When Italy was defeated in World War II, the victorious allies met to decide what to do with Libya. United States wanted to leave the matter to the United Nations and the Soviet Union called for a solution to opt for a trust, while France was inclined to return Libya to the Italians, who in turn wished to be returned.
The Russians, who harbored the hope that the Communists took power in Italy, they changed their stance and signed the Italian choice. When the Cold War began to weigh on the minds of the Western powers and the thrust of the Italian Communists showed signs of abating, the British moved to the French plan to return Libya to Italy.
However, this idea certainly evoked memories of events too recent and painful, so that "the Libyan problem" was held by the United Nations, which decided to give independence to the country and bring the exile to Idris Sanusi leader who had lived in Egypt under British protection during the war and would occupy the throne with the name of Idris I.
The government of Idris I was characterized by despotism, corruption and farce. Nobody cared too much and it is certain that its performance did not lead to particular cause for praise. The country's population totaled about twice that of the current Barcelona and the country posed no threat to anyone.
On the side of the scale and relationship with other global problems, Libya did not attract anyone's eye. But then the U.S. strategic air command base noticed the air: just outside of Tripoli, the ancient Germanic base-Italian-British-American was within the range (ability to bomb) from the Soviet Union.
In addition, the clear sky of Libya was an ideal training of NATO pilots. So the Americans took over the base and became an American town of 5,000 inhabitants. When I saw her, as I said in these articles, I became convinced that the government had hired the Americans could not stand up for long.
And so, although the base in question persisted. It is an irony that was subsequently used by the Soviet air force and, still later, it would be bombed (the April 5, 1986 and March 2011) by the United States. The airfield was not the only attraction for foreigners from Libya during the war.
Spurred by the discovery of oil in Algeria, French companies, British and Americans began to look for oil in Libya. Seventeen years later, in 1959, Esso discovered the first deposit and two years later opened a pipeline in the small Mediterranean port of Brega. AThis new discoveries soon followed.
When the production wells were pumping, Libya reached an encrypted oil exports and a half million barrels a day, of which 85% went to Europe and in this proportion, 10% for Spain. Today, while production has been almost completely suspended, the price of oil has risen nearly 20%. No wonder that many Libyans think that the involvement of NATO in the war in fact due to the oil issue.
While the oil out, the money went. The relatively huge influx of money greatly increased the possibilities for enriching the official circles of King Idris environment. Conseguidores intermediaries and infested the government and the candidates to the concessions were distributed large sums of money.
The King and the characters in their environment were palaces and traveled by limousine while most of the Libyan population, living on the equivalent of 30 euros per year, looked angrily from the sidelines. The gap between rich and poor, multiplied by corruption, the vacuous self-aggrandizement of the leaders, the complacency of the government towards foreigners, their weakness and chieftaincy were obvious in Libya which saw them reach adulthood to Muammar Gaddafi.
In his first comments when we announced the coup, Gaddafi told us that his guide was the hero of the war against the Italian fascists, Omar al Muqtada. It was not a vague or theoretical identification because, as he proclaimed since then his father had been fellow Muqtada al. In my view, the meaning was of Muqtada al-Qadhafi and to the officers of his generation related to two main factors: Al Muqtada and his followers were true nationalists and tribal, terrible as it was his odyssey, not surrender.
Like Al Muqtada, Gadhafi and most of the young officers were of tribal origin. It was undoubtedly because of stories heard from the mouths of relatives and friends about the cruel Italian campaigns were about to exterminate her people, aroused deep suspicion in his mind about the foreigners, not just the Italians who were aspiring to control Libya even after the Second World War, but also the French who occupied Fezzan (the vast desert region of Libya) until 1955.
Under the pale skin of all Western-thought-beating heart of imperialism. Consequently, what translation is all in current events? At the end of the day, our eyes our own intervention seems justified (by resolution 1973 of the Security Council of the United Nations) and certainly seems to have moral basis (to protect the rebels, at least initially, they were civilians armed).
For Qadhafi and his supporters seem to be anything else. Do you have feelings basis? You know, it was leaked to the press that the British had a plan (known as the Radford plan) to intervene in Libya to prevent precisely what took place Gaddafi, the overthrow of the monarchy. Like most Middle Easterners, the Libyans tend to believe-with satisfaction the current regime opponents and his supporters angrily, that Western intelligence agents infiltrated the country constantly.
In recent weeks, such beliefs have been corroborated in practice: a group of British MI6 agents were caught red-handed in a situation of the most committed, while the U.S. government has acknowledged that agents CIA and special forces operating in this time of Libyan soil. So, like it or not, often accused of being Arab paranoia is based both on history and on current events.
The Libyan Government must ask under what conditions such agents can be effective, the answer says that "only if they have support from some Libyans." Without local support, foreign agents can not stay there long. Currently, it is clear that their supporters are rebels opposed to the regime.
Gaddafi believes that opponents of his regime are sons and daughters of people who supported the Italian subs, which are now allied with a new group of aliens. It also probably is possessed by anger to be judged as a lack of appreciation for what he has done for them. I did a lot. When I visited Libya in 1963, before the coup, Gaddafi, Tripoli staying until the very neighborhoods where many houses made of scrap and waste, lacked water and electricity.
