Originally Posted by Ardy
[quote=Ezekiel]I wonder why the U.S. spent 1 billion dollars to overthrow Muammar al-Gaddafi?
Why was the CIA involved with the Libyan rebels?


Just askin' Hmm

Not being privy to the inner circles of govenment, I have no real idea. My only point was to examine the basis for your previous allegations.

As I now understand your point, since I cannot say why the US did what it did, therefore it is certain that the US was motivated by oil and commercial interests.

All that said, It is pretty clear that Quadaffi and the USA had a strained relationship for a very long time... with each side tweaking the other.

I thnk that many people in the US government never forgot nor forgave Quadaffi for the Lockerbie bombing



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Following a three-year joint investigation by Scottish police and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, murder warrants were issued for two Libyan nationals in November 1991. Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi eventually handed over the two men for trial at Camp Zeist, Netherlands in 1999 after protracted negotiations and UN sanctions. In 2001 Libyan intelligence officer, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, was jailed for the bombing. In August 2009 he was released by the Scottish government on compassionate grounds after being diagnosed with prostate cancer. He died in May 2012 remaining the only person to be convicted for the attack.
In 2003 Gaddafi admitted Libya's responsibility for the Lockerbie bombing and paid compensation to the victims' families though he maintained he never personally gave the order for the attack.[3] During the Libyan civil war in 2011, a former government official contradicted Gaddafi claiming the Libyan leader had personally ordered the bombing.[3] Despite these assertions, numerous conspiracy theories have developed regarding responsibility for the destruction of Pan Am Flight 103.
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Also, Since we are asking questions, I have to wonder why Nato countries (including Norway) acted as active front men for the USA in this circumstance...

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