”Libya: Gaddafi Rails Against 'No Fly' Attacks and Berbers”. allAfrica.com. 20 mars 2011. http://allafrica.com/stories/201103200010.html. Läst 15 juli 2011. ”In the past, Gaddafi has denied the existence of indigenous Berbers as an ethnicity alongside the now-dominant population of Arab origin, although communities of Berbers still live in areas west and southwest of the capitol Tripoli. Estimates put the Berber population of Libya at 25,000 to 150,000.”
Varas, Arturo (25 februari 2011). ”Chavez Joins Ortega and Castro To Support Gaddafi”. Ecuador Times. Arkiverad från originalet den 12 januari 2013. https://archive.is/20130112003411/http://www.ecuadortimes.net/2011/02/25/chavez-joins-ortega-and-castro-to-support-gaddafi/. Läst 25 mars 2011. ”The Venezuela president Hugo Chavez expressed in his twitter his support to Muammar al Gaddafi, by saying that the Libyan leader faces a civil war. With this comment he joined the Cuban leader Fidel Castro and the president of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega as the only voices in favor of Gaddafi.However, Ecuador opted to maintain diplomatic prudence... Meanwhile 12 countries of Latin America condemned the violent suppression that the Libyan leader, Muammar al Gaddafi, used to respond to the demonstrations of civilians that demand his resignation.”
Asser, Martin (26 mars 2011). ”The Muammar Gaddafi story” (på engelska). BBC World. London: BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12688033#. Läst 4 april 2011. ”I am an international leader, the dean of the Arab rulers, the king of kings of Africa and the imam of Muslims, and my international status does not allow me to descend to a lower level.”
”Yugoslavia, Military Exchanges” (på engelska). country-data.com. http://www.country-data.com/cgi-bin/query/r-14952.html. Läst 8 september 2011. ”"Yugoslavia had many contacts with countries in North Africa and the Middle East, with special attention to Libya, Egypt, and Ethiopia. Several high-level exchanges occurred with the Libyan armed forces in the late 1970s and 1980s. As a result, Libya purchased Yugoslav armored personnel carriers, small arms, patrol boats, and ammunition as well as training for Libyan officers in Yugoslavia."”
Varas, Arturo (25 februari 2011). ”Chavez Joins Ortega and Castro To Support Gaddafi”. Ecuador Times. Arkiverad från originalet den 12 januari 2013. https://archive.is/20130112003411/http://www.ecuadortimes.net/2011/02/25/chavez-joins-ortega-and-castro-to-support-gaddafi/. Läst 25 mars 2011. ”The Venezuela president Hugo Chavez expressed in his twitter his support to Muammar al Gaddafi, by saying that the Libyan leader faces a civil war. With this comment he joined the Cuban leader Fidel Castro and the president of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega as the only voices in favor of Gaddafi.However, Ecuador opted to maintain diplomatic prudence... Meanwhile 12 countries of Latin America condemned the violent suppression that the Libyan leader, Muammar al Gaddafi, used to respond to the demonstrations of civilians that demand his resignation.”
”Libya: Strategy of scorched earth, desire for widespread and systematic elimination”. International Federation for Human Rights. 24 februari 2011. http://www.fidh.org/Libya-Strategy-of-scorched-earth-desire-for. ”Gaddafi is implementing a Scorched earth strategy of scorched earth. It is reasonable to fear that he has, in fact, decided to largely eliminate, wherever he still can, Libyan citizens who stood up against his regime and furthermore, to systematically and indiscriminately repress civilians. These acts can be characterized as crimes against humanity, as defined in Article 7 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court”
Farah, Douglas (4 mars 2011). ”Harvard for Tyrants”. Foreign Policy. http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/03/04/harvard_for_tyrants. Läst 5 mars 2011. ”'What Símon Bolívar is to the Venezuelan people, Qaddafi is to the Libyan people,' Chávez said while awarding the Libyan leader the "Order of the Liberator" medal, along with a replica of Bolívar's sword.”
