Libya: Ten Things About Gaddafi They Don’t Want You to Know | Global Research

What do you think of when you hear the name Colonel Gaddafi? Tyrant? Dictator? Terrorist? Well, a national citizen of Libya may disagree but we want you to decide.

For 41 years until his demise in October 2011, Muammar Gaddafi did some truly amazing things for his country and repeatedly tried to unite and empower the whole of Africa.

So despite what you’ve heard on the radio, seen in the media or on the TV, Gaddafi did some powerful things that are not characteristic of a “vicious dictator” as portrayed by the western media.

Here are ten things Gaddafi did for Libya that you may not know about…

1. In Libya a home is considered a natural human right

2. Education and medical treatment were all free

3. Gaddafi carried out the world’s largest irrigation project

4. It was free to start a farming business

5. A bursary was given to mothers with newborn babies

6. Electricity was free

7. Cheap petrol

8. Gaddafi raised the level of education

9. Libya had It’s own state bank

10. The gold dinar

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