On this day, the expulsion of American rules from Libya in 1970 thanks to Gaddafi and free comrades

Today marks the 54th anniversary of the evacuation of American bases from Libyan territory, the most important of which is the Wells Air Base near the capital, Tripoli, under the leadership of the martyr leader Muammar Gaddafi, who, along with his fellow Free Unionist officers, were able to cleanse the homeland and expel all the occupiers.

The United States of America established its bases in Libya according to an agreement it signed on September 9, 1954, after negotiations represented by its ambassador to Libya, Andrew G. Lynch, with the government of Mahmoud al-Muntasir, the first government during the era of Idris al-Senussi.

The number of American bases was four, the largest of which was Wells Base, which housed more than 4,600 Americans, along with another force in civilian clothing that included an army from the remnants of Italian settler colonialism, and they owned everything of value on Libyan soil.

“Mini America” bases were scattered on the Libyan coast, as a prominent symbol of hegemony and foreign interference in the country’s internal affairs.

In 1966, Hussein Mazek, in his capacity as Minister of Foreign Affairs at the time, conducted negotiations with the British and American sides regarding the evacuation of their bases from Libya, but they included that the evacuation would take place after 20 years, contrary to what the martyred leader imposed on the Americans, by evacuating their bases immediately and unconditionally.

After the outbreak of the Al-Fateh Revolution in 1969, the efforts of the martyr leader Muammar Gaddafi began to expel foreign forces from Libya, and a number of negotiations began. On December 11, a meeting was held that brought together the Al-Fateh Revolution Command Council and representatives of the United States of America, which included the acceptance of the American government to withdraw from Willis Air Base in Tripoli, and this is what was revealed. A document declassified by the CIA on August 3, 2005.

The document revealed that the Al-Fateh Revolutionary Command Council forced the Americans to withdraw their forces and bases from Libya within only 100 days. The Libyan leadership at that time also refused to give the Americans a 6-9 month deadline to leave. The document recorded the efforts of the Al-Fateh Revolution leadership at the Arab summit meeting held on December 20, 1969 AD. To announce a specific date for the evacuation of British and American forces and bases.

On June 11, 1970, the martyr leader Muammar Gaddafi was able to evacuate all American bases and forces, and raised the Libyan flag on the “Wells” base, whose name was changed to the Uqba bin Nafi Air Base, and then to the “Maitiga Air Base” after a Libyan girl living next to the base who died. An American plane crashed over her house.

On this day, Al-Watiya Air Base was also opened, and American forces and bases were evacuated. The base was established in 1942 AD, following the tripartite international trusteeship between Britain, France, and the United States of America over Libya. Then it became an American base after the military bases agreement between the government of King Idris Al-Senussi. , and the United States.

The American forces were using the Al-Watiya base in training, military maneuvers, and shooting projects, and after the outbreak of the Al-Fateh Revolution and the evacuation of the American forces and bases, it was called the June 11 base.

The base has now become the largest military base for the Turks outside Turkey, as it has become a breeding ground for them, in continuation of the series of foreign intervention and occupation of Libya, since 2011 AD.