Adie, Kate (3 mars 2011). ”Kate Adie: The Gaddafi I knew”. The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/02/gaddafi-i-knew-kate-adie?intcmp=239. Läst 16 mars 2011. ”He had a troupe of women all usually referred to as his bodyguards – and indeed, one or two seemed as if they might be quite useful in a tight corner. However, there was always one, perhaps two, quiet, physically compact Berbers unobtrusively just a few yards away: amiably ruthless men, who smiled when I pointed to the women, and remarked that it was useful that the foreign press concentrated on the women...”
Ed Pilkington, Xan Rice, Chris Stephen, Richard Norton-Taylor (9 juni 2011). ”Gaddafi faces new ICC charges for using rape as weapon in conflict” (på engelska). The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/08/gaddafi-forces-libya-britain-nato. Läst 10 juni 2011. ”Luis Moreno-Ocampo told reporters at the UN in New York last night there were strong indications that hundreds of women had been raped in the Libyan government clampdown on the popular uprising and that Gaddafi had ordered the violations as a form of punishment. The prosecutor said there was even evidence that the government had been handing out doses of Viagra to soldiers to encourage sexual attacks. Moreno-Ocampo said rape was a new tactic for the Libyan regime. "That's why we had doubts at the beginning, but now we are more convinced. Apparently, [Gaddafi] decided to punish, using rape."”
Stephen, Chris. ”Muammar Gaddafi war crimes files revealed”. The Observer. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/18/muammar-gaddafi-war-crimes-files. Läst 19 juni 2011. ”Plans to bombard the city are also in the archive, say investigators, who also claim they have a message from Gaddafi relayed to the troops ordering that Misrata be obliterated and the "blue sea turned red" with the blood of the inhabitants. [...] 'From what we have here, the case is already proved,' Khalid Alwab, a Misrata war crimes investigator, told the Observer. 'All the evidence is here. Signed and stamped.' The documents have yet to be revealed to the ICC, according to the 60-strong team of Libyan lawyers who brave daily shelling to collect evidence from the city.”
”Ortega Expresses Solidarity With Gaddafi”. Inside Costa Rica. 2 mars 2011. http://www.insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2011/march/02/centralamerica11030201.htm. Läst 26 mars 2011. ”Ortega warned against 'imperial intervention' in the North African country. He said Libya was experiencing 'tragic and decisive moments' in which the 'fate of Africa, the Middle East and the wealth of humankind' were at stake. 'Nicaragua, my government the Sandinista National Liberation Front and our people are with you in these battles,' Ortega said.”
Vandewalle, Dirk (2006). ”The Green Book, 1973-1986, Terrorism, Adventurism, and Confrontation with the west.” (på engelska). A history of modern Libya. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. sid. 131-133. Libris10146062. ISBN 0-521-61554-2 (hft.). ”[In 1980], Libya's total development spending reached $10 billion per year. In 1981 alone, however, this still left $11 billion at the discretion of the government. Much of the money was spent in part of military purchases and international adventures. In 1981, Libya renewed its involvement in a dispute with Chad [...] over the Aouzuo strip. [...] Defense and military spending grew rapidly, even as development and regular administrative budgets were curtailed: defense as part of the country's declared regular budget climbed from $709 million to $1,149 million [...] between 1982 and 1984. Qadhafis attempt to destabilize neighboring Tunisia led to a more open confrontation with France and the United States [...] [The US] accused Libya of supporting terrorism, of engaging in subversion in sub-Saharan Africa and beyond, of boycotting the Middle East peace process, and, eventually, of attempting to produce weapons of mass destruction. The assassination of Israeli athletes at the Munich 1972 Olympics and the 1973 killing of the US ambassador to Sudan raised the first, albeit still unsubstantiated, questions about Libya's involvement with terrorist groups. [...] [The] regime increasingly and openly expressed its support for radical Palestinian groups and attempted to ship weapons to the Irish Republican Army. Several radical Palestinian movements - including the Abu Nidal group, the popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad - had found a home in the Jamahiriyya. In 1989, Washington accused Libya of supporting roughly thirty international terrorist and revolutionary movements worldwide.”
