Washington Wants Its Imperial Model Replicated In Libya

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• free education and healthcare;

• literacy raised from 25% in 1969 to 83% - higher than in America;

• farmers given free land, equipment, seeds and livestock;

• state subsidies to study abroad and receive specialized medical treatment if not available at home;

• half the cost of new car purchases;

• gasoline at $0.14 per liter;

• no state debt or banker occupation;

• average professional salaries paid graduates unable to find employment in their fields until finding jobs;

• sharing a portion of Libya's oil wealth with everyone, credited to personal bank accounts;

• mothers giving birth given $5,000;

• subsidized food, including 40 loaves of bread for $0.15;

• one-fourth of Libyans are college graduates; and

• --Gaddafi's Great Man-Made River system made the desert bloom to supply water to households and for agriculture.

Thanks to NATO, it's all gone. Libyans lost everything, many of them their lives, other lost loved ones. Their liberating struggle's committed to regain all they can. They'll never accept NATO depravity. They'll live again free or die.

On October 30, NSNBC said southern Libya is under Jamahiriya loyalist control. Fighting rages across northern areas. Explosions rocked Tripoli in several locations. Sporadic Bani Walid fighting continues, as well as battles in Wadi Dinar and elsewhere.

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