Goukouni could not at the time renounce Libyan military support, necessary for dealing with Habré's FAN, which was supported by Egypt and Sudan and funded through Egypt by the US Central Intelligence Agency. If you wish to use copyrighted material for purposes other than "fair use" you must request permission from the Despite Gaddafi's declaration that all Libyan forces had been withdrawn, the next day Mitterrand admitted that this was not true. [74][76], Gaddafi was ready now for an offensive. [92] While this build-up took place, significant elements of the GUNT passed over to the Habré government, as part of the latter's policy of accommodation. Two governments are vying for control of Libya. [20], The exact terms by which Libya gained Aouzou remain partly obscure, and are debated. When in March, at a new round of OAU-sponsored talks held in the People's Republic of Congo, Goukouni failed to appear, many suspected the hand of Libya. The original source of this article is Global Research. [104], This in turn endangered Libyan control over the Aouzou Strip, and Aouzou fell in August to the FANT, only to be repelled by an overwhelming Libyan counter-offensive and the French refusal to provide air cover to the Chadians. Turkey did not take kindly to the announcement, accusing the EU of displaying "a protective approach towards terrorist elements" in Syria and saying it would "seriously reconsider our cooperation with the EU on certain areas due to its unlawful and biased stance." CALM appears to be returning to Libya following a knock-down-drag-out violence, which has almost brought the North African country to its knees. The decisive offensive began in June, when a 3,000-strong GUNT force invaded Faya-Largeau, the main government stronghold in the North, which fell on 25 June. On June 11, 1940, six days after the British evacuation at Dunkirk, France, Italy declared war on Britain and France. The latter course was promoted by France and most African states, while the Reagan Administration saw a resumption of the conflict as the best chance to unseat Gaddafi. As the coup was partly motivated by opposition to Tombalbaye's appeasement of Libya, Gaddafi considered it a menace to his influence and resumed supplying the FROLINAT. [69], The GUNT forces made a last stand at Massaguet, 80 kilometres (50 mi) north of capital, but were defeated by the FAN on 5 June after a hard battle. Chad disagrees as supposed to a treaty in 1955 made between Libya and France. When the unification was accomplished, and Gaddafi pressed again for the adoption of The Green Book, the dissensions in the Revolution's Council became manifest, with many proclaiming their loyalty to the movement's original platform approved in 1966 when Ibrahim Abatcha was made first secretary-general, while others, including Acyl, fully embraced the Colonel's ideas. The city was then used as an assembly point for tanks, artillery and armored vehicles that moved south against the capital of N'Djamena. Against the Libyan army the Chadian commander Hassan Djamous conducted a series of swift pincer movements, enveloping the Libyan positions and crushing them with sudden attacks from all sides. 12-23). The Libyan force, numbering between 7,000 and 9,000 men of regular units and the paramilitary Pan-African Islamic Legion, 60 tanks, and other armored vehicles, had been ferried across 1,100 kilometers of desert from Libya's southern border, partly by airlift and tank transporters and partly under its own power. The FROLINAT was divided between Arabs, like Acyl, and Toubous, like Goukouni and Habré. Gaddafi suffered also a diplomatic setback from the OAU, that at the meeting held in June officially recognized Habré's government and asked for all foreign troops to leave Chad. Why did Benito Mussolini invade Ethiopia? The Libyans were to be replaced by an OAU Inter-African Force (IAF). In barely six weeks, he conquered southern Chad, destroying the FAT, Kamougué's militia; Kamougué's hopes for Libyan help failed to materialize. Already in 1977, after Oueddei first offensives, Malloum had asked for a French military return in Chad, but President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing was at first reluctant to commit himself before the 1978 legislative elections; also, France was afraid of damaging its profitable commercial and diplomatic relations with Libya. [78], Since the day after the fall of the town, Faya-Largeau was subjected to a sustained air bombardment, using Su-22 and Mirage F-1s from the Aouzou air base, along with Tu-22 bombers from Sabha. [79], This was to prove a tactical blunder, as the new Libyan intervention had alarmed France. [35], Malloum's reaction to the Goukouni–Gaddafi offensive was to sever diplomatic relations with Libya on 6 February and bring before the UN Security Council the issue of Libyan involvement. Oueddei took full control of the Tibesti with this attack after Bardaï, besieged since 22 June, surrendered on 4 July, while Zouar was evacuated. These trucks gave the name "Toyota War" to the last phase of the conflict. As of this juncture, it is beneficial to quote Prof. Garikai Chengu: “Under Gaddafi’s rule, Libyans enjoyed not only free health-care and free education, but also free electricity and interest-free loans. [27] Malloum also decided he needed new