How can a Libyan travel to China, with the Chinese embassy in Libya closed? [more inside]
posted by BeaverTerror on Jan 18, 2012 - 3 answers

I should be more plugged into the news, but at the beginning of the summer the story in Libya was stalemate and now I see fighting in Tripoli and the apparent collapse of the Gaddafi regime. What happened militarily to break the stalemate?
posted by Fiery Jack on Aug 23, 2011 - 8 answers

Who are Qadaffi's supporters in Libya? Does he have real anti-colonial legitimacy? What's with all of the revolutionary language attached to the structures of government? Surely there is a more interesting story here than 'he's evil' or 'he's batshit crazy', and yet that seems to be just about all i can come up with. Does anyone take these questions seriously? [more inside]
posted by milkman on Mar 24, 2011 - 14 answers

Is the latest Libyan intervention really about oil? [more inside]
posted by dougrayrankin on Mar 23, 2011 - 21 answers

Gaddafi Pays Italian Models To Attend A Party That Is Actually An Islam Recruit Fete. Can you tell me what the banner in Arabic they hang inside reads?
posted by procrastinator on Aug 30, 2010 - 2 answers

Regarding the Lockerbie bomber, recently released and returned to Libya, where he was given a heroes welcome (in defiance of Obama's warning that such a homecoming would affect American/Libyan relations)....has anyone read an article, perhaps in the foreign press, explaining the feelings Libyans (the people, not the whacky regime) have for this guy?
posted by jimmyjimjim on Aug 23, 2009 - 21 answers

Travel filter! Researching a trip next year to Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Mideast and Iran. Any visa/general travel suggestions? [more inside]
posted by mixer on Dec 13, 2006 - 10 answers

Has anyone been to Libya? [more inside]
posted by hummus on Jan 11, 2006 - 13 answers