Eljahmi, Mohamed (2006). ”Libya and the U.S.: Qadhafi Unrepentant”. The Middle East Quarterly. The Middle East Forum. http://www.meforum.org/878/libya-and-the-us-qadhafi-unrepentant. Läst 30 mars 2011. ”Perhaps the most dangerous tool of judicial oppression is the Law of Collective Punishment, passed in 1997, which allows the state to sanction entire families, towns, or districts for the wrongdoing of individuals. There are no checks and balances. Qadhafi rules supreme. His nationalization of private property has allowed him to exert complete control over the economy and also keep foreign investors in check. Fulfillment of the needs of all Libyan citizens depends upon their absolute obedience.”
Toothaker, Christopher. ”Chavez says he won't condemn Libya's Gadhafi”. AP. MSNBC.COM. Arkiverad från originalet den 4 mars 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110304172650/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41841136. Läst 25 mars 2011. ”"We must be prudent. We know what our political line is: We don't support invasions, or massacres, or anything like that no matter who does it. A campaign of lies is being spun together regarding Libya," said Chavez, in a televised speech to a crowd of graduates who had just received diplomas from state universities.... "I'm not going to condemn him (Gadhafi)," he said. "I'd be a coward to condemn someone who has been my friend."...Chavez noted that numerous countries have condemned Gadhafi for cracking down on Libyans who have risen up against him. "Maybe they have information that we don't have," he said.”
Argaw, Ashine (5 februari 2009). ”Gaddafi defends Somali pirates”. Daily Nation. http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/-/1066/525348/-/13rtrgiz/-/index.html. Läst 15 juli 2011. ”It is a response to greedy Western nations, who invade and exploit Somalia’s water resources illegally. It is not a piracy, it is self defence... If they (Western nations) do not want to live with us fairly, it is our planet and they can go to [an]other planet.”
Wyatt, Edward (26). ”Security Council Calls for War Crimes Inquiry in Libya” (på engelska). New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/27/world/africa/27nations.html?_r=1&hp. Läst 27 februari 2011. ”The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously on Saturday night to impose sanctions on Libya’s leader, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, and his inner circle of advisers, and called for an international war crimes investigation into “widespread and systemic attacks” against Libyan citizens who have protested against the government over the last two weeks. The vote, only the second time the Security Council has referred a member state to the International Criminal Court, comes after a week of bloody crackdowns in Libya in which Colonel Qaddafi’s security forces have fired on protesters, killing hundreds. [The] Security Council resolution also imposes an arms embargo against Libya and an international travel ban on 16 Libyan leaders, and freezes the assets of Colonel Qaddafi and members of his family, including four sons and a daughter. Also included in the sanctions were measures against defense and intelligence officials who are believed to have played a role in the violence against civilians in Libya.”
For a complete English translation, see: The fatwa of Shaykh Yûsuf al-Qaradâwî against Gaddafi. Translation by Yahya M. Michot with the collaboration of Samy Metwally, on scribd.com
US Department of State: Background note: Libya. Oktober 2007. Hämtad 2010-09-11. "Following a terrorist bombing at a discotheque in West Berlin frequented by American military personnel, in 1986 the U.S. retaliated militarily against targets in Libya, and imposed broad unilateral economic sanctions."
Toothaker, Christopher. ”Chavez says he won't condemn Libya's Gadhafi”. AP. MSNBC.COM. Arkiverad från originalet den 4 mars 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110304172650/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41841136. Läst 25 mars 2011. ”"We must be prudent. We know what our political line is: We don't support invasions, or massacres, or anything like that no matter who does it. A campaign of lies is being spun together regarding Libya," said Chavez, in a televised speech to a crowd of graduates who had just received diplomas from state universities.... "I'm not going to condemn him (Gadhafi)," he said. "I'd be a coward to condemn someone who has been my friend."...Chavez noted that numerous countries have condemned Gadhafi for cracking down on Libyans who have risen up against him. "Maybe they have information that we don't have," he said.”