Reply #105: DUer joshcryer may be the person to ask.

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What I know, Khaddafi was a monster. But, mostly, when it comes to money and power, he was our monster. And that's where his real criminality shines through, from murdering political opponents to expropriating the nation's oil wealth to attacking neighboring states for profit. And for most of his rule, he did what we do and he did what we wanted.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1398437.stm
BBC Libya Timeline

http://www.temehu.com/History-of-Libya.htm
History of Libya

http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_63682.shtml
William Blum: Libya and the world we live in.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/02/business/02libya.html
Libya Tempts Executives With Big Oil Reserves

http://www.theoildrum.com/node/7528
Libya and World Oil Exports

http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Oil_watch/Cheney_Halliburton.html
Cheney and Halliburton: Go Where the Oil Is

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1398437.stm
Cables Expose Washington’s Close ties to Muammar Gaddafi

http://mobile.zcommunications.org/protecting-from-him-we-were-working-with-him-by-ted-snider
Protecting From Him? We Were Working With Him

http://www.indiandefencereview.com/geopolitics/Why-has-Libya-been-attacked.html
Why has Libya been attacked?