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09 April 2025 - 10 minutes read
Article by Matteo Martire
Who assassinated Gaddafi — and why they needed you to believe it was justice.
Oil, Arms, and the Price of Sovereignty
Muammar Gaddafi wasn’t toppled because he was a dictator.
He was toppled because he stopped playing the game.By 2011, Libya had Africa’s largest oil reserves and a leader with no debt to the IMF, a plan for a gold-backed African currency, and contracts with China and Russia that upset Western dominance.
After Gaddafi renounced WMDs in 2003, Western oil giants rushed in:
Royal Dutch Shell signed a £550 million gas deal in 2004, days after Blair’s visit (source).
BP inked a $900 million exploration agreement in 2007 (source).
ENI (Italy) and Total (France) already held massive stakes.
But when Gaddafi began demanding more favorable terms, hinting at pushing out Western firms and launching his pan-African dinar, confidence eroded.
A leaked French intel memo (from Hillary Clinton’s emails) revealed Sarkozy’s real motives for war: access to oil, consolidating military influence, countering Gaddafi’s pan-African ambitions, and “reasserting French power” in Africa (source).Weapons for Peace, Profits from War
The intervention wasn’t just about oil.
The first week of NATO bombing saw 162 U.S. Tomahawk missiles fired, each costing $1–1.5 million. That’s $200M+ in a week — most of it straight to Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, and BAE Systems (source).
These same arms companies:
Sponsor think tanks like the Atlantic Council and CSIS
Influence foreign policy via former defense officials on boards
Funnel millions into lobbying and media partnerships
The Libya war became a business opportunity, not only to expend inventory, but to open a future client market in a post-Gaddafi regime.
Media: The First Weapon Fired
But war needs more than missiles.
It needs a story.Western media — backed by the same investors who profit from oil and defense — pushed the narrative:
“Mass rape campaigns.” UN Ambassador Susan Rice claimed Gaddafi was giving soldiers Viagra to rape civilians — without evidence.
“Imminent genocide in Benghazi.” The reason for the no-fly zone — later shown to be grossly exaggerated (source).
These lies weren’t just mistakes. They were tools — calculated to flip public sentiment and sell war to a skeptical population.
Even “liberal” media and humanitarian groups joined in.
Once the justification was established, airstrikes were branded humanitarian — a PR masterpiece.The Ownership Web
Here’s the catch:
All these sectors — oil, weapons, and media — are owned by the same institutional investors:CompanyTop ShareholdersBP, Shell, TotalBlackRock, Vanguard, State StreetLockheed, RaytheonBlackRock, VanguardFox, MSNBC, CNNBlackRock, Vanguard, Comcast
BlackRock and Vanguard are not governments. They’re not armies.
But they hold massive voting power in boardrooms — and their core motive is profit.
They don’t pick sides. They profit on both sides.When you realize this, the picture becomes clear:
It’s not one conspiracy. It’s structural alignment.Think Tanks, Lobbyists, and “Experts”
Think tanks like the Atlantic Council, Chatham House, and the Council on Foreign Relations pushed the Libya narrative hard — funded by:
Defense contractors
Gulf monarchies (Qatar, UAE)
Oil companies
Their experts flooded media panels.
Their papers shaped policy briefs.
Their employees rotated into government.Meanwhile, the Libyan rebels hired U.S. lobbying firms to gain recognition — including the Livingston Group, whose founder was a former congressman.
This wasn’t a revolution. It was a rebranding of regime change.
Timeline: Libya’s Road to Destruction (2003–2012)
2003 – Gaddafi abandons WMD program. Sanctions lifted.
2004–2009 – Major Western oil firms return: Shell, BP, ENI, Total.
2010 – Gaddafi threatens to nationalize oil. Talks of African gold currency spread.
Feb 2011 – Protests begin. NATO & media rapidly support “rebels.”
Mar 2011 – UN approves military intervention. NATO begins bombing.
Oct 2011 – Gaddafi is captured, brutalized, and executed on camera.
2012 – Oil companies re-enter Libya. Foreign influence resumes. Libya descends into chaos.
