Libya Civil War in

LibyaHolden Casto

Period 2

Libya Location• Libya is located on the

African continent, its northern coast borders the Mediterranean Sea. Libya borders Tunisia, Algeria in the west, Niger and Chad in the south, Egypt and Sudan in the East.

Revolution Leaders• Mustafa Abdul Jalil – is the Chairman of the

National Transitional Council of Libya, which serves as the head of state in Libya’s transitional government.

• Abdul Hafiz Ghoga – is the Vice Chairman of the NTC of Libya and currently serves as the Spokesman for the NTC.

• Ali Tarhouni – is the Prime Minister of Libya and as part of the NTC of Libya.

• Official website www.ntclibya.com

Leaders Being Overthrown

• Colonel Muammar Gaddafi was the leader of Libya for 42 years, since seizing power in a bloodless military coup in 1969. He was named King of Kings by fellow African leaders for his power and long term control of Libya. He ran Kleptocracy in which the government corruption was used to generate vast wealth for himself and his family. His numerous human right violations and killing of Libyan citizens, along with imprisoning political opposition, led nationwide protest and calls for a new government. On June 27th, 2011 Interpol and the International Criminal Courts issued warrants for his arrest for crimes against humanity.

Demographics of Libyan Revolutionaries• The revolutionaries in Libya are young, middle

class, educated people who live in cities. In Libya 88% of people in cities, mainly Tripoli, Misrata, and Benghazi and roughly 33% are under the age of 15, 82.6 % of Libyans are literate. Roughly 6.35 million people live in Libya 52 percent are male and 48 percent female.

Similarities to the American Revolution

• Similarities between the American Revolution and the Libyan Revolution, are they both fought against oppressive rulers who violated their human rights. The Continental Congress and the National Transitional Council both became acting governments during their respective revolution. The Patriots and Libyan revolutionaries both fought in their cities and land. Both revolutions had help from the French. The French had ulterior motives to intervene in both revolutions.

Differences from the American Revolution

Libyans had ruler was on the same continent and in the same nation as their ruler, the Americans were on a different continent. Libyans used social networking to organize and protest and ideas. Americans used the printing press and newspapers to organize ideas and protest. The Libyan Revolution was 8 months and the American Revolution was 8 years.

Timeline of Libyan Revolution

• February 2011 Arrests of human rights organizers spark protests in Benghazi, Authorities use aircraft attacks against protesters.

• March 2011 UN Security Council authorizes No –Fly zone in Libya. NATO takes control of No- Fly zone

• May 2011 International Criminal Courts seeks arrest of Gaddafi for crimes against humanity, “widespread and systematic attacks on his own people.

• August 2011 Tripoli captured and Gaddafi compound stormed, Gaddafi flees to Sirte.

• October 20th, 2011 Colonel Gaddafi is captured and killed, NTC announces Libya has been “liberated”

What’s Next for Libya?• http://cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/bestoftv/2011

/10/21/am-mohammed-sayeh.cnn.html

• I think Libya is heading in the right direction with already adopting a constitution and Islamic Law. The most important thing for Libya is define and establish democracy and government, its powers and limits to prevent a dictator for taking power again.

Bibliography• Libya Demographics Profile, indexmundi, Oct. 12,

Oct 25, www.indexmundi.com/libya/demographics_profile.html

• Provisional rebel government leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil". Monsters and Critics. 2011-03-10. Oct. 25. www.monstersandcritics.com

• "Libya opposition launches council". Al Jazeera English. 27 February 2011. Oct. 25

• "Libya’s Interim Leaders Aim to Harness Rebel Fighters”. New York Times. 3 September 2011. Oct, 25

• Muammar al-Qaddafi. www.biography.com , Oct 22. Oct. 27.