When it came to power, Gaddafi has greatly improved their living conditions. Currently, live beyond the dreams of their parents and grandparents. 
The Russians, who harbored the hope that the Communists took power in Italy, they changed their stance and signed the Italian choice. When the Cold War began to weigh on the minds of the Western powers and the thrust of the Italian Communists showed signs of abating, the British moved to the French plan to return Libya to Italy.
However, this idea certainly evoked memories of events too recent and painful, so that "the Libyan problem" was held by the United Nations, which decided to give independence to the country and bring the exile to Idris Sanusi leader who had lived in Egypt under British protection during the war and would occupy the throne with the name of Idris I.
The government of Idris I was characterized by despotism, corruption and farce. Nobody cared too much and it is certain that its performance did not lead to particular cause for praise. The country's population totaled about twice that of the current Barcelona and the country posed no threat to anyone.
On the side of the scale and relationship with other global problems, Libya did not attract anyone's eye. But then the U.S. strategic air command base noticed the air: just outside of Tripoli, the ancient Germanic base-Italian-British-American was within the range (ability to bomb) from the Soviet Union.
In addition, the clear sky of Libya was an ideal training of NATO pilots. So the Americans took over the base and became an American town of 5,000 inhabitants. When I saw her, as I said in these articles, I became convinced that the government had hired the Americans could not stand up for long.
And so, although the base in question persisted. It is an irony that was subsequently used by the Soviet air force and, still later, it would be bombed (the April 5, 1986 and March 2011) by the United States. The airfield was not the only attraction for foreigners from Libya during the war.
Spurred by the discovery of oil in Algeria, French companies, British and Americans began to look for oil in Libya. Seventeen years later, in 1959, Esso discovered the first deposit and two years later opened a pipeline in the small Mediterranean port of Brega. AThis new discoveries soon followed.
When the production wells were pumping, Libya reached an encrypted oil exports and a half million barrels a day, of which 85% went to Europe and in this proportion, 10% for Spain. Today, while production has been almost completely suspended, the price of oil has risen nearly 20%. No wonder that many Libyans think that the involvement of NATO in the war in fact due to the oil issue.
While the oil out, the money went. The relatively huge influx of money greatly increased the possibilities for enriching the official circles of King Idris environment. Conseguidores intermediaries and infested the government and the candidates to the concessions were distributed large sums of money.
The King and the characters in their environment were palaces and traveled by limousine while most of the Libyan population, living on the equivalent of 30 euros per year, looked angrily from the sidelines. The gap between rich and poor, multiplied by corruption, the vacuous self-aggrandizement of the leaders, the complacency of the government towards foreigners, their weakness and chieftaincy were obvious in Libya which saw them reach adulthood to Muammar Gaddafi.
In his first comments when we announced the coup, Gaddafi told us that his guide was the hero of the war against the Italian fascists, Omar al Muqtada. It was not a vague or theoretical identification because, as he proclaimed since then his father had been fellow Muqtada al. In my view, the meaning was of Muqtada al-Qadhafi and to the officers of his generation related to two main factors: Al Muqtada and his followers were true nationalists and tribal, terrible as it was his odyssey, not surrender.
Like Al Muqtada, Gadhafi and most of the young officers were of tribal origin. It was undoubtedly because of stories heard from the mouths of relatives and friends about the cruel Italian campaigns were about to exterminate her people, aroused deep suspicion in his mind about the foreigners, not just the Italians who were aspiring to control Libya even after the Second World War, but also the French who occupied Fezzan (the vast desert region of Libya) until 1955.
Under the pale skin of all Western-thought-beating heart of imperialism. Consequently, what translation is all in current events? At the end of the day, our eyes our own intervention seems justified (by resolution 1973 of the Security Council of the United Nations) and certainly seems to have moral basis (to protect the rebels, at least initially, they were civilians armed).
For Qadhafi and his supporters seem to be anything else. Do you have feelings basis? You know, it was leaked to the press that the British had a plan (known as the Radford plan) to intervene in Libya to prevent precisely what took place Gaddafi, the overthrow of the monarchy. Like most Middle Easterners, the Libyans tend to believe-with satisfaction the current regime opponents and his supporters angrily, that Western intelligence agents infiltrated the country constantly.
In recent weeks, such beliefs have been corroborated in practice: a group of British MI6 agents were caught red-handed in a situation of the most committed, while the U.S. government has acknowledged that agents CIA and special forces operating in this time of Libyan soil. So, like it or not, often accused of being Arab paranoia is based both on history and on current events.
The Libyan Government must ask under what conditions such agents can be effective, the answer says that "only if they have support from some Libyans." Without local support, foreign agents can not stay there long. Currently, it is clear that their supporters are rebels opposed to the regime.
Gaddafi believes that opponents of his regime are sons and daughters of people who supported the Italian subs, which are now allied with a new group of aliens. It also probably is possessed by anger to be judged as a lack of appreciation for what he has done for them. I did a lot. When I visited Libya in 1963, before the coup, Gaddafi, Tripoli staying until the very neighborhoods where many houses made of scrap and waste, lacked water and electricity.
When it came to power, Gaddafi has greatly improved their living conditions. Currently, live beyond the dreams of their parents and grandparents.
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