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17. Something I did not know: Libya was part of the Ottoman

Thu Dec 13, 2012, 09:10 PM

Dec 2012

Empire (Turkey) until 1912 when the Italians took it over.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Tripolitania

An interesting detail about the Benghazi attack is that the ambassador from Turkey and our ambassador were meeting at the consulate. I really wonder why.

And I wonder whether there are any diehards whose families benefited from the Ottoman Empire's presence who have a sentimental attachment to Turkey.

You still meet Austrians who are quite attached to the idea of Sudtirol, that is reuniting parts of Northern Italy with Austria as it was at one time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Tyrol

You never know. Revolutions bring out all the crazies.

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Something I did not know: Libya was part of the Ottoman JDPriestly Dec 2012 #17

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