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Media Lens contributor Richard Keeble discussed "The Secret War Against Gaddafi," saying:
Soon after he assumed power in 1969, Gaddafi "became the target of massive covert operations by the French, US, Israeli and British" to oust him.
Britain's 1971 invasion plan failed badly. In 1980, French secret service head Col. Alain de Gaigneronde de Marolles "resigned after a French-led plan ended in disaster when a rebellion by Libyan troops in Tobruk was rapidly suppressed."
In 1982, the Reagan administration helped install Chad's Hissene Habre to "bloody Gaddafi's nose." It was Reagan CIA head William Casey's first covert operation. Moreover, "throughout the decade, Libya ranked almost as high as the Soviet Union" as America's bene noire.
Habre got considerable US military and financial aid to topple Gaddafi. Other countries funding him included Saudi Arabia, Israel, Egypt, Iraq, and Morocco. A May 8, 1984 plan to kill him failed. In 1985, Reagan officials asked Egypt to invade Libya, but Mubarak refused.
During the decade, Washington recruited a secret anti-Gaddafi army. Britain was heavily involved.
For decades, America, France and Britain wanted him ousted and killed. Nothing tried earlier worked. NATO's 2011 war was launched to undue past failures. Nothing so far is resolved. Jamahiriya loyalists continue their liberating struggle valiantly. They've tied down NATO's killing machine for over eight months.
Its rebel rat army would have been routed long ago without air and special forces ground support and direction. NATO claims Operation Unified Protector will end October 31. Its name may change, not daily air and ground attacks against loyalists wanting to live free.
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