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. Instead, the militants reversed their retreat and went back on the offensive. Chad disagrees as supposed to a treaty in 1955 made between Libya and France. [52] Despite the presence of Habré, the new composition of the GUNT had enough pro-Libyans to satisfy Gaddafi. Gaddafi withdrew official support to the FROLINAT and forced its leader Abba Siddick to move his headquarters from Tripoli to Algiers. because … Likewise, socialist Libya under the leadership of Gaddafi was a great supporter of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) which detested foreign interventionism of superpowers in the affairs of the Third World countries. [37], The decisive battle took place at Ati, a town 430 kilometres northeast of N'Djamena. French President François Mitterrand showed himself receptive to the offer, and on 17 September the two leaders publicly announced that the mutual withdrawal would start on 25 September, and be completed by 10 November. 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. [106][107], While there were many violations of the ceasefire, the incidents were relatively minor. i mean, they have civil war, it's their own problem, what does the us have to do with this? 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). This led to a de facto division of the country, with Libya maintaining control of all the territory north of the Red Line. To preserve relations with Chad's former colonial master and current protector, France, Idris limited himself to granting the rebels sanctuary in Libyan territory and to providing only non-lethal supplies. The following year, on 31 August 1989, Chadian and Libyan representatives met in Algiers to negotiate the Framework Agreement on the Peaceful Settlement of the Territorial Dispute, by which Gaddafi agreed to discuss with Habré the Aouzou Strip and to bring the issue to the ICJ for a binding ruling if bilateral talks failed. Libya answered by threatening to impose an oil embargo, while France threatened to react if Libya attacked another bordering country. [115], Given the French intervention on behalf of Chad and U.S. supply of satellite intelligence to FANT during the battle of Maaten al-Sarra, Gaddafi blamed Libya's defeat on French and U.S. "aggression against Libya". [63][64], Libya's prompt retreat took many observers by surprise. The rest of the country was conquered, with the exception of the Tibesti. The garrison was relieved by the arrival of a Chadian task force supported by armor and, more importantly, of the French Foreign Legion and the 3rd Regiment of Marine Infantry. [86][93][94], Most important was French reaction to the attack. The fresh Libyan forces amounted to 11,000 mostly regular troops, and eighty combat aircraft participated in the offensive; however, the Libyans maintained their traditional role of providing fire support, and occasional tank charges, for the assaults of the GUNT, which could count on 3,000–4,000 men on this occasion. There were also attempts to Libyanize the local population, which made many conclude that "unification" for Libya meant Arabization and the imposition of Libyan political culture, in particular of The Green Book. The attack, started on 10 February 1986, involved 5,000 Libyan and 5,000 GUNT troops, and concentrated on the FANT outposts of Kouba Olanga, Kalait and Oum Chalouba. [42], In N'Djamena, the simultaneous presence of two armies—Prime Minister Habré's FAN and President Malloum's FAT—set the stage for the battle of N'Djamena, which was to bring about the collapse of the State and the ascent to power of the Northern elite. Gaddafi claimed the Aouzou Strip in northern Chad. § Libya says that treaty is invalid because of coercion and the inhabitants of the region identified as Libyan. This attack ultimately backfired, causing the prompt reaction of Habré, who sent 2,000 FANT soldiers to link with the GUNT forces. Instead, Gaddafi misread France's withdrawal as a willingness to accept Libya's military presence in Chad and the de facto annexation of the whole BET Prefecture by Libya, an action that was certain to meet the opposition of all Chadian factions and of the OAU and UN. Why did Benito Mussolini invade Ethiopia? For a treatment of earlier periods and of the country in its regional context, see North Africa. The attacks were successful, and Oueddei and the Libyans assumed control of the BET Prefecture. 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]. lol are you stupid? Habré's hostility for Libya's influence in Chad united itself with his ambition and ruthlessness: observers concluded that the warlord would never be content with anything short of the highest office. A new accord was signed on 21 August, under which a new GUNT was to be formed, open to all factions. 