SPEECH BY LIBYAN LEADER MU'AMMAR AL-QADHDHAFI TO TUNISIAN CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, IN TUNIS--LIVE

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• Publication Date: December 9, 1988
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[SPEECH BY LIBYAN LEADER MU'AMMAR AL-QADHDHAFI TO TUNISIAN
CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, IN TUNIS--LIVE]
[EXCERPTS] IN THE NAME OF GOD.
BROTHER HONORABLE SPEAKER OF THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, BROTHER
MEMBERS OF THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, BROTHERS PRESENT. I SHOULD LIKE
TO EXPRESS MY HIGH APPRECIATION TO MY BROTHER PRESIDENT ZINE EL
ABIDINE BEN ALI, TO THE ARAB PEOPLE OF TUNISIA AND TO YOUR HONORABLE
CHAMBER FOR HOLDING THIS EXCELLENT SESSION TO ALLOW ME TO MEET YOU
AND TALK TO YOU. IT IS A GREAT HONOR FOR ME AND FOR THE LIBYAN ARAB
DELEGATION WHICH IS ACCOMPANYING ME.
DO NOT SAY THAT COLONIALISM WILL NOT BE REPEATED. THIS IS A
FALLACY. DO NOT SAY THAT THE ERA OF COLONIALISM HAS ENDED OR
FINISHED. THERE IS NO ERA FOR COLONIALISM. COLONIALISM COULD BE
REPEATED IN ANY ERA IF THE PROPER CONDITIONS EXIST. THERE IS NO ERA
CALLED THE ERA OF COLONIALISM, AND ANOTHER CALLED THE ERA OF NO
COLONIALISM. THIS IS A FALLACY. HISTORY STRESSES TO US THAT
COLONIALISM WILL HAPPEN AGAIN IF CONDITIONS ARE REPEATED. THE BARDO
TREATY ON 12 MAY 1881, ACCORDING TO WHICH TUNISIA LEFT ITS
INDEPENDENCE IN THE HANDS OF THE FRENCH, STILL EXISTS; NOT IN
TUNISIA, BUT IN ALL COLONIES. THE SPIRIT OF THE BARDO TREATY ALSO
STILL EXISTS. THIS IS BECAUSE THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THIS
TREATY WAS SIGNED IN 1881 WERE REPEATED, AND EVERY TIME IT IS
REPEATED [WORD INDISTINCT] 12 MAY 1881 [WORDS INDISTINCT] AS LONG AS
THE CONDITIONS ARE PROVIDED AND THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC,
POLITICAL, AND MILITARY CONDITIONS ARE REPEATED AGAIN, THEN BARDO
WILL BE REPEATED AGAIN. [WORDS INDISTINCT] WHICH STRESSES THAT
BARDO HAS ENDED, [WORDS INDISTINCT] BETWEEN EAST AND WEST AND
BETWEEN THE OCCUPIED AND OCCUPIERS.
EVEN NOW, THEY STILL LOOK AT US THROUGH THE BARDO TREATY. DO NOT
THINK THAT THIS IS A STORY THAT ENDED IN 1881. ACCORDING TO BARDO,
THE WEST, FOR EXAMPLE, FRANCE CAME TO TUNISIA TO PROTECT THE ORDER
AND SECURITY OF THIS TURBULENT COUNTRY AND ENSURE THAT THE TUNISIANS
FEEL SECURE.
EVEN NOW, AMERICA SAYS THAT IT IS IN CHAD, FOR EXAMPLE, TO
PROTECT THE ORDER AND SECURITY OF THIS COUNTRY WHICH IS EXPOSED TO
INSTABILITY FROM LIBYA, FOR INSTANCE. NOT SO LONG AGO, THE UNITED
STATES USED TO SAY THE SAME THING ABOUT TUNISIA: THAT ITS NEIGHBOR,
LIBYA, THREATENS IT WITH INSTABILITY AND THAT THE U.S. WANTS TO
CONSOLIDATE SECURITY AND ORDER IN THESE COUNTRIES. THUS, AMERICA
SHOULD REMAIN.