allies; he negotiated a formal alliance with Habré, the Khartoum Accord, in September. We are making such material available to our readers under the provisions of "fair use" in an effort to advance a better understanding of political, economic and social issues. [52] Despite the presence of Habré, the new composition of the GUNT had enough pro-Libyans to satisfy Gaddafi. [70][71], After occupying the capital, Habré consolidated power by occupying the rest of the country. The French troops were to leave Chad and be replaced by a multinational African peace force. Regarding the Aouzou Strip, however, Déby followed his predecessor, declaring that if necessary he would fight to keep the strip out of Libya's hands. Is it again for oil? On 17 March, Habré brought the conflict before the UN, asking for an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council to consider Libya's "aggression and occupation" of Chadian territory. Prior to US military involvement and regime changes effected to these countries, they were the most modern and secular states in the Middle East and North Africa (See: Global Research, www.globalresearch.ca/libya-from-africas-richest-state-under-gaddafi-to-failed-state). In October, Chadian Foreign Minister Baba Hassan denounced Libya's "expansionist ideas" at the United Nations. A: no oil in Syria Therefore, it is neither Libya nor the Middle Eastern countries, but it is the US corporatist military weapon producing mafia cliques that will truly benefit from this Arab Spring and destructive so-called “War on Terror” that US is presently waging against the Middle East and the Third World countries. However, the rapid deterioration of the situation in Chad resolved the President on 20 February 1978 to start Opération Tacaud, which by April brought 2,500 troops to Chad to secure the capital from the rebels. Of key importance in these battles was the complete air superiority the French could count on, as the Libyan Air Force pilots refused to fight them. And yet America has never lifted a finger to intervene in this barbaric, anarchic and chaotic affair which it has caused upon Libya in the first place! The city, defended by 5,000 Chadian soldiers, fell on 18 February after sharp fighting to a force of 2,500 rebels, supported by possibly as many as 4,000 Libyan troops. o Libya invades a useless parcel of land (Aouzou Strip) in the 1970’s and claims the territory as its own. [16], On the day of the failed coup, Tombalbaye cut all diplomatic relations with Libya and Egypt, and invited all Libyan opposition groups to base themselves in Chad, and started laying claims to Fezzan on the grounds of "historical rights". [14], Though initially wary of the FROLINAT, Gaddafi had come to see by 1970 the organization as useful to his needs. The FROLINAT admitted defeat and fled north, having lost 2,000 men and left the "ultramodern equipment" they carried on the ground. [91], In this period, Gaddafi expanded his control over northern Chad, building new roads and erecting a major new airbase, Ouadi Doum, meant to better support air and ground operations beyond the Aouzou Strip. The latter group soon renamed itself People's Armed Forces (FAP). § Libya says that treaty is invalid because of coercion and the inhabitants of the region identified as Libyan. [57][81], A lull ensued, during which November talks sponsored by the OAU failed to conciliate the opposing Chadian factions. And at whose expense? Update: "We haven't invaded Libya." A chronology of key events in Libya's history, from the 7th century BC to the present day. [109][110][111], Chadian-Libyan relations further improved when Libyan-supported Idriss Déby unseated Habré on 2 December. On the same day as the fall of Faya, French Foreign Minister Claude Cheysson warned Libya that France would "not remain indifferent" to a new Libyan involvement in Chad, and on 11 July the French government accused again Libya of direct military support to the rebels. According to Prof. Michel Chossudovsky, the Arab Spring—of which Libya was one of its tragic casualties—is actually not about initiating democracy in the Middle East, but it is all about petro-business and war-business. [20][22], The rapprochement was not to last long, as on 13 April 1975 a coup d'état removed Tombalbaye and replaced him with General Félix Malloum. The attempt backfired, as Goukouni reacted by expelling all Libyan military advisors present in Chad, and started searching for a compromise with France. This attack ultimately backfired, causing the prompt reaction of Habré, who sent 2,000 FANT soldiers to link with the GUNT forces. Professor Henry Francis B. Espiritu is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Asian Studies at the University of the Philippines, Cebu City. However, he did not order French troops back to Chad. [94][95][96], The defeats suffered in February and March accelerated the disintegration of the GUNT. In this post-Gaddafi Libya, the anarchic and lawless militias are wrecking havoc in different parts of the country—each fighting each other for supremacy. a. Ethiopia had attacked the Italian colony in Libya d. To avenge the Italian defeat to take over Ethiopia in the 1890s c. To provoke the US into joining the war d. For the impending fight, Goukouni could count on 3,000–4,000 men taken from several