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. when we know that Col. Gadaffi was a completly rational leader and inspirational humanitarian who was internationally admired. [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. [89], According to Nolutshungu, the 1984 bilateral Franco-Libyan agreement may have provided Gaddafi with an excellent opportunity to find an exit from the Chadian quagmire, while bolstering his international prestige and giving him an opportunity to force Habré into accepting a peace accord which would have included Libya's proxies. [12], Libyan involvement with Chad can be said to have started in 1968, during the Chadian Civil War, when the insurgent Muslim National Liberation Front of Chad (FROLINAT) extended its guerrilla war against the Christian President François Tombalbaye to the northerly Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Prefecture (BET). The two nations saw in Habré, with his good Muslim and anti-colonialialist credentials, the only chance to thwart Gaddafi's plans. In ten days, the clashes between the FAN and Goukouni's FAP, which both had 1,000–1,500 troops in the city, caused thousands of casualties and the flight of about half the capital's population. 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. 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. However, a major response came only after 25 June, when the ultimatum of Chad's neighbors for the formation of a new, more inclusive coalition government expired. 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. As of the present, the anarchic and chaotic mini-tribal regimes ruling in every province in Libya are bent on subordinating women and denying them their rights. Libya's King Idris I supported the FROLINAT by providing sanctuary to rebel forces and giving the rebels non-lethal supplies. Why does Russia protect Syria? Britain and Italy were now at war in the Mediterranean. 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! [62][63][64], Amid fighting in October between Gaddafi's Islamic Legionnaires and Goukouni's troops, and rumors that Acyl was planning a coup d'état to assume the leadership of the GUNT, Goukouni demanded on 29 October the complete and unequivocal withdrawal of Libyan forces from Chadian territory, which, beginning with the capital, was to be completed by 31 December. The US did not invade Libya. When Germany invaded France in June 1940, however, Benito Mussolini could not resist the opportunity to grab his share of the spoils. Despite Gaddafi's declaration that all Libyan forces had been withdrawn, the next day Mitterrand admitted that this was not true. He also brought in considerable reinforcements in 1985, raising Libyan forces in the country to 7,000 troops, 300 tanks and 60 combat aircraft. 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. [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". 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. The pattern of the war delineated itself in 1978, with the Libyans providing armour, artillery and air support and their Chadian allies the infantry, which assumed the bulk of the scouting and fighting. Relying on Libyan armor and air power, Goukouni's forces conquered a small FAT garrison and turned towards N'Djamena. Feleke Gedle-Giorgis Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia The Government of Ethiopia strongly condemns the invasion of Chad by Libyan Armed Forces. 70–71, N. 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[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. However, it had lost the key support of its Chadian allies, who had generally provided reconnaissance and acted as assault infantry. [40][41], The reasons for the clash between Gaddafi and Goukouni were both ethnic and political. Forced to accede to a ceasefire, the defeat ended his expansionist projects toward Chad and his dreams of African and Arab dominance. it's pretty obvious that the us sent some people there to create chaos in order to find an excuse for invading libya. The rival administration in the country's east is allied with warlord General Khalifa Haftar, who commands the so-called Libyan National Army (LNA). [74], Feeling that a complete destruction of the GUNT would be an intolerable blow for his prestige, and fearing that Habré would provide support for all opposition to Gaddafi, the Colonel called for a Libyan intervention in force, as his Chadian allies could not secure a definitive victory without Libyan armor and airpower. In a meeting held in May, Goukouni became more accommodating, declaring that while Libyan withdrawal was not a priority, he would accept the decisions of the OAU. [81], While France respected the deadline, the Libyans limited themselves to retiring some forces, while maintaining at least 3,000 men stationed in Northern Chad. One of the first laws Gaddafi passed in 1970 was an equal pay for equal work law (See: Global Research. But one thing is very clear, from the point of political praxis, he endeavored to apply what he understood of socialism and most importantly of feminism, by way of State policies, in his public gestures, examples in his private life, and in his governmental projects. [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 June 11, 1940, six days after the British evacuation at Dunkirk, France, Italy declared war on Britain and France. Libya - Libya - History: This discussion focuses on Libya since the 18th century. Eventually, on October 20, 2011, the rebels found Qaddafi, tortured him, and then summarily executed him. The agreement called for the creation of a joint Libya–Niger military committee tasked with implementation; through this committee, Chad legitimized Libyan intervention in its territory. When the colonel seized power in 1969, few women went to university. By 16 March, when the first international peace conference took place, an estimated 2,000–5,000 people had been killed and 60,000–70,000 forced to flee. [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 majority, willing to accept an alliance with Gaddafi, was commanded by Goukouni Oueddei. 