This article was first published by Global Research in November 2014. Today Libya as a Nation State has been destroyed by US-NATO.


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…

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

Source: https://gabrielatanbiyi..com.ng/2017/07/libya-ten-things-about-gaddafi-they.html

You dnt know d worth of a man until he is gone.
libyans n iraqis will now agree wit me but it is too late.
these two countries can never be d same again.

U.S...with their Conspiracy theory, always trying to "taint" any opposition, for selfish gains

Narldon:
U.S...with their Conspiracy theory, always trying to "taint" any opposition, for selfish gains

Not only US, but Europeans also and indeed, the whole caucasian races with their perpetual fear of and need for subjugating the Black man underfoot which our recent crop of stoopidly vision-less and lootocratic democratically-elected despots always aid!

Thomas Sankara comes to mind, with the likes of MKO Abiola and all other African visionaries whose "falls" and deaths were tainted with foreign involvement and machinations. All these died, even though, clearly to all with killing blows were struck by their country men yet their ultimate controllers and puppet-masters were these white neocolonialists.

All they would tell the world of course would be about his peadophilia, despotism etc but there you have it.

Tho he was harsh ,he had a vision for Africa if only african leaders are smart and wise ,the continent would have been at the very top. But even the people of Libya stupidly fought against ghadaffi because of the influence of NATO

Okoroawusa:
You dnt know d worth of a man until he is gone.
libyans n iraqis will now agree wit me but it is too late.
these two countries can never be d same again.

Hmmmm

What would our president buhari be remembered for?

pogolowa1:
What would our president buhari be remembered for?

The best president

Libyans wanted freedom. The western gave them freedom in exchange for their peace and wealth.