Libya Location Libya is located on the African continent, its
northern coast borders the Mediterranean Sea. Libya borders
Tunisia, Algeria in the west, Niger and Chad in the south, Egypt
and Sudan in the East.
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Revolution Leaders Mustafa Abdul Jalil is the Chairman of the
National Transitional Council of Libya, which serves as the head of
state in Libyas transitional government. Abdul Hafiz Ghoga is the
Vice Chairman of the NTC of Libya and currently serves as the
Spokesman for the NTC. Ali Tarhouni is the Prime Minister of Libya
and as part of the NTC of Libya. Official website
www.ntclibya.com
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Leaders Being Overthrown Colonel Muammar Gaddafi was the leader
of Libya for 42 years, since seizing power in a bloodless military
coup in 1969. He was named King of Kings by fellow African leaders
for his power and long term control of Libya. He ran Kleptocracy in
which the government corruption was used to generate vast wealth
for himself and his family. His numerous human right violations and
killing of Libyan citizens, along with imprisoning political
opposition, led nationwide protest and calls for a new government.
On June 27 th, 2011 Interpol and the International Criminal Courts
issued warrants for his arrest for crimes against humanity.
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Demographics of Libyan Revolutionaries The revolutionaries in
Libya are young, middle class, educated people who live in cities.
In Libya 88% of people in cities, mainly Tripoli, Misrata, and
Benghazi and roughly 33% are under the age of 15, 82.6 % of Libyans
are literate. Roughly 6.35 million people live in Libya 52 percent
are male and 48 percent female.
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Similarities to the American Revolution Similarities between
the American Revolution and the Libyan Revolution, are they both
fought against oppressive rulers who violated their human rights.
The Continental Congress and the National Transitional Council both
became acting governments during their respective revolution. The
Patriots and Libyan revolutionaries both fought in their cities and
land. Both revolutions had help from the French. The French had
ulterior motives to intervene in both revolutions.
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Differences from the American Revolution Libyans had ruler was
on the same continent and in the same nation as their ruler, the
Americans were on a different continent. Libyans used social
networking to organize and protest and ideas. Americans used the
printing press and newspapers to organize ideas and protest. The
Libyan Revolution was 8 months and the American Revolution was 8
years.
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Timeline of Libyan Revolution February 2011 Arrests of human
rights organizers spark protests in Benghazi, Authorities use
aircraft attacks against protesters. March 2011 UN Security Council
authorizes No Fly zone in Libya. NATO takes control of No- Fly zone
May 2011 International Criminal Courts seeks arrest of Gaddafi for
crimes against humanity, widespread and systematic attacks on his
own people. August 2011 Tripoli captured and Gaddafi compound
stormed, Gaddafi flees to Sirte. October 20 th, 2011 Colonel
Gaddafi is captured and killed, NTC announces Libya has been
liberated
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Whats Next for Libya?
http://cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/bestoftv/201
1/10/21/am-mohammed-sayeh.cnn.html
http://cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/bestoftv/201
1/10/21/am-mohammed-sayeh.cnn.html I think Libya is heading in the
right direction with already adopting a constitution and Islamic
Law. The most important thing for Libya is define and establish
democracy and government, its powers and limits to prevent a
dictator for taking power again.
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