Conclusion: The Strategy Was Never Hidden — Just Dressed Up
Gaddafi’s crime wasn’t dictatorship. It was defiance:
Rejecting the IMF
Threatening the dollar system
Empowering Africa
What followed was not liberation. It was liquidation.
Libya today remains fractured, its people displaced, its sovereignty auctioned off.And most of us watched it unfold, told it was for peace.
The Path Forward
This story leaves you with too many names and no single villain.
Presidents change. CEOs rotate. But the machine moves on — powered by investors, framed by media, shielded by narrative.We all saw it.
We were meant to see it — to feel justice had been done.
But it wasn’t justice. It was execution.And the weapon wasn’t just a drone.
It was the story they sold you.
Who assassinated Gaddafi — and why they needed you to believe it was justice.
Oil, Arms, and the Price of Sovereignty
Muammar Gaddafi wasn’t toppled because he was a dictator.
He was toppled because he stopped playing the game.By 2011, Libya had Africa’s largest oil reserves and a leader with no debt to the IMF, a plan for a gold-backed African currency, and contracts with China and Russia that upset Western dominance.
After Gaddafi renounced WMDs in 2003, Western oil giants rushed in:
Royal Dutch Shell signed a £550 million gas deal in 2004, days after Blair’s visit (source).
BP inked a $900 million exploration agreement in 2007 (source).
ENI (Italy) and Total (France) already held massive stakes.
But when Gaddafi began demanding more favorable terms, hinting at pushing out Western firms and launching his pan-African dinar, confidence eroded.
A leaked French intel memo (from Hillary Clinton’s emails) revealed Sarkozy’s real motives for war: access to oil, consolidating military influence, countering Gaddafi’s pan-African ambitions, and “reasserting French power” in Africa (source).Weapons for Peace, Profits from War
The intervention wasn’t just about oil.
The first week of NATO bombing saw 162 U.S. Tomahawk missiles fired, each costing $1–1.5 million. That’s $200M+ in a week — most of it straight to Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, and BAE Systems (source).
These same arms companies:
Sponsor think tanks like the Atlantic Council and CSIS
Influence foreign policy via former defense officials on boards
Funnel millions into lobbying and media partnerships
The Libya war became a business opportunity, not only to expend inventory, but to open a future client market in a post-Gaddafi regime.
Media: The First Weapon Fired
But war needs more than missiles.
It needs a story.Western media — backed by the same investors who profit from oil and defense — pushed the narrative:
“Mass rape campaigns.” UN Ambassador Susan Rice claimed Gaddafi was giving soldiers Viagra to rape civilians — without evidence.
“Imminent genocide in Benghazi.” The reason for the no-fly zone — later shown to be grossly exaggerated (source).
These lies weren’t just mistakes. They were tools — calculated to flip public sentiment and sell war to a skeptical population.
Even “liberal” media and humanitarian groups joined in.
Once the justification was established, airstrikes were branded humanitarian — a PR masterpiece.The Ownership Web
Here’s the catch:
All these sectors — oil, weapons, and media — are owned by the same institutional investors:CompanyTop ShareholdersBP, Shell, TotalBlackRock, Vanguard, State StreetLockheed, RaytheonBlackRock, VanguardFox, MSNBC, CNNBlackRock, Vanguard, Comcast
BlackRock and Vanguard are not governments. They’re not armies.
But they hold massive voting power in boardrooms — and their core motive is profit.
They don’t pick sides. They profit on both sides.When you realize this, the picture becomes clear:
It’s not one conspiracy. It’s structural alignment.Think Tanks, Lobbyists, and “Experts”
Think tanks like the Atlantic Council, Chatham House, and the Council on Foreign Relations pushed the Libya narrative hard — funded by:
Defense contractors
Gulf monarchies (Qatar, UAE)
Oil companies
Their experts flooded media panels.
Their papers shaped policy briefs.
Their employees rotated into government.Meanwhile, the Libyan rebels hired U.S. lobbying firms to gain recognition — including the Livingston Group, whose founder was a former congressman.
This wasn’t a revolution. It was a rebranding of regime change.
Timeline: Libya’s Road to Destruction (2003–2012)
2003 – Gaddafi abandons WMD program. Sanctions lifted.
2004–2009 – Major Western oil firms return: Shell, BP, ENI, Total.
