Gaddafi Will Step Down Anytime

When a country or a nation suffers from natural calamities or man made destruction then the despot of that nation becomes heedless of his people. Rome was not built in a day. 2700 years ago near the banks of river Tiber its foundation was laid on seven hills. In 64 AD Rome was burnt. It is said that the Emperor Nero was playing on fiddle when the city was burning. This rumor might not be authentic or he was playing the fiddle when the fire was on a very primary stage but we have seen this of late that the president of Pakistan Mr. Asif Ali Zardari was busy in shopping in London when his people faced worst ever flood situation.

Just few days ago we saw that when Libya is burning with civil war, Moammar Gaddafi or Moammar Qaddafi wearing his trademark sunglasses has been playing chess with the head of the world chess federation. He is trying to send the message to the world community that everything is alright. The tyrant Moammar Gaddafi is reigning over the Mediterranean country Libya for more than four decades.

Lybia became independent in 1951. Mohammad Idris al Sanousi took power as king of Libya. After discovering oil in 1958 the impoverish country started to build its economy. Its total land area is almost 1,800,000 sq. km. that is fourth largest by area in Africa. Former Italian colony Libya is mostly a desert country. It is covered by the desert Sahara. 1.7 million People reside in capital Tripoli of 6.4 million total populations in the country. It has 1200 mile coastline bordering Mediterranean Sea where almost 80% of its population reside.

Full name: The Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

Capital: Tripoli

Major language: Arabic

Major religion: Islam

Life expectancy: 73 years (men), 78 years (women) (UN)

Monetary unit: 1 Libyan dinar (LD) = 1,000 dirhams

Main exports: Crude oil, petroleum products, natural gas

GNI per capita: US $12,020 (World Bank, 2009)

Internet domain: .ly

International dialing code: +218

Gaddafi was born in 1942 near the town of sirte, married twice and has 8 children including 7 sons. He lost his youngest son Khamis last month by NATO attack. Gaddafi’s personal body guard is Amazonian guard which consists of highly trained women.

Gaddafi studied law at the University of Libya. He then entered the Military Academy in Benghazi in 1963. He was sent to Britain for further training at the British Army Staff College returning in 1966 as a commissioned officer in the Signal Corps.

On 1^st September 1969 a group of young army officers led by 27 year old Captain Muammar Muhammad al-Gaddafi took over the power of Libya and declare the abolishment of the pro west monarchy in Libya. It was a bloodless coup when the ailing king Idris was in Greece for a treatment at that time. The captain later promoted himself to the rank of colonel.

After taking over power Gaddafi emerged to the west as a principal financier of international terrorism. Tensions rose to the peak During Ronald Reagan administration between Libya and United States. Reagan declared him as ‘mad dog of Middle East.’

Gaddafi’s regime was well enough until a PAN AM plane exploded in the sky of Lockerbie, Scotland. Two Libyans were the prime suspects of planting a bomb on the flight. Gaddafi paid $2.7 billion to the 270 Lockerbie victims. After this compensation the relation got somewhat normalized with the west.

After 9/11 terrorist attack Gaddafi in 2003 announced to open up its weapon program to international inspection. He committed to fight against Al Qaida. This announcement of gaddafi was clearly to show fake sympathy to the United States as well as saving his leadership in Libya.

Now the situation of Libya is changing rapidly after uprising started in February 2011. Several top aides of Gaddafi have defected. Rebels have established their headquarters in second capital city Benghazi. They are pushing forward to capital Tripoli. Gaddafi threatened several times to dismantle the uprising with giving away the weapons to pro Gaddafi people to kill the defectors and protesters of his regime. Killing people is his ultimate resort. He killed dissidents around the world by his agents earlier. He directed his agents to kill the dissidents even they were on a holy pilgrimage to Mecca.

People were waiting for a chance. Seeing the success of Tunisian and Egyptian people they have gathered to oust the autocratic Gaddafi government. Their courage is so praiseworthy. For years people have no right to speak, no right to change their government, no right to assemble in that country. We, the peace loving people around the world are eagerly waiting to hear the news in the morning or in the midnight that the tyrant Gaddafi is ousted.