappeared mysteriously. Musa al-Sadr age 49 and 2 aides Mohammed Yaaqoub and Abbas Badreddin. Six days after entering Libya from Lebanon. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

1979 – Several Libyan MIG fighters sent from bases near Tripoli into the Gulf of Sidra, harrased them fired an air to air missile at a US air force EC-135 aircraft, on an unarmed reconaissance flight in the area. It missed and the US took no action. (Americas wars (c)2003 P Huthausen).

2 Dec 1979 – 2,000 Libyans ransacked the US embassy in support of the Iranian regime.

2 Dec 1979 – Crowds atttacked the US embassy in Tripoli Libya. (Chch Star NZ. Today in history. 2 Dec 2015).

1980 – John Talbot. The war without a name. France in Algeria 1954-62. New York. Alfred A Knopf.

1980s – Nicholas Oman the Australian Slovenian army. The Merex network in the Balkans. Diamond sales from Africa. Italy was the second larget importer of Libyan oil, just behind America.. (The shadow world. Andrew Feinstein (c)2011 US).

Jan Feb 1981 – Libya in Jan 1981. Agca and CIA officer Frank Terpil were both in Libya. Gadhaffi. Agca left Libya in Feb 1981 and went to Bulgaria. (Gideons spies. Gordon Thomas (c)2008 UK).

Aug 1981 – The Libyan air force had grown to significant strength, equipped with Soviet SU-22's and French Mirage 100 fighters. (Americas wars (c)2003 P Huchthausen).

1982 – V Pisano. Libya's foothold in Italy. The Washington quarterly. Vol5.

1983 – France had ceased arms sales to Libya and assisted Chad in repelling a Libyan invasion. (Americas wars (c)2003 P Huchthausen).

1984 – Britain stopped arms sales to Libya. After the murder of a British policewoman by Libyans outside their London embassy. Americas wars (c)2003 Huchthausen)

1985 – Caroline Stone. Ebroideries of North Africa. Longman group ltd. ISBN 0-5827-8371-2.

1 Oct 1985 – Feb 1986 Libya and Syria Mu'ammar Gadhaffi. 1 Oct 1985 Israel F-15 fighter bomber destroyed the PLO HQ in Tunis Tunisia. Black propaganda war. (Gideons spies. Gordon Thomas (c)2008 UK).

1986 – Libyan support to Latin American revolutionary movements, especially in central America and the whole of the world. The MAGHABA project declined after the US bombing of Tripoli.

1986 – Two and a half billion dollars of Libyan assets were frozen in America. (America wars (c)2003 P Huchrhusen).

Jan 1986 – Italy banned further arms sales to Libya. (America wars (c)2003 Huchthausen).

Jan 1986 – A very large shipment of weapons was sent to Northern Ireland from Gaddafi's Libya. (The new spy masters. Stephen Grey (c)2015 UK).

1987-2005 – Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. Charles Taylor went to Libya in 1987. Gaddafi's RUF revolutionary united front. To take over Liberian diamond mines in Sierra Leone. RUF leader Foday Sankoh 1990-2005. Diamonds 24 Dec 1989. Charles Taylor diamond and slavery in Liberia. (The shadow world. Andrew Feinstein (c)2011 US).

14 Feb 1988 – In the Cypus port of Limassol, planted a bomb on a volkswagon golf. Muhammad Tamimi from the PLO intifada. Libyans who gave him $1 million for the PLO intifada. All 3 men were killed in the explosion that rocked the port. (Gideons spies. Gordon Thomas (c)1988 UK)

1990s – In the 1990s bin Laden resided in Libya in the Jabala Larde, a village near Benghazi. Libya was a hideout.

1995 – Mukhabarat central security bureau. (Espionage (c)1995 E Volkman).

1996 – al Qaeda murdered two Germans in Libya.

1996 – The Mediterranean debt crescent money to power in Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia and Turkey. Cairo American uni press. Henry Clement M

1999-2001 – March 1999 two al-Qaeda members Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani and Fazal Abdullah Mohammed. Diamond buying spree. Dec 2000 Ali Darwish and Samih Ossaily. Lebanon diamond dealer Aziz Nassour. Africa March 2001 diamond trade Libyan RUF. July 2001. Dec 2000 Shimon Yelenik Israeli army officer weapons to Colombians and Guatemalans. (The shadow world. Andrew Feinstein (c)2011 US).

11 Oct 2004 – EU lifts weapons embargo on Libya. BBC UK.

27 Aug 2006 – Libya and Musa Sadr. Mehr news agency.

5 April 2007 – Deirdre Hipwell. Investors cash in on Libya's post sanctions era. Property week.com.

3 Aug 2007 – BAE systems to share 200 million pounds arms deal with Libya. Daily mail.

30 Aug 2009 – Secret letters reveal Labour's Libyan deal. Sunday Times.

5 Sept 2009 – Political help backed Libya's arms trade ,says official. The Times.

7 Nov 2009 – Holly Watt. Robert Winnett. Company with links to Tony Blair's advisor in Libya, tourism deal. Daily Telegraph.

30 Jan 2010 – Libya, Russia gave $1.8 billion arms deal, Putin. Reuters.

20 Feb 2010 – Lockerbie bomber Megrahi lives in luxury six months after being at deaths door. Daily Telegraph.

2011 – Hillary Clinton State dept approved US weapons shipments to Libyan Jihadists, despite a UN arms ban. G+ Pamella Geller. 23 Oct 2015.

