Libya and the Tragic End of the Dictator

After almost 9 months of adamant and unrelenting resistance since the beginning of the Libyan Civil War, and beyond that, after 42 years of agonizing, tyrannical rule over the subjugated nation of Libya, Muammar Gaddafi eventually paid the penalty for his innumerable war crimes and crimes against humanity as he was captured in his hometown of Sirte and shot dead in his stronghold on October 20, 2011.

The death of Muammar Gaddafi marks the beginning of a new era for the Libyan nation who can feel the essence of democracy and freedom after Û´ decades of despotism and dictatorship. The Libyan nation is preparing itself to embrace liberty and new horizons of life after the death of the dictator; however, nobody will ever realize the depth of the pains and injuries which the nation has suffered. According to Sydney Morning Herald, the mercenaries of Gaddafi have killed more than 25,000 innocent civilians since the beginning of civil war in Libya, and this is certainly an official figure which the National Transitional Council has confirmed. Who knows, hundreds of other people have also been killed but their destiny remains unknown to the public and media?

The destiny of Muammar Gaddafi which was reminiscent of the fate of Saddam Hussein and other dictators in the history demonstrated that punishment is lame, but it comes. The dictators in Yemen, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia should learn a serious lesson from what happened to Gaddafi: the world is bound to no man and the six feet of earth make all men equal.

International reactions to the death of Colonel Gaddafi ranged from the eccentric express of grief by Cairo Mhandu, a member of the Zimbabwean Parliament who called Gaddafi a "true African hero" and said that "this is a sad day for the people of Africa" to the rather logical and realistic statement by the China's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman who said that "Libya's history has turned a new page" and expressed hope that "the transition to an inclusive political process will start as soon as possible, so as to safeguard ethnic unity and national unity, restore social stability as soon as possible and rebuild the economy, so that citizens can lead happy and peaceful lives."

Now that the former Libyan ruler has been killed, the civil war in the North African country has turned into an all-out revolution and the ultimate objective of this revolution which was to overthrow the government of an inflexible dictator has been realized.

Reuters reported on October 23 that "Libyan forces guarding Muammar Gaddafi's body in a cold storage room let in members of the public to view the deposed leader for a second day on Saturday." The lifeless corpse of Gaddafi is put on display for those who still cannot believe that the inauspicious name of Muammar Gaddafi has been faded away from the pages of Libyan history and his four decades of domination over the oil-rich country has come to an end.

But now that the era of Gaddafi has been terminated, the Libyan nation awaits remarkable challenges. From one hand, they should, along with the international community, dynamically work to renovate and reconstruct the infrastructure of the country which has been utterly dilapidated as a result of the Û¹-month altercation between the Colonel's loyalists, revolutionaries and the NATO coalition forces.

Of course the West which directed the UNSC-sanctioned military expedition to Libya now eyes the conclusion of lucrative and profitable contracts with the new Libyan government to reconstruct the schools, hospitals, highways, bridges and other urban facilities which are destroyed from alpha to omega as a result of the destructive civil war which began on February Û±Ûµ following the eruption of popular uprisings in the rest of Arab world, especially the neighboring Tunisia and Egypt.

Moreover, the European oil firms which had evacuated their workers from Libya en masse following the eruption of popular uprising in the country are now making attempts to return to war-stricken Libya and derive benefits from its oil sector. This will of course help them to rescue their dull markets in the wake of growing financial crisis in the West.

One should congratulate to the Libyan nation because of their victory. They have achieved an outstanding breakthrough, but they should keep in mind and remain vigilant that they have an adventurous path ahead and should prevent their country from tumbling into a new age of colonialism by the United States and Europe.

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Source: Taqrib News Agency

After almost 9 months of adamant and unrelenting resistance since the beginning of the Libyan Civil War, and beyond that, after 42 years of agonizing, tyrannical rule over the subjugated nation of Libya, Muammar Gaddafi eventually paid the penalty for his innumerable war crimes and crimes against humanity as he was captured in his hometown of Sirte and shot dead in his stronghold on October 20, 2011. The death of Muammar Gaddafi marks the beginning of a new era for the Libyan nation who can feel the essence of democracy and freedom after Û´ decades of despotism and dictatorship. The Libyan nation is preparing itself to embrace liberty and new horizons of life after the death of the dictator; however, nobody will ever realize the depth of the pains and injuries which the nation has suffered. According to Sydney Morning Herald, the mercenaries of Gaddafi have killed more than 25,000 innocent civilians since the beginning of civil war in Libya, and this is certainly an official figure which the National Transitional Council has confirmed. Who knows, hundreds of other people have also been killed but their destiny remains unknown to the public and media? The destiny of Muammar Gaddafi which was reminiscent of the fate of Saddam Hussein and other dictators in the history demonstrated that punishment is lame, but it comes. The dictators in Yemen, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia should learn a serious lesson from what happened to Gaddafi: the world is bound to no man and the six feet of earth make all men equal. International reactions to the death of Colonel Gaddafi ranged from the eccentric express of grief by Cairo Mhandu, a member of the Zimbabwean Parliament who called Gaddafi a "true African hero" and said that "this is a sad day for the people of Africa" to the rather logical and realistic statement by the China's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman who said that "Libya's history has turned a new page" and expressed hope that "the transition to an inclusive political process will start as soon as possible, so as to safeguard ethnic unity and national unity, restore social stability as soon as possible and rebuild the economy, so that citizens can lead happy and peaceful lives." Now that the former Libyan ruler has been killed, the civil war in the North African country has turned into an all-out revolution and the ultimate objective of this revolution which was to overthrow the government of an inflexible dictator has been realized. Reuters reported on October 23 that "Libyan forces guarding Muammar Gaddafi's body in a cold storage room let in members of the public to view the deposed leader for a second day on Saturday." The lifeless corpse of Gaddafi is put on display for those who still cannot believe that the inauspicious name of Muammar Gaddafi has been faded away from the pages of Libyan history and his four decades of domination over the oil-rich country has come to an end. But now that the era of Gaddafi has been terminated, the Libyan nation awaits remarkable challenges. From one hand, they should, along with the international community, dynamically work to renovate and reconstruct the infrastructure of the country which has been utterly dilapidated as a result of the Û¹-month altercation between the Colonel's loyalists, revolutionaries and the NATO coalition forces. Of course the West which directed the UNSC-sanctioned military expedition to Libya now eyes the conclusion of lucrative and profitable contracts with the new Libyan government to reconstruct the schools, hospitals, highways, bridges and other urban facilities which are destroyed from alpha to omega as a result of the destructive civil war which began on February Û±Ûµ following the eruption of popular uprisings in the rest of Arab world, especially the neighboring Tunisia and Egypt. Moreover, the European oil firms which had evacuated their workers from Libya en masse following the eruption of popular uprising in the country are now making attempts to return to war-stricken Libya and derive benefits from its oil sector. This will of course help them to rescue their dull markets in the wake of growing financial crisis in the West. One should congratulate to the Libyan nation because of their victory. They have achieved an outstanding breakthrough, but they should keep in mind and remain vigilant that they have an adventurous path ahead and should prevent their country from tumbling into a new age of colonialism by the United States and Europe. The End Source: Taqrib News Agency