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France nabs at least 17 Islamists in raids across the country
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Africa North
Political Activism
By Gada Mahfud
For decades Libyans suffered the oppression of a regime that used to claim that its people ruled themselves in a unique system of governance supposedly invented by Qadaffy. It was all a lie of course. There was no such thing as people's rule. It was just a front that Qadaffy used to fool Libyans into believing him.

However,
today is that tomorrow you were thinking about yesterday...
 his fake façade soon cracked and revealed the ugliness of his tyranny. As he became aware of the Libyan people's resentment to his theory, he chose to keep the lie alive using it to mock the Libyan people and tormenting them.

When ruled by a tyrant, there is no government, no army and no rule of law; there was only Qadaffy, whose mood changed. Depending on how he felt on a given day the policies of the whole country changed just like that.

The Qadaffy era of politics was, to either join in the Qadaffy hypocrisy, (many did and were rewarded for it), and the more they cheered Qadaffy's craziness the larger the rewards, or tell it how it was. Challenging Qadaffy meant the death sentence or life imprisonment in one of Qadaffy's many hell holes.

The heavy penalty of voicing a political opinion made politics very unappetising for Libyans and the majority of them adopted a passive attitude. They did not want to participate and be part of Qadaffy's mockery of democracy; neither did they want to pay the penalty of life imprisonment or a public hanging. Who could blame them?
Posted by: Fred || 03/30/2012 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under: Arab Spring

#1  Sic semper tyrannīs tyrannī.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 || 03/30/2012 0:53 Comments || Top||



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Two weeks of WOT
Fri 2012-03-30
  France nabs at least 17 Islamists in raids across the country
Thu 2012-03-29
  Gunmen kidnap Saudi diplomat in Yemen
Wed 2012-03-28
  Syrian Troops Kill 57 amid Clashes near Lebanese Border
Tue 2012-03-27
  Terror plot uncovered when 11 suicide vests found at Afghan military HQ
Mon 2012-03-26
  Toulouse killings: Mohamed Merah brother charged
Sun 2012-03-25
  Syrian Rebel Chiefs Form Military Council to Unify Ranks
Sat 2012-03-24
  At Least 26 Dead as Tens of Thousands Rally in Syria
Fri 2012-03-23
  German court gives online terror recruiter five year sentence
Thu 2012-03-22
  Gunman dead as French siege ends
Wed 2012-03-21
  French police in standoff with Jewish school killing suspect
Tue 2012-03-20
  Turkish Diplomat Says Two More Syrian Generals Defect
Mon 2012-03-19
  Heavy Shelling Kills 16 'Qaida' Fighters in Yemen
Sun 2012-03-18
  Five Killed In Bali Terror Raids
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  Qaeda suspects kidnap Swiss woman: Yemeni officials
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