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Friday, January 24, 1986 21
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became known.to authorities
as a dissident in the 1950s. A
1958 police report blacklisted
him for leading demonstra-
tions in the name of his hero,
Egypt's Nasser. "Khadafy is
a young man with non-con-
forming ideas and probably a
troublemaker," said the pro-
phetic report.
He has been a trouble-
maker ever since, though his
wild rhetoric has made some
people take him less serious-
ly, dismissing him as a raving
lunatic. He recently called
President Reagan an "Israeli
dog" and has renewed his
threat to send suicide squads
to Washington. But no one's
laughing anymore. And the
increased media attention in
the West is making Khadafy
a hero at home. "The strong
rhetorical attention we're giv- -
ing him helps build him up,"
says David Newsom, former
U.S. ambassador to Libya.
"The whole jdea in many
Third World countries of
making the big powers
squirm is very popular, and
Khadafy is reasonably good
at it. " (The U.S. broke
diplomatic ties with Libya-in
1981 after an air dogfight
between American and
Libyan planes.)
But Khadafy is having his
problems at home and that is
where he is vulnerable to
possible American action.
"He's never been more
vulnerable within Libya,"
notes Churba, who says that
the middle class oppose
Khadafy for abolishing free
enterprise, the clergy see him
as a heretic and the army
feels alienated because he has
confined them to barracks.
He has been reliant on the
loyalty of his cousins who
control the' army, a group of
East Germans who operate
domestic security apparatus,
and about 1,500 American-
technicians without whom
Libya's vital oil operation
could not function. (There is
an American ban on travel to
Libya, but Khadafy lets the
technicians come and go by
not stamping their passports.)
President Reagan's strong
statement at his press con-
ference Tuesday evening dur-
ing which he called Libya a
"threat to the national secur-
ity and foreign, policy of the
United States" and ordered
the Americans in Libya to
leave -immediately, was "a
major, positive step for-
ward," according to Churba,
who believes that bringing
the Americans home will hurt
Libya's oil production ser-
iously, at least short term.
Churba says that the Presi-
dent "went about as far as.he
could go in terms economic
sanctions." He said that by
severing our economic ties,
the U.S. will exacerbate
Khadafy's domestic troubles
and allow internal opposition
to grow. "Israel should be
,
heartened, and Khadafy
should be worried" by Presi-
dent Reagan's move, accord-
ing to Churba.
He added that America's
initial response to the attacks
on airports in Rome and
Vienna gave off a mixed
message and made the U.S.
look weak and "bumbling."
"First, we talked about a
military option, when that
was really not credible; given
the 1,500 Americans in
Libya. Then we seemed to
back off and take the diplo-
matic approach. This gave
Khadafy a victory. -He looks
like he stood up to the U.S.
and made us back down."
But breaking our remaining
economic ties with Libya and
calling on the nations of
Europe to do the same was,
"an important step forward"
that gives the U.S. the moral
standing now to preach to
our European allies, says
Churba.
He is not at all convinced
that West Germany, Italy,
France and England will
comply with President
Reagan's recommendation,
though, because, says Churba,
these European nations are
heavily involved with Libya
economidally and .have long
been victim of appeasement
and greed. "Khadafy in-
timidates them with his
brand of terrorism and they
remain passive,"notes Churba,
who concludes that unless
that policy changes, Khadafy
will not be seriously hurt.
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