24 Feb 2011 – Libyan arms deal comes back to haunt Europe. Der Spiegel online.

1 March 2011 – Libyan cash finds use in Belarusian arms. RT.

3 March 2011 – Experts fear looted Libyan arms may find way to terrorists. New York Times.

8 March 2011 – Uprising puts an end to recent surge in US military exports to Libya. World Tribune.

12 March 2011 – Libyan army transport deal frozen after US approval. Daily Herald.

8 April 2011 – Qaddafi's great arms bazaar. Foreign Policy.

10 April 2011 – SA sold R20 million in arms to Libya. The Times South Africa.

14 April 2011 – Libyan rebels receive anti tank weapons from Qatar. The Guardian UK.

15 April 2011 – Qaddafi forces fire cluster bombs into civilian areas. New York Times.

14 July 2011 – Anti aircraft missiles on the loose in Libya. New York Times.

2 Aug 2011 – Prosecutors hint Russian support. Soviet arms deal in Libya a judge clears path for trail. Washington Post.

22 Aug 2011 – After the fall. US concerns about Libyan weapons. Reuters.

23 Aug 2011 – McCain, the war isnt over until we seize Qaddafi's 10 tons of mustard gas. Business Insider.

23 Aug 2011 – Rebels overrun Gaddafi's compound. News Africa.

9 Sept 2011 – Secret intel documents were found in Libya. Human rights watch. Files CIA and M15. Musa Kusa was Gaddafi's intel chief. In Tripoli tens of thousands of archived documents, evidence of crimes. US and UK torture. Gaddafi era. Found in the office of Musa Kusa. CIA and M16 terrorism suspects were tortured. Abu Salim prison massacre in 1996. https://www.hrw.org/news/2011/09/09/secret-intelligence-documents-discovered-libya

5 June 2012 – The Libyan govt jails 24 foreigners for helping Gaddafi. Wikinews.

19 May 2015 – Mediterranean migrant crimes. EU approves naval mission. People smugglers operating out of Libya. ABC online.

13 Dec 2015 – The British may move the anti-ISIS war to Libya, after reports of 3,000 jihadis spreading across the Mediterranean. British army, ISIS in Libya. The UK foreign office says we are at war. Colonel Gaddafi was overthrown in 2011. Then maybe Cyprus. Sunday Express UK. Laura Mowat.

13 Dec 2015 – A 23 year old from Chennai India tried to join ISIS in Libya. He was deported back to India. He went through Sudan to get from India to Libya. Twitter. Treadstone 71. Huffington Post.

16 Dec 2015 – VOA. Islamic state ISIS looks to north Africa, Libya for oil and recruits. Carla Babb.. Pentagon. http://www.voanews.com/content/islamic-state-looks-to-north-africa-for-oil-and-recuits/3105214.html

17 Dec 2015 – US special ops forces ordered to leave Libya. Base in Wattiya. Jim Miklaszewski. NBC. http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/u-s-special-operations-forces-ordered-leave-libya-after-apparent-n481841

19 Dec 2015 – ISIS stole chemical weapons like sarin gas from underground storage facilities in Libya. Blacklisted news. http://www.blacklistednews.com/ISIS_stole_sarin_gas_from_Libya_stores_%26amp%3B_has_already_used_it%2C_Gaddafi%E2%80%99s_cousin_tells_RT/47906/0/38/38/Y/M.html

24 Dec 2015 – Maltese man kidnapped in Libya last week, released for Christmas. 36 year old Pierre Baldacchino. 5 million Euros ransom was demanded. Malta Today. http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/60613/maltese_man_abducted_in_libya_arrives_back_home_#.VnymuOY1dBl

7 Jan 2016 – Suicide truck bombing the worst since the fall of Gadafi in 2011. 60 police were killed. close to city of Misrata. ISIS is attacking oil facilities in east Libya. Causing huge fires. VOA. Henry Ridgwell. http://www.voanews.com/content/libya-suffers-deadliest-bombing-fall-gadhafi/3135713.html

2 June 2016 – Migrant smuggling route flourishes in lawless Libya. Reuters. Ismail Zitouny. Swiss

info.ch. Libyan coast guard, patrol boats in Tripoli on 19 April 2016.

5 June 2016 – Reuters. 133 bodies found on the Libyan coast. Red Crescent. Libyan city of Zuwara. No documents with bodies, Africans.

6 June 2016 – Human wrongs watch. Baher Kamal. The humanitarian situation in Libya is tragic. UN.

10 June 2016 – Griffin Walker. G+. The west and murders in Libya. Al-Monitor.com.

16 June 2016 – Twitter, Conflict news, Libya 10 people were killed and 7 wounded. An ISIS car bomb at a police station near Misrata.

24 June 2016 – The Independent UK. 400 migrants were rescued by Italy near Libya. AP. Smugglers based in Libya.

25 June 2016 – Twitter. AP. A car bomb near Benghazi hospital killed 4 people in eastern Libya. Bigstory.ap.org.

12 July 2016 – Air strikes in Libya. Al-Arabiya. Siege on ISIS in Sirte.

21 July 2016 – TRT world. Expatica France. BBC UK. Three French soldiers die in intel op in Libya. Benghazi helicopter crash. Bloomsberg. Reuters.

21 July 2016 – Intel news. France govt says its special forces and spies are in Libya. Joseph Fitsanakis. The death of 3 French special foces in Libya, intel ops. Helicopter shot down.