LIKEWISE, THE UNITED STATES, FRANCE, AND THE COLONIALIST STATE
SAY TO THE STATES WHERE THEY HAVE AN INFLUENCE: DO NOT DO ANYTHING
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WITHOUT OUR AGREEMENT, WITHOUT CONSULTING WITH US. AMERICA SAID:
THERE SHALL BE NO UNION BETWEEN LIBYA AND ALGERIA. REAGAN SAID IT,
AND HE SWORE THAT DURING HIS TENURE, THE UNION BETWEEN LIBYA AND
ALGERIA WILL NOT SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY. PERHAPS HAS HE EVEN SWORN BY
DIVORCE, IF THE CATHOLICS MAY SWEAR BY DIVORCE. YES, HE SWORE BY
DIVORCE THAT THERE WOULD BE NO UNION BETWEEN LIBYA AND ALGERIA WHILE
HE WAS IN OFFICE. AND IN FACT, IT SEEMS THAT REAGAN IS GOING TO
FINISH HIS TERM BEFORE A UNION IS ESTABLISHED BETWEEN LIBYA AND
ALGERIA. MANY A DATE HAD BEEN FIXED IN THE PAST FOR THIS UNION, BUT
IT HAS FAILED TO MATERIALIZE.
PERHAPS THIS PLOT HAS SUCCEEDED IN LIBYA, OR IN ALGERIA, OR IN
BOTH COUNTRIES. I DO NOT KNOW EXACTLY, BUT THERE WAS A VETO AGAINST
ARAB UNITY. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? THIS MEANS THAT BECAUSE OF THE
TREATY OF BARDO, LIBYA CANNOT DO ANYTHING WITH TUNISIA EXCEPT BY
AGREEMENT WITH THE UNITED STATES [AS HEARD]; ALGERIA CANNOT DO
ANYTHING WITHOUT AN AGREEMENT WITH THE UNITED STATES, OR WITH
FRANCE. IN OTHER WORDS, THE ARABS CANNOT DO ANYTHING WITHOUT
AGREEMENT WITH AMERICA AND FRANCE. THIS IS THE TREATY OF BARDO; IT
STILL EXISTS. THEY CALL IT AN AGREEMENT, BUT IT IS A VETO.
THE THIRD POINT OF THE TREATY SAYS: THE MOVEMENT OF WEAPONS IS
PROHIBITED IN TUNISIA FROM BIZERTA TO TUNIS, OR TO THIS AREA, IN
ORDER TO PROTECT SJECURITY IN ALGERIA BECAUSE WEAPONS COULD BE MOVED
FROM TUNISIA TO ALGERIA, AND ALGERIA WOULD RESIST FRENCH
COLONIALISM. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE DOING NOW: LIBYAN
AIRPLANES ARE GOING TO NICARAGUA; THEY SAY IT IS PROHIBITED;
LIKEWISE IN MAURITANIA THEY SAY IT IS PROHIBITED FOR THESE PLANES TO
FLY OVER IT; THE SAME WITH MOROCCO, FOR EXAMPLE. IT IS PROHIBITED
FOR THESE PLANES TO FLY OVER IT. THIS IS THE SPIRIT OF THE TREATY
OF BARDO.
THIS IS THE TREATY OF BARDO. IT IS ONLY NOW, AFTER THE ENDING OF
THE NIGHTMARE IN TUNISIA, THANKS TO THE 7TH OF NOVEMBER AND THE
COURAGE OF BROTHER ZINE EL-ABIDINE AND HIS COLLEGUES, AND THE
RALLYING OF THE TUNISIAN PEOPLE AROUND THE 7TH OF NOVEMBER, THAT WE
HAVE BEGUN TO ALLOW OURSELVES TO SPEAK ABOUT THE FUTURE. AND THE
FIRST TIME WE BEGAN TO TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE, WE FOUND OURSELVES
TALKING ABOUT UNITY BETWEEN LIBYA AND TUNISIA, THE UNITY OF THE ARAB
MAGHREB COUNTRIES, AND ABOUT ARAB UNITY.
