As you may have heard, the effects of the recent events in Tunisia and Egypt   
   continue to reverberate throughout the lands of the Middle East. In a recent   
   post, I mentioned the trouble brewing in Iran, Bahrain and Yemen. The mass   
   media is now reporting that an overnight disturbance occurred in the eastern   
   Libyan town of Benghazi, when protestors, who were demanding the release of   
   a human rights activist, clashed with the Libyan police and pro-government   
   supporters. News reports indicate that as many as five or six hundred   
   protestors were involved in the clash, but that apparently, no one was   
   killed as a result of the incident. Benghazi has been a trouble spot in   
   Libya for years now.   
      
   Similar to Egypt, Libya has been ruled by a military dictator since   
   September of 1969 when 27-year-old Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi led a   
   bloodless coup d'etat against the monarchy of then-leader, King Idris, who   
   was away in Turkey for medical treatment.   
      
   Colonel Gaddafi has been a very controversial figure from the start, due to   
   his connection to state-sponsored terrorism, his support of pan-Arab   
   socialism, his hatred of the West, his anti-Israel stance, his support of   
   the Taliban, his support of recently-deposed Tunisian president, Zine El   
   Abidine Ben Ali, etc. He is eccentric, and seemingly an egomaniac.   
      
   For many years now, Gaddafi has been a strong advocate for African unity,   
   and since the early 1970's, he has made a number of unsuccessful attempts to   
   unite African nations in a so-called "Unites States of Africa", with himself   
   as the obvious head-of-state. Furthermore, since 2008, Gaddafi has   
   proclaimed himself "King of Kings of Africa". Other titles he has embraced   
   include "leader of the Arab leaders" and "imam of the Muslims". In 2009, he   
   also served as the head of the African Union for a one-year term.   
      
   In a further demonstration of his contempt for the "powers of the north", in   
   September of 2009, while attending a South America-Africa summit on Isla   
   Margarita in Venezuela, which was hosted by Venezuelan president Hugo   
   Chavez, Colonel Gaddafi proposed the establishment of a South Atlantic   
   Treaty Organization -- or SATO -- to rival the North Atlantic Treaty   
   Organization, or NATO. Gaddafi reportedly stated "The world's powers want to   
   continue to hold on to their power. Now we have to fight to build our own   
   power."   
      
   Considering that Muammar al-Gaddafi has been in power for over forty years   
   now, and views himself with such high esteem, similar to Hosni Mubarak of   
   Egypt, it is highly unlikely that he will easily or willingly let go of his   
   grasp on power in Libya. While outwardly he may not immediately appear to be   
   as ruthless or violent as Hosni Mubarak, it should be understood that one   
   does not remain in power for so long a time by playing nice. In short, it is   
   my view that for the immediate future at least, Libya will not become the   
   scene of nationwide protests, such as we have seen occur in Egypt. Libya's   
   day of liberation is not at hand. I think Muammar al-Gaddafi -- the   
   so-called "King of Kings" -- will make sure of that.   
      
      
      
      
   Jeff Snyder, SysOp - Armageddon BBS  Visit us at endtimeprophecy.org port 23   
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