LIBYANS celebrated last week’s capture and subsequent execution of Moammar Gadhafi who was Libya’s brutal dictator for more than 40 years.
In the early days of his reign, Gadhafi was openly supporting rebel movements in many countries, including reportedly the Moro National Liberation Front of Dr. Nur Misuari in the Philippines. He would openly say then that he intented to export the revolution, through which he rose to power as a firebrand and young agent provocateur.
Gadhafi later hosted the peace talks between the Philippine government and Misuari’s group which resulted in the so-called Tripoli Agreement in 1974.
At the height of his rule, he was linked to numerous acts of terrorism directed against the United States of America and its allies.
Despite his villainous rule as dictator and his murderous reactions against those who opposed him, the civilized world is now clamoring for an investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death. Initial reports and television grab indicate that he was still alive when captured but was lynched like an ordinary felon an hour after. At least one of his sons suffered a similar fate in the hands of euphoric rebels on the rampage.
With Gadhafi’s sudden albeit ignominious death, the world is spared of a long spectacular trial of the late dictator for crimes against humanity. But was it right to kill him like a subjudicated mad dog, without trial?
The hunt for the late strongman’s mind-boggling wealth secretly stashed in some banks in different parts of the world has likewise begun. One early television account has it that Gadhafi’s deposits are in the vicinity of more than 200 billion US dollars.
Now, there is also the question of the future of a post-Gadhafi Libya. Who are going to be the leaders? There is a worrisome perception that some of the anti-Gadhafi leaders have links to the dreaded Al Qaeda.
Looking at the big picture, after Gadhafi who’s the next dictator to fall?
In the early days of his reign, Gadhafi was openly supporting rebel movements in many countries, including reportedly the Moro National Liberation Front of Dr. Nur Misuari in the Philippines. He would openly say then that he intented to export the revolution, through which he rose to power as a firebrand and young agent provocateur.
Gadhafi later hosted the peace talks between the Philippine government and Misuari’s group which resulted in the so-called Tripoli Agreement in 1974.
At the height of his rule, he was linked to numerous acts of terrorism directed against the United States of America and its allies.
Despite his villainous rule as dictator and his murderous reactions against those who opposed him, the civilized world is now clamoring for an investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death. Initial reports and television grab indicate that he was still alive when captured but was lynched like an ordinary felon an hour after. At least one of his sons suffered a similar fate in the hands of euphoric rebels on the rampage.
With Gadhafi’s sudden albeit ignominious death, the world is spared of a long spectacular trial of the late dictator for crimes against humanity. But was it right to kill him like a subjudicated mad dog, without trial?
The hunt for the late strongman’s mind-boggling wealth secretly stashed in some banks in different parts of the world has likewise begun. One early television account has it that Gadhafi’s deposits are in the vicinity of more than 200 billion US dollars.
Now, there is also the question of the future of a post-Gadhafi Libya. Who are going to be the leaders? There is a worrisome perception that some of the anti-Gadhafi leaders have links to the dreaded Al Qaeda.
Looking at the big picture, after Gadhafi who’s the next dictator to fall?
