'Moslem Salvation of Libya.
Front is in fact reponsible for the attack.
The day before the attack in Tripoli, a former Libyan diplomat, Ahmed was killJorahim Ehwass ed in a gun fight on the Libyan- I Unisial border. Ehwass was a leading member of the National Front, and had been four days London lust the shooting.
Ehwass's shooting and the battle in Tripoli were obviously connected.
Ehwass altO another leading member of the NaYoussef "0aI Magarieff, were recently Washington State Department officials have been denying meetings with either of the two men It is now quite clear hat there is an exile force, which the National public face, • ront ıc rae nich is seeking to overcrow the Qadhafi regime, precise cracter of this group but their public tements of Western-siyle THE SHOOT-OUT which occurred in the Libyan capital Tripoli last Tuesday has been attributed by the Libyan authorities to the Islamic fundamentalist Brotherhood'. But the attack has been claimed by the anti-Qadhafi National Front for the While there is considerable evidence that the Moslem Brotherhood is active in Libya, it seems much more likely that the National democracy, albeit with 'a firm Islamic foundation': network is exile based in Western Europe, and particularly in Britain.
Whether it enjoys the active support ot Western governments cannot proved either way; nol appear have encountered major problems organising their antiWesha fi activities from the fact that Ehwass was days before his death uSL on the Tunisian border is at least an indication that the attack in Tripoli might even have been planned in great surprise to those with would hardly be just a passing knowledge ine CIA other Western security agencies if it were indeed confirmed that the campaign against Qadhafi by the National Front enjoys the active support of Western government agencies I National Front has the valua rront seized the opportunity provided by the Peoples Bureau siege dramatically grasp the political intiative by staging a shoot out in the centre of as a first step towards gaining more Western aid tor their campaign, de-stabilising Qadhafi's government.
Socialists should be in no doubt about ine real character of the Qadhati regime. It is a tightly controlled military ship with an Arab nationalist ideology. The paraphenalia of 'people's committees' is a front for Qadhafi's power.
attempts by imperialist-backed overthrow Qadhafi will do nothing to aid the Libyan workers on the contrary they will only deliver them to their worst enemies.
Socialists should defend Libya's right to self-determination. that means ooposing ine statebacked terrorism' US British-backed anti-Qadhafi groups. Libyan leader Qadhafi Games.
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