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[EXCERPTS] THE FIRST TIME WE BEGAN TO SPEAK ABOUT ARAB UNITY WE
BEGAN TO BUMP INTO THE UNITED STATES, FRANCE, THE ISRAELIS, STATES
WHICH BELIEVE THAT ARAB UNITY THREATENS THEIR INTERESTS. REAGAN
SAID: UNITY BETWEEN LIBYA AND ALGERIA WILL THREATEN THE INTERESTS
OF THE UNITED STATES AND THOSE OF THE WEST IN THIS REGION AND IN THE
WORLD. IMAGINE THIS. WELL, BECAUSE IT WILL THREATEN YOUR INTERESTS
[CHANGES THOUGHT]... THESE ARE YOUR INTERESTS. AS TO OUR OWN
INTERESTS, THEY WILL BE REALIZED BY THIS UNITY. THUS BEGAN THE
CONFRONTATION BETWEEN US AND HIM. THERE IS NO COMPROMISE. NEITHER
THE JEWS NOR THE CHRISTIANS WILL BE SATISFIED WITH YOU UNLESS YOU
JOIN THEIR CREED; THIS WAS SAID BY GOD, NOT US. GOD, WHO IS THEIR
GOD AS WELL AS OURS, SAID SO. THEY WILL NEVER BE PLEASED WITH US
UNLESS WE FOLLOW THEIR CREED, UNLESS WE FOLLOW BARDO AND THE CAMP
DAVID STABLES. THEY WILL THUS BE PLEASED WITH US.
YESTERDAY THEY CLAIMED THAT 'ARAFAT HAD RECOGNIZED ISRAEL, BUT
THEY TOLD HIM: NO, NO, NOT YET UNTIL YOU HAND OVER YOUR
KALASHNIKOV. BRING IT, HAND IT OVER IN THE U.S., AND SAY: THIS IS
MY RIFLE, THAT IS IT; I RECOGNIZE ISRAEL. I TOLD HIM: IF YOU HAND
OVER THE RIFLE AND THE CAUSE, WHAT THEN WILL YOU ASK THE UNITED
STATES FOR? THERE WILL BE NOTHING LEFT FOR YOU TO ASK FROM IT.
RETURN HOME THEN; NOTHING IS LEFT FOR YOU. WHAT COULD YOU STILL
WANT? WHAT WOULD YOU ASK FROM THEM IN RETURN? TWO HUNDRED DINARS
OR SO, THE PRICE OF THE KALASHNIKOV? QUITE POSSIBLE. BUT WHAT THEY
WILL SAY TO YOU IS: HAND IT OVER; THEY ARE NOT SAYING TO SELL IT.
THIS IS WHAT THEY WANT. THEY WILL NOT ACCEPT US. THEY SAY:
RECOGNIZE TREATY 242, RECOGNIZE WHOEVER, RECOGNIZE ISRAEL,
RECOGNIZE.... AND THEY SAY: NO, THIS IS NOT ENOUGH. NO, AS THE
OLD TESTAMENT SAYS: YOU WILL ALL COME AND STOOP AND SURRENDER TO
THE ISRAELIS. WELL, SUPPOSE THE PALESTINIANS RECOGNIZE THE
ISRAELIS. WILL THE PROBLEM BE FINISHED THEN? WELL? WILL THE
MISSILES WITH THE RANGE OF 4,000 KM AND TARGETED AT TUNISIA,
MISSILES WITH NUCLEAR WARHEADS CURRENTLY POSSESSED BY THE ISRAELIS,
WITH THE HELP OF THE UNITED STATES, BE DESTROYED? THE UNITED STATES
HAS SPENT ITS FUNDS ON THE MISSILES FROM THE STAR WARS BUDGET, AND
THE ATOMIC POWER BASICALLY CREATED BY FRANCE FOR THE ISRAELIS SINCE
THE 50'S IS CURRENTLY BEING DEVELOPED BY THE UNITED STATES AND WEST
EUROPE. WHAT WILL BE THE TARGET OF THESE MISSILES HAVING 4,000-KM
RANGE? THEY ARE TARGETED AT TUNISIA, CARTHAGE, BARDO, THIS PLACE,
AND AT LIBYA, SUDAN, IRAQ, IRAN AND ALL THIS ARAB-ISLAMIC BELT.
WHY DOES THIS NATION WANT TO SETTLE THE REST OF ITS MILLIONS OF
PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA? BECAUSE THE JEWISH PLAN
IS THE JUDAIZATION OF NORTH AFRICA.
THIS EMPIRE SHOULD EXTEND FROM THE MIDDLE EAST TO NORTH AFRICA AT
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THE EXPENSE OF THE ARABS.
