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Behind the determination of the marchers lay the shaken hopes of Libyan Leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, who demands a Libya-Egypt merger in the cause of Arab unity. Until a few weeks ago, Gaddafi saw himself assuming the late Gamal Abdel Nasser's mantle as the leader in the Arab fight against Israel. But Egyptian misgivings about the plan hardened during the Koran-thumping Gaddafi's bizarre visit to Cairo (TIME, July...
...hear Libya's Colonel Muammar Gaddafi tell it, 'twould be a marriage made in heaven. If only Egypt-poor, overpopulated and beleaguered by an aggressive Israel-would agree to a complete merger with oil-rich, underpopulated Libya, the two countries could at last fulfill their Arab destiny. Gaddafi, 31, ruggedly handsome and undeniably charismatic, says that he would even settle into a back seat and let Egypt's President Anwar Sadat, 54, run the show as President of the new state...
...really tough issues, however, unanimity rapidly dissolved. Potentially the most divisive was a demand by Libya's Muammar Gaddafi for an all-out condemnation of Israel, and a break in relations by every O.A.U. state. Ethiopia and 26 Black African countries maintain diplomatic ties with Israel; Libya, the O.A.U.'s five other Arab members and seven Black African nations are violently anti-Israeli. Gaddafi has been campaigning recently to have O.A.U. headquarters shifted to Cairo from Addis Ababa, which he maintains "is the capital of Zionism in Africa." The plan was referred to a study committee-a typical...
With these ringing phrases, Libyan Strongman Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, 31, last April unleashed what he calls a "People's Revolution." Designed to expand his military dictatorship into a nationwide grass-roots movement, it so far has spawned more than 400 "people's committees" in villages, towns, factories and schools-and more are being formed daily. TIME Correspondent Wilton Wynn visited Libya and cabled this assessment of Gaddafi's most recent efforts to transform his oil-rich but backward nation...
...shock waves through the world petroleum industry, Libya stands second to none. Libyans have already helped lead the ten other members of OPEC, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, in doubling per-barrel prices over the past three years. In the past two years, Libya's President, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, has nationalized British Petroleum's operations and negotiated a 50% share in Italian oil holdings; earlier this year, he asked for the same 50% stake in an American-dominated oil group. Last week Gaddafi shocked Western oilmen with his biggest demand yet: "100% control" of three mostly American...