LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

TV Eye documentary on Colonel Gaddafi

Genre

Interview; Documentary; Special

TX Date

10 Dec 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:25:45

Description

TV Eye documentary for Thames Television on Colonel Gaddafi, presented by Peter Gill. Includes an interview with the Libyan leader, who says accusations of his country’s links to terrorist groups are propaganda but admits Libya trains freedom fighters in Palestine, Zimbabwe, Angola and Namibia. Also includes actuality of a parade of troops returning from Chad to be greeted by Gaddafi, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Chad President Goukouni Oueddei, and mention of the military clash between Libyan fighter jets and the USS warship Nimitz and the assassination of Egyptian President, Anwar Sadat by Islamic fundamentalists.

Contributors

Thames Television; Peter Gill; Muammar al-Gaddafi

Keywords

Terrorism; Yasser Arafat; Anwar Sadat; Military operations; Ronald Reagan; Muammar al-Gaddafi; Libya; Chad; Sahara; Goukouni Oueddei

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