2010 – Gaddafi threatens to nationalize oil. Talks of African gold currency spread.
Feb 2011 – Protests begin. NATO & media rapidly support “rebels.”
Mar 2011 – UN approves military intervention. NATO begins bombing.
Oct 2011 – Gaddafi is captured, brutalized, and executed on camera.
2012 – Oil companies re-enter Libya. Foreign influence resumes. Libya descends into chaos.
Conclusion: The Strategy Was Never Hidden — Just Dressed Up
Gaddafi’s crime wasn’t dictatorship. It was defiance:
Rejecting the IMF
Threatening the dollar system
Empowering Africa
What followed was not liberation. It was liquidation.
Libya today remains fractured, its people displaced, its sovereignty auctioned off.And most of us watched it unfold, told it was for peace.
The Path Forward
This story leaves you with too many names and no single villain.
Presidents change. CEOs rotate. But the machine moves on — powered by investors, framed by media, shielded by narrative.We all saw it.
We were meant to see it — to feel justice had been done.
But it wasn’t justice. It was execution.And the weapon wasn’t just a drone.
It was the story they sold you.Who killed Gaddafi — and why they needed you to believe it was justice.
Oil, Arms, and the Price of Sovereignty
Muammar Gaddafi wasn’t toppled because he was a dictator.
He was toppled because he stopped playing the game.By 2011, Libya had Africa’s largest oil reserves and a leader with no debt to the IMF, a plan for a gold-backed African currency, and contracts with China and Russia that upset Western dominance.
After Gaddafi renounced WMDs in 2003, Western oil giants rushed in:
Royal Dutch Shell signed a £550 million gas deal in 2004, days after Blair’s visit (source).
BP inked a $900 million exploration agreement in 2007 (source).
ENI (Italy) and Total (France) already held massive stakes.
But when Gaddafi began demanding more favorable terms, hinting at pushing out Western firms and launching his pan-African dinar, confidence eroded.
A leaked French intel memo (from Hillary Clinton’s emails) revealed Sarkozy’s real motives for war: access to oil, consolidating military influence, countering Gaddafi’s pan-African ambitions, and “reasserting French power” in Africa (source).Weapons for Peace, Profits from War
The intervention wasn’t just about oil.
The first week of NATO bombing saw 162 U.S. Tomahawk missiles fired, each costing $1–1.5 million. That’s $200M+ in a week — most of it straight to Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, and BAE Systems (source).
These same arms companies:
Sponsor think tanks like the Atlantic Council and CSIS
Influence foreign policy via former defense officials on boards
Funnel millions into lobbying and media partnerships
The Libya war became a business opportunity, not only to expend inventory, but to open a future client market in a post-Gaddafi regime.
Media: The First Weapon Fired
But war needs more than missiles.
It needs a story.Western media — backed by the same investors who profit from oil and defense — pushed the narrative:
“Mass rape campaigns.” UN Ambassador Susan Rice claimed Gaddafi was giving soldiers Viagra to rape civilians — without evidence.
“Imminent genocide in Benghazi.” The reason for the no-fly zone — later shown to be grossly exaggerated (source).
These lies weren’t just mistakes. They were tools — calculated to flip public sentiment and sell war to a skeptical population.
Even “liberal” media and humanitarian groups joined in.
Once the justification was established, airstrikes were branded humanitarian — a PR masterpiece.The Ownership Web
Here’s the catch:
All these sectors — oil, weapons, and media — are owned by the same institutional investors:CompanyTop ShareholdersBP, Shell, TotalBlackRock, Vanguard, State StreetLockheed, RaytheonBlackRock, VanguardFox, MSNBC, CNNBlackRock, Vanguard, Comcast
BlackRock and Vanguard are not governments. They’re not armies.
But they hold massive voting power in boardrooms — and their core motive is profit.
They don’t pick sides. They profit on both sides.When you realize this, the picture becomes clear:
It’s not one conspiracy. It’s structural alignment.Think Tanks, Lobbyists, and “Experts”
Think tanks like the Atlantic Council, Chatham House, and the Council on Foreign Relations pushed the Libya narrative hard — funded by:
Defense contractors
Gulf monarchies (Qatar, UAE)
Oil companies
Their experts flooded media panels.
