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Libya
A TimelineSlide2
The Beginning
7th century BC
- Phoenicians settle in Tripolitania in western
Libya
6th century BC
- Carthage conquers Tripolitania
4th
century BC
- Greeks colonise Cyrenaica in the east of the
country
74 BC
- Romans conquer
Libya
643
- Arabs under
Amr
Ibn
al-As conquer Libya and spread
Islam
16th century
– part of Ottoman Empire - joins
the three provinces of Tripolitania, Cyrenaica and Fezzan into one regency in Tripoli.
1911-12
- Italy conquers
Libya
1920s
- Libyan resistance to Italian rule begins under the leadership of the
Sanusi
dynasty and
Umar
al-
Mukhtar
.Slide3
1942
- Allies oust Italians from Libyadivided between the French - Fezzan
British - Cyrenaica and Tripolitania
1951
- Libya becomes independent under King
Idris
al-
Sanusi
1956
- Libya grants two American oil companies a concession of some 14 million acres
1961
- King
Idris
opens a 104-mile pipeline
links important interior oil fields to the Mediterranean Sea
possible to export Libyan oil for the first time. Slide4
The Gaddafi Era
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1969
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deposed King
Idris
in military coup attempts to form mergers with several Arab countries introduces state socialismnationalises most economic activity i.e. the oil industry 1970 - Libya closes British airbase in Tobruk and the giant US Wheelus air force base in Tripoli property belonging to Italian settlers nationalised 1971 - National referendum approves proposed Federation of Arab Republics (FAR) comprising Libya, Egypt and SyriaFAR never takes offSlide5
1972
- Libya and Egypt agree on a merger
that fails
1973
- Col Gaddafi declares a "cultural
revolution”
formation
of "people's committees" in schools, hospitals, universities, workplaces and administrative districtsLibyan forces occupy Aozou Strip in northern Chad. 1974 - Libya and Tunisia agree on a union state - the "Islamic Arab Republic" that also fails 1977 - Col Gaddafi declares a "people's revolution“changes the country's official name from the Libyan Arab Republic to the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab JamahiriyahSets up "revolutionary committees" Beginning of institutionalised chaos, economic decline and general lack of consistency1980 - Libya and Syria agree on a merger, but this too fails to materialiseLibyan troops start intervening on a large scale in civil war in northern ChadSlide6
Confrontation with the US
1981
- US shoots down two Libyan aircraft which challenged its warplanes
1984
- UK breaks off diplomatic relations with Libya after a British policewoman is shot dead outside the Libyan People's Bureau (embassy) in London while anti-Gaddafi protests were taking place.
1986
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US bombs Libyan military facilities, residential areas of Tripoli and Benghazi, killing 101 people also bombs Gaddafi's house, killing his adopted daughter. raids were in response to alleged Libyan involvement in bombing of Berlin disco frequented by US military personnel. 2004 August - Libya agrees to pay $35m to compensate victims 1988 - Gaddafi orders the release of some political prisoners and embarks on limited economic liberalization1989 - Libya, Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania and Tunisia form the Arab Maghreb UnionSlide7
1988 - Lockerbie plane bombing
UN
imposes sanctions on
Libya
to force it to hand over
two
of its citizens suspected of involvement in the blowing up of a
PanAm airliner over the Scottish town of Lockerbie in December 1988. US accused Libya over 1988 Lockerbie bombing 1999 - Lockerbie suspects handed over for trial UN sanctions suspended; diplomatic relations with UK restored 2001 31 January – 2 Libyans charged in Lockerbie bombingSpecial Scottish court in the Netherlands Abdelbaset Ali Mohamed al-Megrahi found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment. Megrahi's co-accused, Al-Amin Khalifa Fahimah, is found not guilty and freedSlide8
2002
14 March - al-Megrahi loses his appeal - begins a life sentence of at least 20 years
2003
August - Libya signs a compensation deal worth $2.7bn
takes responsibility for the bombing in a letter to the UN Security Council
2008
November - US Lockerbie victims' group says Libya has paid them full compensation.
