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World Service,01 Mar 2011,10 mins

Libya 1969 coup

Witness History

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When Colonel Muammar Gaddafi first took control in Libya in 1969 - few people had heard of him. He and a group of fellow army officers carried out a coup while the King was out of the country. Two ordinary Libyans remember that day. (This programme was first broadcast last year.)

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