Their papers shaped policy briefs.
Their employees rotated into government.Meanwhile, the Libyan rebels hired U.S. lobbying firms to gain recognition — including the Livingston Group, whose founder was a former congressman.
This wasn’t a revolution. It was a rebranding of regime change.
Timeline: Libya’s Road to Destruction (2003–2012)
2003 – Gaddafi abandons WMD program. Sanctions lifted.
2004–2009 – Major Western oil firms return: Shell, BP, ENI, Total.
2010 – Gaddafi threatens to nationalize oil. Talks of African gold currency spread.
Feb 2011 – Protests begin. NATO & media rapidly support “rebels.”
Mar 2011 – UN approves military intervention. NATO begins bombing.
Oct 2011 – Gaddafi is captured, brutalized, and executed on camera.
2012 – Oil companies re-enter Libya. Foreign influence resumes. Libya descends into chaos.
Conclusion: The Strategy Was Never Hidden — Just Dressed Up
Gaddafi’s crime wasn’t dictatorship. It was defiance:
Rejecting the IMF
Threatening the dollar system
Empowering Africa
What followed was not liberation. It was liquidation.
Libya today remains fractured, its people displaced, its sovereignty auctioned off.And most of us watched it unfold, told it was for peace.
The Path Forward
This story leaves you with too many names and no single villain.
Presidents change. CEOs rotate. But the machine moves on — powered by investors, framed by media, shielded by narrative.We all saw it.
We were meant to see it — to feel justice had been done.
But it wasn’t justice. It was execution.And the weapon wasn’t just a drone.
It was the story they sold you.
Who assassinated Gaddafi — and why they needed you to believe it was justice.
Oil, Arms, and the Price of Sovereignty
Muammar Gaddafi wasn’t toppled because he was a dictator.
He was toppled because he stopped playing the game.By 2011, Libya had Africa’s largest oil reserves and a leader with no debt to the IMF, a plan for a gold-backed African currency, and contracts with China and Russia that upset Western dominance.
After Gaddafi renounced WMDs in 2003, Western oil giants rushed in:
Royal Dutch Shell signed a £550 million gas deal in 2004, days after Blair’s visit (source).
BP inked a $900 million exploration agreement in 2007 (source).
ENI (Italy) and Total (France) already held massive stakes.
But when Gaddafi began demanding more favorable terms, hinting at pushing out Western firms and launching his pan-African dinar, confidence eroded.
A leaked French intel memo (from Hillary Clinton’s emails) revealed Sarkozy’s real motives for war: access to oil, consolidating military influence, countering Gaddafi’s pan-African ambitions, and “reasserting French power” in Africa (source).Weapons for Peace, Profits from War
The intervention wasn’t just about oil.
The first week of NATO bombing saw 162 U.S. Tomahawk missiles fired, each costing $1–1.5 million. That’s $200M+ in a week — most of it straight to Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, and BAE Systems (source).
These same arms companies:
Sponsor think tanks like the Atlantic Council and CSIS
Influence foreign policy via former defense officials on boards
Funnel millions into lobbying and media partnerships
The Libya war became a business opportunity, not only to expend inventory, but to open a future client market in a post-Gaddafi regime.
Media: The First Weapon Fired
But war needs more than missiles.
It needs a story.Western media — backed by the same investors who profit from oil and defense — pushed the narrative:
“Mass rape campaigns.” UN Ambassador Susan Rice claimed Gaddafi was giving soldiers Viagra to rape civilians — without evidence.
“Imminent genocide in Benghazi.” The reason for the no-fly zone — later shown to be grossly exaggerated (source).
These lies weren’t just mistakes. They were tools — calculated to flip public sentiment and sell war to a skeptical population.
Even “liberal” media and humanitarian groups joined in.
Once the justification was established, airstrikes were branded humanitarian — a PR masterpiece.The Ownership Web
Here’s the catch:
All these sectors — oil, weapons, and media — are owned by the same institutional investors:CompanyTop ShareholdersBP, Shell, TotalBlackRock, Vanguard, State StreetLockheed, RaytheonBlackRock, VanguardFox, MSNBC, CNNBlackRock, Vanguard, Comcast
BlackRock and Vanguard are not governments. They’re not armies.