militias, later merged in an Armée Nationale de Libération (ANL) under the command of a Southerner, Negue Djogo. [90], During the period between 1984 and 1986, in which no major clash took place, Habré greatly strengthened his position thanks to staunch US support and Libya's failure to respect the Franco-Libyan 1984 agreement. What did US hegemony achieve when it wrecked havoc on Libya by ousting Khadafy? The treaty gave Libya a free hand in Chad, legitimising its presence in that country; the treaty's first article committed the two countries to mutual defence, and a threat against one constituted a threat against the other. [37], The decisive battle took place at Ati, a town 430 kilometres northeast of N'Djamena. The accord also contained a condition dear to Libya: the termination of all French military presence in Chad. The so-called “Arab Spring” and the “US War on Terror” are all about US Hegemony, US/NATO Interventionism, Middle East-Central Asian Pipelines and the Military Industrial Complex from the start to finish; and this US interventionism is never about democracy, never about freedom nor for the so-called “just war”. 65-91). The rest of the country was conquered, with the exception of the Tibesti. BENGHAZI (Sputnik) - The Libyan army repulsed an attack by militants from Chad in Libya’s southwest on Friday, a spokesman of the 73rd infantry brigade of the main command of the Libyan National Army, Gen. Mounzer Khartoush, told Sputnik. NATO interventionism and US Hegemony has totally wrecked Libya and Libya as one of the recent casualty of the so-called “Arab Spring” turned out as hell-hole of internecine, civil, regional and tribal wars instead of establishing “democracy” in Libyan soil. These military pretexts for invasion are all done for the selfish interest of US Hegemony. When the colonel seized power in 1969, few women went to university. This alarmed Goukouni, and he signed, on 15 June, a Treaty of Friendship with Libya. Through this action, the French made clear that they no longer felt committed to keep south of the Red Line, and were ready to act whenever they found it necessary. Unless Libya is now a rogue state which does not abide by international quorum and launches an invasion. Under severe pressure from France, Sudan and Zaire,[36] Malloum was forced to sign the Benghazi Accord, which recognized the FROLINAT and agreed on a new ceasefire, on 27 March. It is now in complete political anarchy, with a destroyed economy and a war torn society. The war's roots began during the Chadian Civil War, when the Muslim National Liberation Front of Chad (FROLINAT) began its war against President François Tombalbaye, who was supported by the Chadian Armed Forces (FAT). There will be no-one to stop them any more," he warned on March 6 in an interview with the French newspaper Journal du Dimanche. In the same month, Goukouni was arrested by the Libyans, while his troops rebelled against Gaddafi, dislodging the Libyans from all their positions in the Tibesti, and on 24 October went over to Habré. The regime’s last remnants fell three days later. The conflict stemmed from a deterioration in relations that had occurred between the two states after Egyptian President Anwar Sadat had rebuffed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's entreaties to unify their countries and had pursued a peace settlement with Israel in the … [98][99], While militarily Habré was only partly successful in his attempt to evict the Libyans from the Tibesti (the Libyans would fully leave the region in March, when a series of defeats in the north-east had made the area untenable), the campaign was a great strategic breakthrough for the FANT, as it transformed a civil war into a national war against a foreign invader, stimulating a sense of national unity that had never been seen before in Chad. Idris was deposed in a coup d'etat on September 1st, 1969 that brought Muammar Gaddafi to power. Gaddafi claimed the Aouzou Strip in northern Chad. In the light of Habré's offensive, the OAU requested that the GUNT open reconciliation talks with Habré, a demand that was angrily refused by Goukouni;[67] later he was to say: "The OAU has deceived us. These forces created considerable annoyance in the GUNT by supporting Acyl's faction in its disputes with the other militias, including the clashes held in late April with Goukouni's FAP. [45][47][49], The fighting with Libya, the imposition by Nigeria of an economic boycott, and international pressure led to a new international peace conference in Lagos in August, to which all eleven factions present in Chad participated. Instead, the militants reversed their retreat and went back on the offensive. [10][36], Against Oueddei stood freshly arrived French forces. Stop lying to the international community and remove your soldiers from Chad. These ethnic divisions also reflected a different attitude towards Gaddafi and his Green Book. The Libyan–Egyptian War or the Four Day War was a short border war between Libya and Egypt that lasted from 21 to 24 July 1977. [31] The stillborn accord was for Gaddafi nothing more than a strategy to strengthen his protégé Oueddei; it also weakened considerably Malloum's prestige among southern Chadians, who saw his concessions as a proof of his weak leadership. Libyan troops were stationed