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Africa / Libya

How Labour secretly put Libyan dissidents under house arrest at Gaddafi’s behest following Blair’s ‘deal in the desert’

Published in The Mail on Sunday (September 11th, 2011) Labour used controversial control orders to put Libyan dissidents in Britain under house arrest – at the behest of […]

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Africa / Libya

Devastating secret files reveal Labour lies over Gaddafi

Published in The Mail on Sunday (September 4th, 2011) The startling extent to which Labour misled the world over the controversial release of the Lockerbie bomber is exposed […]

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Africa / Libya

Inside Gaddafi’s torture chamber: The bloodstained cells inside a former primary school used to brutalise his enemies

Published in The Mail on Sunday (August 27th, 2011) The secret door in the corner of the nondescript office swung open and I was ushered through. The walls were […]

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Africa / Libya / Politics

Cameron’s battle with the desert despot may define him

Published in The Mail on Sunday (March 20th, 2011) It is hard to think of two more different people – the urbane British Prime Minister born into privilege […]

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Africa / Libya

Bloggers warn of lynchings and Gaddafi’s deserted by his blonde Ukranian nurse

Published in The Mail on Sunday (February 27th, 2011) Muammar Gaddafi has survived many threats in his time. But now the people he has terrorised for so long […]

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Africa / Libya

We can’t let ourselves be scarred by Iraq

Published in The Guardian (February 24th, 2011) It gets worse and worse. Muammar Gaddafi has declared war on his people and the streets of Libya are flowing with […]

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Africa / Libya

A deal struck with tyranny

Published in The Daily Telegraph (February 21st, 2011) As I stood on a hilltop overlooking al-Bayda less than a fortnight ago, the prosperity of the city was plain […]

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Africa / Libya

‘Mad dog’ Gaddafi won’t go without a fight

Published in The Times (February 17th, 2011) So is it really possible that the next regime to fall in this astonishing winter of protests could be the mad […]

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Africa / Libya

Now even Mad Dog Gaddafi faces a Day of Rage

Published in The Mail on Sunday (February 15th, 2011) I was sitting in a smart address in the middle of Tripoli, drinking coffee and discussing the momentous events […]

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Africa / Libya

Warning: it is dangerous to get too close to Gaddafi

Published in The Independent (August 26th, 2009) Amid the fading grandeur of Tripoli sits one of the world’s best museums, offering a glimpse into Libya’s astonishing heritage. Alongside […]

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Africa / Libya

These poor unfortunates are pawns in a game of power politics

Published in The Independent (April 1st, 2009) Michael was sitting in the shade of a building site with about 20 fellow Nigerians, watching life go by in a […]

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Africa / Libya / Travel

Libya: From desert to oasis

Published in The Independent (December 8th, 2007) Ali took a hunk of camel meat and carefully chopped it into tiny cubes before throwing it into a pan. Then […]

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Ian Birrell is an award-winning columnist, foreign correspondent, feature writer and investigative journalist. He is contributing editor of The Mail on Sunday, a weekly columnist in The i Paper and writes frequently for other papers and platforms. He is also co-founder with Damon Albarn of Africa Express, the acclaimed collaborative music project. (Pictured: Talking to refugees in Iraq fleeing Islamic State)... Read More.

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