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. Noah. Why did the USA invade Syria and why did Russia have to interfere? On 22 March 1980, a minor incident, as in 1979, triggered the second battle of N'Djamena. [43], An international peace conference was held in Kano in Nigeria, in which Chad's bordering states participated along with Malloum, Habré, and Goukouni. But the damage had been done, and the joint communiqué badly weakened Goukouni's prestige as a nationalist and a statesman. 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. [68], In May 1982, the FAN started a final offensive, passing unhindered by the peacekeepers in Ati and Mongo. Thanks to US interventionism, Libya from a progressive secularist and relatively economically well-off socialist country in North Africa has now become like the proverbial piece of cake to be cruelly subdivided by extremist terrorists, unruly tribes and rogue armed bandits—each militias of these armed sectors are presently wrecking havoc to the entire breadth and length of Libya, continuing their looting, raping, pillage and murder of civilians. (See: Global Research, www.globalresearch.ca/libya-from-africas-richest-state-under-gaddafi-to-failed-state). What followed was the Toyota War, in which the Libyan forces were routed and expelled from Chad, putting an end to the conflict. Without them the Libyan garrisons resembled isolated and vulnerable islands in the Chadian desert. [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. [55][56], Beginning in October, Libyan troops, led by Khalifa Haftar and Ahmed Oun, airlifted to the Aouzou Strip operated in conjunction with Goukouni's forces to reoccupy Faya. The offensive started successfully, expelling the GUNT from its key strongholds, also through the use of napalm. With the support of Soviet bloc nations, particularly East Germany, he trained and armed the insurgents, and provided them with weapons and funding. [27] Malloum also decided he needed new allies; he negotiated a formal alliance with Habré, the Khartoum Accord, in September. GlobalResearch Center for Research on Globalization. The late Col. Muammar Gaddafi, hailed as the “Great Leader” by the Libyan people during his incumbency, was murdered by Chad, Somali and Sudanese mercenaries in collusion with NATO and US invading forces on October 19, 2011. [94][95][96], The defeats suffered in February and March accelerated the disintegration of the GUNT. [53], From the start, Habré isolated himself from the other members of the GUNT, which he treated with disdain. Gaddafi had not renounced the goals he had set for Chad, but he had to find a new Chadian leader, as Goukouni had proved himself unreliable. 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. Idris was deposed in a coup d'etat on September 1st, 1969 that brought Muammar Gaddafi to power. 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. (See: Global Research, www.globalresearch.ca/libya-from-africas-richest-state-under-gaddafi-to-failed-state). Gaddafi, by not subscribing to international lending institutions’ capitalistic financing and onerous loan programs, did not allow the IMF-WB to wreck havoc in the economy of the country. Gaddafi’s Libya, two years before he was ousted and assassinated was considered as one of Africa’s most affluent countries. But Acyl died on 19 July, replaced by Acheikh ibn Oumar, and the CDR was antagonized by Habré's eagerness to unify the country, which led him to overrun the CDR's domains. [73], Therefore, it was with Libyan support that Goukouni reassembled the GUNT, creating in October a National Peace Government in the Tibesti town of Bardaï and claiming itself the legitimate government by the terms of the Lagos Accord. The regime’s last remnants fell three days later. In May 1988, the Libyan leader declared he would recognize Habré as the legitimate president of Chad "as a gift to Africa"; this led on 3 October to the resumption of full diplomatic relations between the two countries. A civil administration was set up, attached to Kufra, and Libyan citizenship was extended to the few thousand inhabitants of the area. Libya after the NATO invasion. www.globalresearch.ca contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. The city was then used as an assembly point for tanks, artillery and armored vehicles that moved south against the capital of N'Djamena. [34] Oueddei used these victories to strengthen his position in the FROLINAT: during a Libyan-sponsored congress held in March in Faya-Largeau, the insurgency's main factions reunited themselves and nominated Oueddei as the secretary-general. 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. The threat posed by the Libyan regime’s military and paramilitary forces to civilian-populated areas was diminished by NATO airstrikes and rebel ground movements within the first 10 days. [74][75], Before Gaddafi could throw his full weight behind Goukouni, Habré attacked the GUNT in the Tibesti, but was repelled both in December 1982 and in January 1983. 