Word: tripoli
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Prince Saud was even more incensed when Libyan Strongman Muammar Gaddafi, issuing a statement in Tripoli, denounced Sadat as a traitor and added that "the real cause" behind Sadat's behavior was "the hypocrites and chameleons who nurture treachery and finance it." That sounded like an attack on the Saudis, who are giving at least $1.5 billion a year in aid to prop up Egypt...
...army were "prepared to fight to the last man because they were not prepared to become slaves of Tanzania." Analysts believe that the burly dictator is still in Kampala; earlier, there had been speculation that the Libyans had flown Uganda's President-for-Life to safety in Tripoli, where Amin is said to have sent members of his family some weeks ago. There were also rumors that Amin had fled to Arua, a town in northwest Uganda that had been prepared as a last redoubt...
...mystery began when the Imam and two aides flew from Beirut to Tripoli, ostensibly to attend ceremonies commemorating the 1969 coup that brought Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi to power. But the Imam was not to be seen at festivities in the Libyan capital. Instead, it was announced that he and his party were departing for Italy the day before the scheduled celebrations. Although he was booked on an Alitalia flight to Rome, the crew, when questioned later, did not remember the highly visible Imam-who is more than 6 ft. tall, bearded, and wears the imposing robes of an Islamic...
...promptly accused Gaddafi of having imprisoned or murdered the Imam because the Libyan viewed him as a rival to his own ambitions as spiritual leader of the Muslim world. The embarrassed Libyans quickly sent a team to Rome that claimed to have documentary proof that the Imam had left Tripoli on schedule. The Palestine Liberation Organization, which feeds on Libyan oil money and also backs the Muslims in their struggle against Lebanon's Christians, dispatched its own investigators to Tripoli. They reportedly turned up the Imam's baggage, abandoned in a hotel. Italian police, after combing hotels, boardinghouses...
...battles. Boasting about their "victories over the Syrian occupation," the Phalangists last month attacked the resort village of Ehden, killing Franjieh's son Tony, his wife and daughter and 30 other people in a bold attempt to seize control of a sector of Lebanon near the seaport of Tripoli that had traditionally been dominated by the former President...