^gold
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water
He was an easy target. His only allies were in the west. The same with Saddam. Iraq and Syria are smarter in that they allied themselves with Russia and China. They aren't going anywhere.
besides what is posted above me...
Libya tribal (fractioned)
Low population (easy to manipulate/control/conquerd)
Qaddafi disarmed (huge mistake)
Deep Sea Ports (great for the US 6th Fleet visits)
Some of the Highest grades of Sweet Crude Oil in the world, oh and Natural Gas reserves (BP, Total SA EZ lick their chops)
The Qaddafi family thought the West were their friends, when the puppet masters sent their puppet politicians to gain Qaddafi's trust... after that, it was a detailed plan of execution over a long duration for the west to get their gameplan set and steam rolling the government through; Money laundering, bribery, propaganda, media, hiring terroristsm, bombing, and murder.
Picking off the dominos one by one... then the NWO can create the greatest illusions of their society... unchallenged
Didn't Gaddafi try to make off with 40 tonnes of gold?
Forgot the part about having an independent banking system
Wasn't he going to sell oil for the dinar, rather than the U.S. dollar?
yup...he wanted to trade in the dinar...and Saddam wanted to trade oil in the Euro...and Ahmajinehad also wants to trade oil w/gold, hence the sanctions on them and anyone who trades w/Iran...but of course, our gov't says whoever does that is supporting "TERRRRRRORRRRRRISMMMMMM, TERRRORRISTS"""
I think all this warmongering is more about controlling the ME and North African than the stealing of resources.