in various points of northern and central Chad, in numbers that had reached about 14,000 troops by January–February 1981. [52], In response to the increasing international pressure, Goukouni stated that Libyan forces were in Chad by government request, and that international mediators should accept the decision of Chad's legitimate government. With the support of Soviet bloc nations, particularly East Germany, he trained and armed the insurgents, and provided them with weapons and funding. The USA has been scheming for over four decades to topple Gaddafi because he never allowed US and the First World countries allied by US to dictate on the Libyan oil policy program. There can be no quick fix for a Libya caught between a loose-cannon despot and an opportunistic Western intervention. Habré crushed Goukouni's forces and started a vast counteroffensive that enabled him to retake in rapid succession Abéché, Biltine, Fada and, on 30 July, Faya-Largeau, threatening to attack the Tibesti and the Aouzou Strip. Armed with these weapons, the FAP attacked in June the Chadian Armed Forces' (FAT) strongholds of Bardaï and Zouar in Tibesti and of Ounianga Kébir in Borkou. 70–71, N. 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For the first time with the active participation of Libyan ground units, Goukouni's FAP unleashed the Ibrahim Abatcha offensive on 29 January 1978 against the last outposts held by the government in northern Chad: Faya-Largeau, Fada and Ounianga Kébir. This may have been due to Gaddafi's desire that the conflict be read as a Chadian internal affair. because … This led to a de facto division of the country, with Libya maintaining control of all the territory north of the Red Line. It is all about creating a situation where the Trans-Central Asian Afghan and Middle East Pipelines are easily facilitated throughout the whole breadth and length of the Middle East to the Caspian Sea up till Central Asia. 2 2. [55][58], On 6 January 1981, a joint communiqué was issued in Tripoli by Gaddafi and Goukouni that Libya and Chad had decided "to work to achieve full unity between the two countries". The court's judgement was implemented without delay, the two parties signing an agreement as early as 4 April concerning the practical modalities for the implementation of the judgement. The Chadian government appealed for French help. I wouldn't because I am one person and could do nothing against an army:) Watch your grammar, it should be "Should (country) invade Libya. The offensive started successfully, expelling the GUNT from its key strongholds, also through the use of napalm. Forced to accede to a ceasefire, the defeat ended his expansionist projects toward Chad and his dreams of African and Arab dominance. Relying on Libyan armor and air power, Goukouni's forces conquered a small FAT garrison and turned towards N'Djamena. He wanted to attack Syria for the same reason. [13] Libya's king Idris I felt compelled to support the FROLINAT because of long-standing strong links between the two sides of the Chad–Libya border. Now thanks to NATO’s intervention, the health-care sector is on the verge of collapse as thousands of Filipino health workers flee the country, institutions of higher education across the East of the country are shut down, and blackouts are a common occurrence in once thriving Tripoli.” (See: Global Research, www.globalresearch.ca/libya-from-africas-richest-state-under-gaddafi-to-failed-state). One of the first laws Gaddafi passed in 1970 was an equal pay for equal work law (See: Global Research, www.globalresearch.ca/libya-from-africas-richest-state-under-gaddafi-to-failed-state). [51], Clashes in the capital between Habré's FAN and pro-Libyan groups became progressively more serious. Now that they have gone, the organization has abandoned us while imposing on us a negotiated settlement with Hissein Habre". [40][41], The reasons for the clash between Gaddafi and Goukouni were both ethnic and political. The GUNT force rapidly proceeded towards Koro Toro, Oum Chalouba, and Abéché, assuming control of the main routes towards N'Djamena. why do you think we're in so many wars? [84][85][86], To put an end to the deadlock, Gaddafi proposed on 30 April a mutual withdrawal of both the French and Libyan forces in Chad. Libya's King Idris I supported the FROLINAT by providing sanctuary to rebel forces and giving the rebels non-lethal supplies. [97], To reestablish their supply lines and retake the towns of Bardaï, Zouar and Wour, the Libyans sent a task-force of 2,000 troops with T-62 tanks and heavy support by the Libyan Air Force into the Tibesti. The Kano Accord was signed on 16 March by all those present, and Malloum resigned, replaced by a Council of State under the chairmanship of Goukouni. Before the peace-keeping force was fully deployed, Habré had already taken advantage of Libya's withdrawal, and made massive inroads in eastern Chad, including the important city of Abéché, that fell on 19 November. Another was Libya's difficult situation in Chad where, without some popular and international acceptance for Libyan presence, it would have been difficult to take the concrete risk of causing a war with Egypt and Sudan, with US support. Become Member of On 16 February, to send a clear message to Gaddafi, the French Air Force bombed