Possibility of restoration of diplomatic relations with United States. 2009 August - Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi is freed from Scottish jail on compassionate grounds He returns to Libya to a hero's welcome which causes a storm of controversySlide9
1994
- Libya returns the Aozou Strip to Chad 1995
- Gaddafi expels some 30,000 Palestinians in protest at the Oslo accords between the Palestine Liberation Organisation and Israel.
2000
September - Dozens of African immigrants killed by Libyan mobs in the west of Libya - angry at the large number of African labourers coming into the countrySlide10
2001
May - Libyan troops help stop a coup attempt against President Ange-Felix
Patasse
of the Central African Republic
2002
January - Libya and the US held talks to mend relations after years of hostility over what the Americans termed Libya's sponsorship of terrorism.
2003
January - Libya is elected chairman of the UN Human Rights Commission despite opposition from the US and human rights groups.Libya pledges to halt WMD programmesSlide11
2003
September - UN Security Council votes to lift sanctions. 2003 December - Libya says will abandon programmes to develop weapons of mass destruction.
2004
January - Libya agrees to compensate families of victims of 1989 bombing of French passenger aircraft over Sahara
2004
March - British Prime Minister Tony Blair visits, the first such visit since 1943. Slide12
2005
January – Libya's first auction of oil and gas exploration licences
marks the
return of US energy
companies
2006
May - The
US is restoring full diplomatic ties with Libya Colonel Gaddafi marks the 37th anniversary of his military coup with a speech urging supporters to kill enemies trying to reverse the gains of his revolution 2007 January - Prime minister announces plan to make redundant 400,000 government workers - more than a third of the total workforce - to stimulate the private sector and ease public spendingSlide13
2009
September - Libya holds celebrations to mark 40 years since Colonel Muammar Gaddafi seized power
2009
December - Diplomatic row with Switzerland and European Union after Gaddafi's
son held on
charges of mistreating domestic
workers
2008 January - Libya takes over one-month rotating presidency of the UN Security Council in a step back to respectability after decades as a pariah of the West 2008 August - Libya and US sign agreement committing each side to compensate all victims of bombing attacks on the other's citizensItalian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi apologises to Libya for damage inflicted by Italy during colonial era signs a five billion dollar compensation/investment deal Slide14
2008
September - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice makes historic visit - the highest-level US visit to Libya since 1953
Ms
Rice says relations between the US and Libya have entered a "new phase
"
2009
February - Gaddafi elected chairman of the African Union by leaders meeting in Ethiopia. Sets out ambition of "United States of Africa" even embracing the Caribbean 2009 June - Gaddafi pays first state visit to Italy, Libya's former colonial ruler and now its main trading partner.Slide15
2010
January - Russia agrees to sell Libya weapons in a deal worth $1.8bn. The
deal is thought to include fighter jets, tanks and air defence systems.
2010
June - UN refugee agency UNHCR expelled.
2010
July - US senators push for inquiry into claims that oil giant BP lobbied for Lockerbie bomber's release.
BP confirms it is about to begin drilling off Libyan coast. 2010 October - European Union and Libya sign agreement designed to slow illegal migration. 2010 November - Group of journalists arrested in apparent power struggle within ruling elite. Gaddafi later orders them to be freed. 2010 December - US diplomatic cables published by WikiLeaks indicate that Gaddafi threatened to cut trade with Britain if Lockerbie bomber died in prison. 2011 February - Arrest of human rights campaigner sparks off violent protests in eastern city of Benghazi Protests rapidly spread to other citiesAuthorities use aircraft to attack protestors amid reports of mutinies by army unitsMany Libyan diplomats resign in protestGaddafi insists that he will not quit, and remains in control of the capital, Tripoli. Slide16
A Look at Gadhafi
Gadhafi
Timeline
News update
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