YESTERDAY REAGAN ISSUED AN ORDER LIFTING THE EMBARGO ON THE
SUPPLY OF CLUSTER BOMBS TO THE ISRAELIS. YOU HEARD THIS. WHAT ARE
THE CLUSTER BOMBS? CLUSTER BOMBS ARE DESIGNED TO ANNIHILATE
MANKIND. WELL, ARE THE ISRAELIS GOING TO USE CLUSTER BOMBS INSIDE
TEL AVIV, INSIDE THE WEST BANK? IMPOSSIBLE; THEY WILL USE THEM
AGAINST THE REMAINING ARABS IN ORDER TO ANNIHILATE THEM. IF THE
PALESTINIANS RECOGNIZE THE ISRAELIS, THIS WILL BE A PAGE TURNED, A
TRENCH ELIMINATED. THE ISRAELIS WILL NOW HAVE TO MOVE TO ANOTHER
TRENCH IN ORDER TO ANNILIHATE THE ARAB EXISTENCE. WE ARE NOT
INTERESTED IN WHETHER OR NOT YASIR 'ARAFAT RECOGNIZES ISRAEL. WHAT
INTERESTS US IS THE EXISTENCE OF A RACIST NUCLEAR POWER HOSTILE TO
US, RACIALLY AND RELIGIOUSLY, WHICH IS IN CONTRADICTION WITH US--THE
STRUGGLE BETWEEN US AND THEM IS ONE OF EXISTENCE--WHICH IS ARMED
WITH THE ATOM, CHEMISTRY, GERMS, AND BEHIND IT THE UNITED STATES AND
THE WEST, AND WHICH WANTS TO ANNIHILATE THE ARAB NATION IN ORDER TO
REPLACE IT WITH A JEWISH NATION. THIS IS THE TRUTH.
CONSEQUENTLY WE ARE NOT INTERESTED IN 'ARAFAT'S RECOGNITION OF
ISRAEL; OUR STRUGGLE IS A STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE BETWEEN US AND THEM
WHICH WILL CONTINUE. IT IS UNREASONABLE THAT THESE MISSILES WITH
4,000-KM RANGE ARE NOT AIMED AT GAZA OR ACRE. THE GERM WARFARE
CANNOT BE USED INSIDE OCCUPIED PALESTINE. THE ISRAELIS CANNOT USE
THEIR DANGEROUS CHEMICAL AND GERM WARFARE WEAPONS IN THE REGION
WHICH THEY OCCUPY. THEY WILL, HOWEVER, USE THEM IN THE ARAB
HOMELAND, WHERE THEY WILL NOT BE AFFECTED. WE ARE ALL LIABLE TO BE
STRAFED WITH GERM, CHEMICAL, AND NUCLEAR BOMBS BY THE ISRAELIS.
YESTERDAY THE U.S. PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED THE LIFTING OF THE EMBARGO
ON THE SALE OF CLUSTER BOMBS TO THE ISRAELIS, FOR THE ANNIHILATION
OF THE ARAB HOMELAND AND OF THE ARABS. THIS IS A BOMB WHICH WHEN IT
EXPLODES RELEASES SEVERAL OTHER BOMBS. THE ORDINARY BOMB EXPLODES
AND RELEASES SHRAPNEL; IT BECOMES SHRAPNEL. BUT THE CLUSTER BOMB IS
FULL OF BALLS, OTHER SMALL BOMBS; WHEN IT EXPLODES, THESE OTHER
CLUSTER BOMBS FLY OUT FAR DISTANCES. THE CLUSTER BOMBS EXPLODE
AFTERWARDS. SHRAPNEL FROM THE ORDINARY BOMB DOES NOT EXPLODE; IT
FLIES OUT AS SHRAPNEL FROM THE POINT OF EXPLOSION ALL OVER. BUT THE
CLUSTER BOMB, IF THE BALL FLIES FROM THE PLACE OF IMPACT TO ANOTHER
PLACE, IT EXPLODES AFTERWARDS ONCE AGAIN AND RELEASES MORE SHRAPNEL.
AND THEY ARE TIMED IN ORDER TO EXPLODE IMMEDIATELY OR LATER AFTER 1,
2, 3, OR 4 HOURS.
