As you may have heard, the effects of the recent events in Tunisia and Egypt
continue to reverberate throughout the lands of the Middle East. In a recent
post, I mentioned the trouble brewing in Iran, Bahrain and Yemen. The mass
media is now reporting that an overnight disturbance occurred in the eastern
Libyan town of Benghazi, when protestors, who were demanding the release of
a human rights activist, clashed with the Libyan police and pro-government
supporters. News reports indicate that as many as five or six hundred
protestors were involved in the clash, but that apparently, no one was
killed as a result of the incident. Benghazi has been a trouble spot in
Libya for years now.

Similar to Egypt, Libya has been ruled by a military dictator since
September of 1969 when 27-year-old Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi led a
bloodless coup d'etat against the monarchy of then-leader, King Idris, who
was away in Turkey for medical treatment.

Colonel Gaddafi has been a very controversial figure from the start, due to
his connection to state-sponsored terrorism, his support of pan-Arab
socialism, his hatred of the West, his anti-Israel stance, his support of
the Taliban, his support of recently-deposed Tunisian president, Zine El
Abidine Ben Ali, etc. He is eccentric, and seemingly an egomaniac.

For many years now, Gaddafi has been a strong advocate for African unity,
and since the early 1970's, he has made a number of unsuccessful attempts to
unite African nations in a so-called "Unites States of Africa", with himself
as the obvious head-of-state. Furthermore, since 2008, Gaddafi has
proclaimed himself "King of Kings of Africa". Other titles he has embraced
include "leader of the Arab leaders" and "imam of the Muslims". In 2009, he
also served as the head of the African Union for a one-year term.

In a further demonstration of his contempt for the "powers of the north", in
September of 2009, while attending a South America-Africa summit on Isla
Margarita in Venezuela, which was hosted by Venezuelan president Hugo
Chavez, Colonel Gaddafi proposed the establishment of a South Atlantic
Treaty Organization -- or SATO -- to rival the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization, or NATO. Gaddafi reportedly stated "The world's powers want to
continue to hold on to their power. Now we have to fight to build our own
power."

Considering that Muammar al-Gaddafi has been in power for over forty years
now, and views himself with such high esteem, similar to Hosni Mubarak of
Egypt, it is highly unlikely that he will easily or willingly let go of his
grasp on power in Libya. While outwardly he may not immediately appear to be
as ruthless or violent as Hosni Mubarak, it should be understood that one
does not remain in power for so long a time by playing nice. In short, it is
my view that for the immediate future at least, Libya will not become the
scene of nationwide protests, such as we have seen occur in Egypt. Libya's
day of liberation is not at hand. I think Muammar al-Gaddafi -- the
so-called "King of Kings" -- will make sure of that.




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