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9th October 2003, 09:49
TRIPOLI, LIBYA – For the past two weeks the streets of Libya's capital have been strung with banners celebrating the 34th anniversary of the Sept. 1 coup that brought Col. Muammar Qaddafi to power.
"Congratulations on 34 years and here's to another 34," reads a banner in Green Square - the concrete expanse where crowds gather to hear Colonel Qaddafi's famous hours-long speeches.
Continued... http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0912/p06s01-wogi.html
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They are the key steps in a wider Libyan strategy to modernize and diversify the economy - now dependent on a faltering oil sector - and reintegrate it into the global market. Central to the plan is the privatization of government-owned institutions.
Translation: Libya finally accepts capitalism. Another state caves in to U.S. pressure.
"The picture is very gloomy," says Yousef Sawani, a British-trained professor of political science. "Unless you give in to the US and its interests.... Well, consider Iraq."
"Congratulations on 34 years and here's to another 34," reads a banner in Green Square - the concrete expanse where crowds gather to hear Colonel Qaddafi's famous hours-long speeches.
Continued... http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0912/p06s01-wogi.html
Key quotes:
They are the key steps in a wider Libyan strategy to modernize and diversify the economy - now dependent on a faltering oil sector - and reintegrate it into the global market. Central to the plan is the privatization of government-owned institutions.
Translation: Libya finally accepts capitalism. Another state caves in to U.S. pressure.
"The picture is very gloomy," says Yousef Sawani, a British-trained professor of political science. "Unless you give in to the US and its interests.... Well, consider Iraq."