But they hold massive voting power in boardrooms — and their core motive is profit.
They don’t pick sides. They profit on both sides.When you realize this, the picture becomes clear:
It’s not one conspiracy. It’s structural alignment.Think Tanks, Lobbyists, and “Experts”
Think tanks like the Atlantic Council, Chatham House, and the Council on Foreign Relations pushed the Libya narrative hard — funded by:
Defense contractors
Gulf monarchies (Qatar, UAE)
Oil companies
Their experts flooded media panels.
Their papers shaped policy briefs.
Their employees rotated into government.Meanwhile, the Libyan rebels hired U.S. lobbying firms to gain recognition — including the Livingston Group, whose founder was a former congressman.
This wasn’t a revolution. It was a rebranding of regime change.
Timeline: Libya’s Road to Destruction (2003–2012)
2003 – Gaddafi abandons WMD program. Sanctions lifted.
2004–2009 – Major Western oil firms return: Shell, BP, ENI, Total.
2010 – Gaddafi threatens to nationalize oil. Talks of African gold currency spread.
Feb 2011 – Protests begin. NATO & media rapidly support “rebels.”
Mar 2011 – UN approves military intervention. NATO begins bombing.
Oct 2011 – Gaddafi is captured, brutalized, and executed on camera.
2012 – Oil companies re-enter Libya. Foreign influence resumes. Libya descends into chaos.
Conclusion: The Strategy Was Never Hidden — Just Dressed Up
Gaddafi’s crime wasn’t dictatorship. It was defiance:
Rejecting the IMF
Threatening the dollar system
Empowering Africa
What followed was not liberation. It was liquidation.
Libya today remains fractured, its people displaced, its sovereignty auctioned off.And most of us watched it unfold, told it was for peace.
The Path Forward
This story leaves you with too many names and no single villain.
Presidents change. CEOs rotate. But the machine moves on — powered by investors, framed by media, shielded by narrative.We all saw it.
We were meant to see it — to feel justice had been done.
But it wasn’t justice. It was execution.And the weapon wasn’t just a drone.
It was the story they sold you.
🧠 So here’s the act of resistance:
Assume you can't believe any media — especially when it tells you who to fear.
Don’t support any war. Not with your mind. Not with your voice.
Defend only when attacked. Don’t attack with opinions you didn’t write.
The machine depends on your consent.
Withdraw it.Empires fire with lies.
Don't pull the trigger for them.
🧠 So here’s the act of resistance:
Assume you can't believe any media — especially when it tells you who to fear.
Don’t support any war. Not with your mind. Not with your voice.
Defend only when attacked. Don’t attack with opinions you didn’t write.
The machine depends on your consent.
Withdraw it.Empires fire with lies.
Don't pull the trigger for them.
🧠 So here’s the act of resistance:
Assume you can't believe any media — especially when it tells you who to fear.
Don’t support any war. Not with your mind. Not with your voice.
Defend only when attacked. Don’t attack with opinions you didn’t write.
The machine depends on your consent.
Withdraw it.Empires fire with lies.
Don't pull the trigger for them.
Want to join, contribute to our methods or verify a report?
Wield truth with us, in the fight for equality.
This project is open to contributors, collaborators, whistleblowers, and observers.
If you're a researcher, journalist, designer, or simply someone who refuses to believe the official story — there’s a place for you here.We’re not asking for your CV.
We’re asking for your eyes, your honesty, and your refusal to look away.
Want to join, contribute to our methods or verify a report?
Wield truth with us, in the fight for equality.
This project is open to contributors, collaborators, whistleblowers, and observers.
If you're a researcher, journalist, designer, or simply someone who refuses to believe the official story — there’s a place for you here.We’re not asking for your CV.
We’re asking for your eyes, your honesty, and your refusal to look away.
Wield truth with us, in the fight for equality.
This project is open to contributors, collaborators, whistleblowers, and observers.
If you're a researcher, journalist, designer, or simply someone who refuses to believe the official story — there’s a place for you here.We’re not asking for your CV.
We’re asking for your eyes, your honesty, and your refusal to look away.
