Before 2011, Libya was Africa’s richest country—now a scene of horrifying atrocities

The Norwegian Parliament’s Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs has voted to conduct an independent investigation into Norway’s involvement in the Libya War, 2011. In that connection, we would like to publish a few articles on this topic to assist the committee in its vital efforts.
The aim is to uncover whether the UN resolution on taking “responsibility for protecting civilians” was an excuse to stage a military coup or if it came of a genuine desire to “protect the population”. A population that to this day they have utterly failed.
The British House of Commons’ report came to a devastating conclusion of the British participation in the Libya failure, we shall soon find out how the Norwegians rule on this issue.
This first article takes a look at Libya before 2011. (Feature photo: Gaddafi at The Libyan War led to al-Qaeda-affiliated groups taking power, and to this day, the country lies in complete ruins.
When the Gaddafi regime fell, it was then al-Qaeda-affiliated leaders such as the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (1) commander, Abdulhakim Belhadj—a man with a long history of ties to terrorist groups in Afghanistan, Libya and other places—who formed the nucleus of Western-backed Libyan leaders which follow the same ideology as al-Qaradawi, the spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Within a few years, Belhadj allegedly became one of Africa’s richest men with a worth of more than USD 19 billion. And in 2015, Belhadj —John McCain’s good friend—was reportedly the leader of ISIS in Libya.
The Western and UN backed government in Tripoli is to this day controlled by the same driving forces.
This phenomenon may overall illustrate a fragment of one of the greatest scandals of our time: the Western media is synchronised with al-Qaeda-affiliates’ and Sunni extremist groups’ perception of who is “evil” and who is “good” in the Middle East. Our media chronically reflect the Islamist world view on the driving forces in the region.
We are working against the moderate, secular ruling powers in the region and are working together with the Islamic extremists.