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To: Dave who wrote (2600)	10/9/2001 6:02:37 PM
From: Ken Robbins	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 36161

I was living in Libya on September 1, 1969 and stayed there until the middle of 1973. I remember the coup led by Moaamar Abou-Minyar Al-Qadhafi and a small group (5 or 6, I think) of army officers. As I recall, these officers were trained in the United Kingdom by the British army. I have no knowledge of involvement by the US, but I seriously doubt any such involvement since at that time the US supported the government King Idris, but it turned out that our support, to ever what degree, did not deter the coup. I worked in the oil industry and was not privy to diplomatic/military maters. However I can tell you that the coup was swift and almost bloodless. They quickly seized control of a weak police force and communication facilities. It was over I a few hours. Of course there are many details I could relate, but I will not bore the thread. The thing that amazed me most was the swiftness with which their propaganda machine trapped the minds of most of the young people in Tripoli where we lived. Professional people, and older Libyans, did not support the coup, but were powerless to resist. I have often wondered to what extent submerged radical ferment existed before the coup and how much was propagated after the coup. Nor do I know what outside support the perpetrators had or where it came from, but I have suspicions. I do know that a lovely, friendly country, and a marvelous tourist destination slowly disintegrated into an inhospitable desert (in more ways than one) with rampant anti western sentiment. However, I must point out that I don't know much about what has happened there since 1973.