Libya's Ouadi Doum airbase. During the battle, the French garrison stood passively by, even helping Habré in certain circumstances, as when they demanded that the Chadian Air Force stop its bombings. By continuing to use this site you agree to the use of cookies. Libya is in the state of civil war showing the inevitability of what Hobbes called “the ugly, brutish, nasty and chaotic state of nature” characterizing political anarchy. Ethiopian leader Mengistu's attempt at the beginning of 1984 was also unsuccessful. To put a halt to these and reunite the GUNT, a major offensive was launched on the Red Line with the goal of taking N'Djamena. Gaddafi's blunder would eventually bring about his defeat, with the rebellion against him of the GUNT and a new French expedition in 1986. The existence of a secret agreement between Tombalbaye and Gaddafi was revealed only in 1988, when the Libyan President exhibited an alleged copy of a letter in which Tombalbaye recognizes Libyan claims. It is always at the expense of the lives, limbs and properties of the oppressed and exploited peoples of the Middle East and the Third World! We invaded Libya because Dave wanted his own little war to get his name in the history books. Gaddafi initially intended to annex the Aouzou Strip, the northernmost part of Chad, which he claimed as part of Libya on the grounds of an unratified treaty of the colonial period. [9] In 1972 his goals became, in the evaluation of historian Mario Azevedo, the creation of a client state in Libya's "underbelly", an Islamic republic modelled after his jamahiriya, that would maintain close ties with Libya, and secure his control over the Aouzou Strip; expulsion of the French from the region; and use of Chad as a base to expand his influence in Central Africa. The greatly diminished Chadian army left the capital in the rebels' hands and reorganized itself in the south under the leadership of Wadel Abdelkader Kamougué. These suspicions caused the defection from the GUNT of its vice president, Kamougué, followed by the First Army and the piecemeal FROLINAT Originel. Britain and Italy were now at war in the Mediterranean. France reacted to this breach of the Red Line by launching the first significant air counter-attack, bringing new troops into Chad and unilaterally raising the defensive line to the 16th parallel. Libya disintegrated as rival militias feuded for power, and ISIS seized the opportunity to establish a franchise operation. The Centre for Research on Globalization will not be responsible for any inaccurate or incorrect statement in this article. A minor incident escalated on 12 February 1979 into heavy fighting between Habré and Malloum's forces, and the battle intensified on 19 February when Goukouni's men entered in the capital to fight alongside Habré. In May Libyan officials initiate secret negotiations with U.S. and British officials to dismantle Libya’s nuclear and chemical weapons programs. FANT marched north to confront the GUNT and the Libyans, who he met south of Abéché. When this became evident, it embarrassed the French and caused recriminations between the French and Chadian governments. [64][65], The first IAF component to arrive in Chad were the Zairean paratroopers; they were followed by Nigerian and Senegalese forces, bringing the IAF to 3,275 men. [46] A few weeks later, the same factions formed the Transitional Government of National Unity (GUNT), kept together to a considerable extent by the common desire to see Libya out of Chad. On the night of 27 August, Ahmat Acyl, leader of the Volcan Army, attacked Faya-Largeau with the support of Libyan troops in what was apparently an attempt by Gaddafi to remove Goukouni from the leadership of the FROLINAT, replacing him with Acyl. The GUNT was saved for the moment by the IAF, the only credible military force confronting Habré, which prevented the FAN from taking Ati.[66]. Prof. Garikai Chengu a scholar of Middle East affairs at Harvard University wrote: “In 1967, Colonel Gaddafi inherited one of the poorest nations in Africa; however, by the time he was assassinated, Gaddafi had turned Libya into Africa’s wealthiest nation. [31][32], The decisive confrontation between the Libyan-FAP forces and the Chadian regular forces took place at Faya-Largeau, the capital of the BET. [2] Next to fall was Oum Hadjer in early January 1982, only 160 kilometres (99 mi) from Ati, the last major town before the capital. Thousands of people from Libya will invade Europe. [84] The accord was at first hailed by the media as proof of Mitterrand's diplomatic skill and a decisive progress towards the solution of the Chadian crisis;[87] it also demonstrated Mitterrand's intent of following a foreign policy independent from both the US and the Chadian government regarding Libya and Chad. Libya agrees to abandon its weapons-of-mass-destruction programs in December. Also Mitterrand reacted forcefully, ordering a mission which parachuted fuel, food, ammunition and anti-tank missiles to the rebels, and also infiltrated military personnel. (See: Global Research, www.globalresearch.ca/libya-from-africas-richest-state-under-gaddafi-to-failed-state). (See: Global Research, www.globalresearch.ca/libya-from-africas-richest-state-under-gaddafi-to-failed-state). 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