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[EXCERPTS] IT IS DESIGNED TO ELIMINATE THE HUMAN RACE! THIS IS
A U.S. DECISION TO ELIMINATE THE ARAB RACE! ANY HOPE THAT THE U.S.
WOULD BECOME NEUTRAL--AS FAR AS THE ARABS ARE CONCERNED--OR A FRIEND
OF THE ARABS, IS UNFOUNDED. HE WHO HOLDS SUCH HOPE IS IGNORANT AND
DOES NOT DESERVE LIFE. THIS IS SELF-DECEPTION. THIS IS A CRUSADER
POWER THAT IS LEADING THE 10TH CRUSADE AND WANTS TO CONTROL THE ARAB
REGION, FIRST AND FOREMOST, BECAUSE IT WANTS TO LAY ITS HANDS ON THE
SUEZ CANAL, THE STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR, BAB AL-MANDAB, THE HORMUZ
STAIT, THE HOLY PLACES, THE PETROLEUM AREAS, THE GULF OF SIRT, AND
THE SOUTHERN MEDITERREAN BASIN IN ITS EFFORT TO ENCIRCLE THE SOVIET
UNION.
IF THE SOVIET UNION WANTS TO FIGHT THE AMERICANS, THEN THEY
SHOULD GO AND FIGHT EACH OTHER IN THE STARS OVER THE PACIFIC OCEAN,
OVER ALASKA. LET THEM GO, AND GOD HELP THEM! BUT FOR THEM TO WALK
OVER US IN ORDER TO ENCIRCLE EACH OTHER AND FOR US TO FALL UNDER
THEIR FEET, THAT IS SOMETHING WE REJECT.
FOLLOWING THE U.S. AGGRESSION, WE CALLED THE JAMAHIRIYAH: GREAT.
WE WERE ASKED WHY. WE SAID: YOU, THE SOVIET UNION, ARE A GREAT
POWER. THEY SAID, YES, WE ARE A GREAT POWER. WE SAID: WE STOOD IN
THE FACE OF AN AGGRESSION AGAINST YOU; 170 PLANES--THIS IS AN
EXERCISE FOR AN ATTACK AGAINST THE SOVIET UNION! THE FACILITIES
THAT WERE USED AGAINST LIBYA ARE DESIGNED TO SILENCE 60 PERCENT OF
THE DEFENSES OF THE WARSAW PACT. THEY WANTED TO TRY THEM OUT ON
LIBYA FIRST BECAUSE LIBYAN EQUIPMENT ARE SOVIET-MADE.
INDEED, WE ARE NOT ARMED BY A MIDDLE POWER, SUCH AS YUGOSLAVIA OR
INDIA. WE ARE ARMED BY THE SOVIET UNION. THE WEAPONS WHICH WE HAVE
ARE SOVIET ARMS THAT ARE DESIGNED AGAINST THE UNITED STATES OR
AGAINST NATO. THEY TRIED OUT HOW THEY MIGHT ATTACK LIBYA, WHICH
POSSESSES SOVIET RADAR, MISSILES, AIRCRAFT, AND INSTALLATIONS, AND
HOW THEY MIGHT SILENCE IT AND MAKE THE ATTACK SUCCESSFUL. THEY
BROUGHT ALL THE EQUIPMENT TO BE USED IN WW III--170 PLANES,
INCLUDING ONES CARRYING ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, RECONNAISSANCE ONES,
GROUND ATTACK ONES, SUPPLY ONES, AND SO ON. HOOLIGANISM FROM THE
UNITED STATES TO BRITAIN; FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE NORTH POLE,
THROUGH THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA! THEY BELITTLE ALL ARAB COUNTRIES, AS
IF THERE WERE NO ARAB COUNTRIES ON THE WAY. THEY PASSED AND
ATTACKED LIBYA! WE SAID TO THEM THIS IS AN ATTACK BY A SUPERPOWER
AGAINST A SMALL STATE, AIMED AT A SUPERPOWER BUT REPULSED BY THIS
SMALL STATE. THUS, THE GREATNESS IS FOR LIBYA. LIBYA IS, INDEED,
THE GREAT JAMAHIRIYAH, BECAUSE IT CONFRONTED THE ATTACK OF A
SUPERPOWER. [APPLAUSE]
LIBYA STOOD UP TO THE BIG POWERS AND IT REPELLED AN ATTACK BY THE
BIG POWERS. WHO SAID THAT THE 170 PLANES WERE NOT ON THEIR WAY TO
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EGYPT AND WE STOOD UP TO THEM? TRUE, WE SAID TO THE SOVIET UNION
(?YOU SHOULD THANK US) BECAUSE WE SAVED YOU. ACTUALLY, THEY COULD
HAVE BEEN ON THEIR WAY--AMERICA WAS ON ITS WAY TO ENCIRCLE THE
SOVIET UNION BUT IF THEY WANTED TO ENCIRCLE THE SOVIET UNION, THEY
MUST DEMOLISH AND DESTROY ALL THE POSITIONS WHICH STAND IN THE WAY,
INCLUDING LIBYA. LIBYA IS IN A POSITION OF PUTTING UP RESISTANCE.
