This is the beginning of a series of posts remembering the Libyan Conflict.
It has been a long time since I have posted here. It seems life has a way of taking over. We watched as the end of the Libyan conflict was broadcast on TV. We saw the images of Ghadafi as he was first shown alive and then was shown dead. Will the story of what really happened on that day of October 20, 2011, just eight months after the start of the Libyan conflict. As I reflect back over those eight months, I find they were days filled with fear, fear that we would receive news of the death of our family, fear that Ghadafi had managed to come out on top yet again, fear that things would deteriorate to the point of complete disaster for the Libyan people. Alhamdulillah things did not turn for the worse.
The people of Libya had a long and hard road to reach the point where Ghadafi was gone and his family on the run. The World Court had issued warrants for the arrest of Ghadafi, his son Saif and Ghadifi's brother-in-law Abdullah Sanussi on June 27th 2011. The United Nations earlier on March 17th, 2011 issued a mandate for a no fly zone. It was not a unanimous decision but with Russia, China, India, Germany and Brazil abstaining instead of vetoing the vote, the UN This allowed for the Libyan people to fight the battle on the ground. The cost of the war in Libya for the Libyan people is still being measured in the cost of lives with estimates of twenty to thirty thousand killed during the eight month conflict. Libyan officials declared Sunday October 23, 2011 as the official end of the war but much still needs to be done.
For anyone who has been affected by the Libyan Conflict especially those in Libya, I am putting together documentation of the conflict from a personal perspective and would like to have others share their stories.
It has been a long time since I have posted here. It seems life has a way of taking over. We watched as the end of the Libyan conflict was broadcast on TV. We saw the images of Ghadafi as he was first shown alive and then was shown dead. Will the story of what really happened on that day of October 20, 2011, just eight months after the start of the Libyan conflict. As I reflect back over those eight months, I find they were days filled with fear, fear that we would receive news of the death of our family, fear that Ghadafi had managed to come out on top yet again, fear that things would deteriorate to the point of complete disaster for the Libyan people. Alhamdulillah things did not turn for the worse.
The people of Libya had a long and hard road to reach the point where Ghadafi was gone and his family on the run. The World Court had issued warrants for the arrest of Ghadafi, his son Saif and Ghadifi's brother-in-law Abdullah Sanussi on June 27th 2011. The United Nations earlier on March 17th, 2011 issued a mandate for a no fly zone. It was not a unanimous decision but with Russia, China, India, Germany and Brazil abstaining instead of vetoing the vote, the UN This allowed for the Libyan people to fight the battle on the ground. The cost of the war in Libya for the Libyan people is still being measured in the cost of lives with estimates of twenty to thirty thousand killed during the eight month conflict. Libyan officials declared Sunday October 23, 2011 as the official end of the war but much still needs to be done.
For anyone who has been affected by the Libyan Conflict especially those in Libya, I am putting together documentation of the conflict from a personal perspective and would like to have others share their stories.
