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In reply to the discussion: Facts about Libya under Gaddafi that you probably did not know about ! [View all]PufPuf23
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Gadaffi certainly lived lavish and bought anything he and his wanted but $150 Billion of "his" supposed fortune was the foreign accounts of the nation of Libya held in western banks.
As part of the military intervention, the western powers seized and have never released the moneys that belong to Libya.
Gadaffi spent Libyan money generously for water projects, education, housing, medical, and other social issues domestically.
Gadaffi was also paying reparations for victims of the period when Libya was active as a terrorist nation.
The west armed and made promises to the rebels and watched them die and bombed Libya deliberately taking out critical infrastructure.
Libya was left unstable and in the hands of radical Islamists. Subsequently Libya was used as an ISIS staging area for weapons and fighters transferred to Syria.