THEREFORE, IT SHOULD BE DESTROYED. AS FOR THE POSITIONS WHICH
SURRENDERED AND ALLOWED THE AMERICANS TO PASS THROUGH, THE AMERICANS
REGARD THESE AS FINISHED. THEY SAID THAT THOSE WHO RESISTED WERE:
FIRST OF ALL LIBYA, AND SECONDLY THE SOVIET UNION. PEOPLE WERE
ASTONISHED AND ASKED HOW THIS CAN BE THE CASE. THERE MUST BE SOME
MISTAKE. YOU SAID LIBYA IS NUMBER ONE AND THE SOVIET UNION IS
NUMBER TWO. THE SOVIET UNION SHOULD HAVE BEEN NUMBER ONE AND LIBYA
NUMBER TWO OR NUMBER 100. THEY SAID NO. LIBYA IS NUMBER ONE. THEY
WERE PERSISTENT. WHY NUMBER ONE? THEY SAID THAT WHEN THEY ADVANCE
TOWARD THE SOVIET UNION, LIBYA WILL BE OCCUPYING THE AREAS WHICH LIE
ON THE WAY. LIBYA DOES NOT ACCEPT OCCUPATION AND IT IS CAPABLE OF
RESISTING. THEREFORE, LIBYA IS A PRIORITY AND MUST BE DESTROYED
FIRST SO THAT THE UNITED STATES CAN PASS THROUGH TO NUMBER TWO;
I.E., THE SOVIET UNION.
WE SAID TO THEM: DO YOU KNOW THAT IN WW II, THE BRITISH PUT
ROMMELL AS NUMBER TWO AND FLIES AS NUMBER ONE. THEY SAID, HOW CAN
FLIES BE NUMBER ONE AND ROMMELL NUMBER TWO. WHAT COULD FLIES DO TO
THE 8TH ARMY. WE ASKED WHY LIBYA A LITTLE COUNTRY WITH A POPULATION
OF 3 MILLION, SHOULD BECOME ENEMY NUMBER ONE. THEY SAID ITS
POSITION IS THE ONE THAT IS PUTTING UP RESISTANCE. THIS IS WHY IT
IS A PRIORITY. THE UNITED STATES LIFTED THE SIEGE OFF THE SOVIET
UNION AND INTENSIFIED THE SIEGE AROUND LIBYA, THEY SAID THAT THE
SIEGE OF LIBYA SHOULD CONTINUE AND BE INTENSIFIED. WHY? BECAUSE
THIS POSITION MUST FALL, NOT BECAUSE WE ARE LIBYANS OR BECAUSE OF
THE WAY WE LOOK. IT IS BECAUSE THE AIM IS TO OCCUPY THE ARAB
HOMELAND AND ANY VOICE MUST BE SILENCED AND ANY RESISTANCE MUST BE
BROKEN. THE BARDO TREATY SHOULD CONTINUE. THIS IS WHAT WE ARE
LIVING THROUGH
AT
THE PRESENT TIME, BROTHERS; WE ARE FACING
CHALLENGES TO
OUR
DIGNITY; OUR PIECE OF BREAD; OUR IDENTITY; AND
NOW, THANKS BE
TO
GOD, WE ARE GOING BACK TO THIS PHRASE. THAT IS,
WE HAVE BEGUN
TO
TALK IN TUNISIA ABOUT THE PROSPECTS OF A FUTURE
WITHOUT BORDERS.
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