Idris of Libya person
also: Idris, I-D-R-I-S of Libya, the king, Prince Idris
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Claims (6)
Idris of Libya funded
United States host_asserted
“The late 1950s, he decided that he was going to accept a whole bunch of Western aid, primarily from the United States, in exchange for allowing the United States to put military bases in Libya. Now, interesting, funny story.…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Libya @ 15:29
Idris of Libya member_of
OPEC host_asserted
“people in the international syndicate started basically dictating to the Libyan government and the king how things were going to go down. The king makes the decision in 1962 that he's going to join OPEC, and there becomes more and more cont…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Libya @ 17:54
Muammar Gaddafi overthrew
Idris of Libya host_asserted
“So fast forward a year, he goes out of the country to Turkey for medical treatment. And while he's gone, Omar Gaddafi overthrows the government. Now, the king ends up in exile in Egypt. And depending on what account you read, the internatio…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Libya @ 19:23
CIA overthrew
Idris of Libya host_asserted
“that basically articulate that we couped, we being the West, couped Libya at least twice. Once when the king decided to nationalize the petroleum industry. And a second time when Gaddafi got a little too big for his britches on the same iss…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Libya @ 52:50
Idris of Libya founded
NNG Petroleum Company host_asserted
“by the king inside of Libya. So it was just shortly, okay, so in 1969, he goes to, so let me back up. In 1968, he makes the decision, the king does, that they are going to federalize the…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Libya @ 18:24
CIA targeted_for_regime_change
Idris of Libya speculative
“So fast forward a year, he goes out of the country to Turkey for medical treatment. And while he's gone, Omar Gaddafi overthrows the government. Now, the king ends up in exile in Egypt. And depending on what account you read, the internatio…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Libya @ 19:23
Mentions (13)
▶ 8:20
And I'll explain that. So not that there wasn't royalty per se in Libya, but the way in which it came about in Libya, it's just a crazy story. So we're going to start there. And the name of the guy is Idris.…
▶ 8:48
I-D-R-I-S of Libya. He was born in 1890. He became a Libyan political and religious leader who became, was designated King of Libya in 1951. So obviously that's post-World War II. And he basically...…
▶ 9:17
was the king of Libya from 1951 until 1963. And in 63 is when they had their first coup. And we'll get to that in just a second. I did want to go over just a little bit about the history of Libya so that you can kind of get your head around…
▶ 12:10
after World War II, because, you know, like they're in charge now, they decided that it was going to be an independent country. And as a result of that, that's where the king came in and he basically got crowned into being in 1951 after Wor…
▶ 13:07
when we're trying to focus on Operation Gladio. But there's some dynamics that you need to understand. For example, the king, during his reign from 1951 until he was deposed, he was in charge of a very mixed population. There were…
▶ 15:29
The late 1950s, he decided that he was going to accept a whole bunch of Western aid, primarily from the United States, in exchange for allowing the United States to put military bases in Libya. Now, interesting, funny story.…
▶ 17:54
people in the international syndicate started basically dictating to the Libyan government and the king how things were going to go down. The king makes the decision in 1962 that he's going to join OPEC, and there becomes more and more cont…
▶ 18:24
by the king inside of Libya. So it was just shortly, okay, so in 1969, he goes to, so let me back up. In 1968, he makes the decision, the king does, that they are going to federalize the…
▶ 19:23
So fast forward a year, he goes out of the country to Turkey for medical treatment. And while he's gone, Omar Gaddafi overthrows the government. Now, the king ends up in exile in Egypt. And depending on what account you read, the internatio…
▶ 52:50
that basically articulate that we couped, we being the West, couped Libya at least twice. Once when the king decided to nationalize the petroleum industry. And a second time when Gaddafi got a little too big for his britches on the same iss…
▶ 1:11:21
became readily apparent, and I agree with you 100%. The regime change back from the king to Omar Gaddafi happened within a year of him saying that all of the concessions for oil were going to be renegotiated with a national entity that he h…
▶ 51:55
Congress says no, because they found out about it. And then he goes, okay, I'll get rid of them. Just give me back my money. In March of 1991, about 400 of the refugees went on to Kenya. Though the Libyan government in exile in Rome, Prince…
▶ 52:34
Kenya suddenly received $5 million from Bush, though the aid to that country had been denied on human rights grounds prior to that. But hey, if you're going to give a home to our trained terrorists, we're good. Yeah. The supposed government…