re: #41 Obdicut

Is there an ethnic or religious divide between the ruling elite and the common citizens, as there was in Iraq?

Ghaddafi was inclined to eliminate the Berbers as a separate ethnic group.

Like most people in the Nefusa Mountains, Sifao is a Berber. He said Berbers in Libya have faced years of persecution under Gaddafi.

“He never allowed us to speak our language, he never allowed us to speak freely in the media or anywhere. He doesn’t allow us to give our children Berber names,” Sifao said.
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