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Buy low sell higNaveen Ponnuswamy International Studies Foreign Policy Case Study The country of Libya during the 1980’s. The Rule of Qaddafi In the past fifty years since the end of World War II, many countries have undergone a process of significant change or rebuilding due to political instability and economic woes. One of these countries is Libya. Libya has had a turbulent history over the centuries. Ruled by the Arabs when Amr ibn al-As captured it in 643 AD, it was ruled by the Umayyads, the Fatimids, and a Berber dynasty until it became part of the Ottoman empire in the 16th century. The Ottoman renounced their rights in 1912 bowing to the resistance of the puritanical sect Sansui. During World War II, Libya was the scene of many fierce battles between the axis power and the allied forces. France and UK shared control of the country after the war until an UN resolution granted independence to Libya on January 1, 1952. Oil was discovered in the late fifties profoundly changing the geo-political importance of Libya. Since the discovery of oil, there were many disputes amongst Libyan provinces over it and eventually their freedoms were abolished and these provinces- Fezzan, Tripolitania, and Cyrenaica- were placed under the control of a Libyan central government. The head of the Libyan government at that time was King Idris I. Libya joined the Arab League on 1953 and the UN in 1955. The US maintained a huge air base Wheelus field near Tripoli, but the Libyan government wanted all the US and British troops to leave.
Approximate Word count = 1037
Approximate Pages = 4.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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