Italy to pay $5 billion compensation to Libya
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BENGHAZI, Libya - Italy agreed Saturday to pay Libya $5 billion as compensation for its 30-year occupation of the country, which ended in 1943.
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi signed a memorandum pledging the compensation package involving construction projects, student grants and pensions for Libyan soldiers who served with the Italians during the Second World War.
"It is a material and emotional recognition of the mistakes that our country has done to yours during the colonial era," Berlusconi told reporters at Benghazi airport on his arrival. "This agreement opens the path to further co-operation."
In return, Italy wants Libya to crack down on illegal migrants turning up on Italian shores, and Italy will fund $500 million worth of electronic monitoring devices on the Libyan coastline.
Every thing that is not a mud hut or hole in the sand was built by Italians and now we must pay 5 billions euros? Divide that by italy population and I must pay 100 euro, or more if we take only taxpayers.
Luckily for them, some constructions companies controlled by Berlusconi friends (in Italy or abroad) well get this money.
I hate to live in a country run by mafia
unless your in the mafia that isOriginally Posted by PanzerMaster
I know the local mafiosos in my norther town, maybe I can apply... I was in school with one of their daughters
make sure you mention your connections with the online OMFG DELTAAAAAA!!!! Ninja operatives in Blood Diamond pants.I know the local mafiosos in my norther town, maybe I can apply... I was in school with one of their daughters
That will be the first line of my resumemake sure you mention your connections with the online OMFG DELTAAAAAA!!!! Ninja operatives in Blood Diamond pants.
Bravo Italy, acknowledging your past mistakes and settling them. I wish our British government would do the same but i doubt they will be able to afford it.
Maybe you should go to your history books and read the accomplishments of the fascist regime of italy iN Lybia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe4vSIQGDdI
GRAPHIC PICTURES
Wow. That sets a dangerous precedent.
1911 - conquest of Lybya
1922 - Fascist regime beginning
(that don't change nothing for the pov of some lybians who may have suffered).
BTW, I wonder how much must repay other colonial powers if Italy was so a bloodthirsty and devastanting "master".
PanzerMaster Saturday night special... defending aspect of socialism in the world and also defending aspect of fascism... All some threads apart!
Most of the crimes were committed in the 30's
mmmmmmm so you are telling me that Fascist regime was a peace loving one and that all what he did is build roads and schools
More power to you brother
NB: You were right about the rest of colonial powers, just wonder how much they should pay, specially France. On the other hand, they might just say that they were just spreading "Civilization"
No, no peace loving bunch the fascist... But the average Italian, in that time, was a different stock than other Europeans colonialist.Most of the crimes were committed in the 30's
mmmmmmm so you are telling me that Fascist regime was a peace loving one and that all what he did is build roads and schools
More power to you brother
NB: You were right about the rest of colonial powers, just wonder how much they should pay, specially France. On the other hand, they might just say that they were just spreading "Civilization"
I mean no disrespect but you sound just like the Germans after WW2, they were all blaming Hitler and his buddies, but guess what? Germany still had to pay billions in compensation. The ironic part is that in the case of Germany, most victims were Europeans, so germany had to pay righ? In the case of France, Italy and GB the victims are either Africans or Asians, so who cares right? An earlier post even said That " it sets a dangerous precedent."No, no peace loving bunch the fascist... But the average Italian, in that time, was a different stock than other Europeans colonialist.
There is no limit to "mistakes" in European history, if you open up this Sareptas jar, half of the world will spend the rest of the century paying each other.
That being said, can we buy the Shetland islands back for 210 kg of gold?
I agree with you, crimes were committed or as you said Mistakes were made.
The problem is Western Hypocrisy and a good example of that would be France who adopted a law recognizing the slaughter of more than a million Armenians as genocide. On the other hand, refused to apologize to Algeria for killing one million and half algerians.
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