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 two governments immediately started complex diplomatic manoeuvres to bring world opinion on their side in case, as was widely expected, the conflict was resumed. [31], Malloum and Gaddafi restored diplomatic relations on 24 February in Sabha, Libya, where an international peace conference was held which included as mediators Niger's President, Seyni Kountché, and Sudan's Vice-President, Abu al-Gasim Mohamed Ibrahim. [57][70][74], The international community, in particular France and the US, reacted adversely to the Libyan-backed offensive. The so-called “Islamist” Jemaa-Islamiyya and ISIS forces are busy carving out their own respective territories in the once secular and progressive socialist Libya. However, the two sides were also careful to leave the door open for a peaceful solution. [68] Goukouni, increasingly angered with the IAF's refusal to fight Habré, made an attempt to restore his relations with Libya, and reached Tripoli on 23 May. Stop lying to the international community and remove your soldiers from Chad. Italy did remain neutral when Germany invaded Poland in September 1939. His email address is [email protected], Comment on Global Research Articles on our Facebook page, Disclaimer: The contents of this article are of sole responsibility of the author(s). 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. These suspicions caused the defection from the GUNT of its vice president, Kamougué, followed by the First Army and the piecemeal FROLINAT Originel. [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. From that moment, Libyan maps represented the area as part of Libya. 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. The accord was also opposed by all GUNT ministers present with Goukouni at Tripoli, with the exception of Acyl. [24][25] Ounianga was attacked on 20 June, but was saved by the French military advisors present there. The accord also contained a condition dear to Libya: the termination of all French military presence in Chad. [57][79], The GUNT-Libyan alliance invested on 10 August the Faya-Largeau oasis, where Habré had entrenched himself with about 5,000 troops. Gaddafi's blunder would eventually bring about his defeat, with the rebellion against him of the GUNT and a new French expedition in 1986. [116], R. Buijtenhuijs, "Le FROLINAT à l'épreuve du pouvoir", p. 19, R. Buijtenhuijs, "Le FROLINAT à l'épreuve du pouvoir", p. 18, R. Buijtenhuijs, "Le FROLINAT à l'épreuve du pouvoir", p. 21, J. de Léspinôis, "L'emploi de la force aeriénne au Tchad", pp. Libya had the highest GDP per capita and life expectancy on the African continent. These ethnic divisions also reflected a different attitude towards Gaddafi and his Green Book. 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. [50] The new GUNT took office in November, with Goukouni President, Kamougué Vice-President, Habré Defence Minister[51] and Acyl Foreign Minister. Mengistu's failure was followed on 24 January by a GUNT attack, supported by heavy Libyan armor, on the FANT outpost of Ziguey, a move mainly meant to persuade France and the African states to reopen negotiations. Gaddafi halted the advance of Oueddei because of pressure from France, then an important supplier of Libya's weapons. Habré escaped with the remnants of his army to the capital, without being pursued by the Libyans. The Centre for Research on Globalization will not be responsible for any inaccurate or incorrect statement in this article. 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). 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. 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. [88] On 16 November, Mitterrand met with Gaddafi on Crete, under the auspices of the Greek prime minister Papandreou. Monitored by international observers, the withdrawal of Libyan troops from the Strip began on 15 April and was completed by 10 May. 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. 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. [9] The conflict was marked by a series of four separate Libyan interventions in Chad, taking place in 1978, 1979, 1980–1981 and 1983–1987. [79][81][82][83], The French government then defined a limit (the so-called Red Line), along the 15th parallel, extending from Mao to Abéché, and warned that they would not tolerate any incursion south of this line by Libyan or GUNT forces. 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. [61], Relations between Goukouni and Gaddafi started deteriorating. 12-23). Global Research The following months saw the clashes intensify in the North, while talks, including visits in March between Tripoli and N'Djamena, broke down. After a year of inconclusive talks, the sides submitted the dispute to the ICJ in September 1990. [108], Steadily, relations among the two countries improved, with Gaddafi giving signs that he wanted to normalize relations with the Chadian government, to the point of recognizing that the war had been an error. The GUNT force rapidly proceeded towards Koro Toro, Oum Chalouba, and Abéché, assuming control of the main routes towards N'Djamena. [52][59], Most observers believe that the reasons behind Goukouni's accepting the accord may be found in a mix of threats, intense pressure and the financial help promised by Gaddafi. [93], These desertions alarmed Gaddafi, as the GUNT provided a cover of legitimacy to Libya's presence in Chad. 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