Italy pays reparations to Libya for its colonial past

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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has signed an agreement to pay Libya $5bn as part of a deal to resolve colonial-era disputes.

Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi said the settlement signed in the city of Benghazi opened the door to partnership between the two states.

Mr Berlusconi said the deal, which sees the money being released over 25 years, ended "40 years of misunderstanding".

Libya was occupied by Italy in 1911 before becoming a colony in the 1930s.

The former Ottoman territory became an independent country in 1951.

This is the first African country to be compensated by a former colonial master, the BBC's Rana Jawad reports from Benghazi.

BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Italy seals Libya colonial deal

 

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and in unrelated news, libya just procured $5 billion of AK-47's, RPGs, and anti-personnel mines.

 

[PICK3]

Someone must owe me reparations.

just sayin'

 

[redguru]

No wonder Libya just agreed to pay damages for terrorist attacks to victims families. They must've known this money was coming and would cover their losses.

 

[needtogetarmy]

You have got to be shitting me.

Norther Arabs kidnapped and had millions of Europeans as slaves from the 1500-1700's. MILLIONS. They would raid Europe and just take people away. Italy is totally fucked up for doing this. It should have been the other way around.

BTW Read the book "White Gold"

 

[Oceano]

Italy r idiots and this is a poor precedent to set, if we had to pay reparations we'd be broke

 

[Lestat]

Wow, I respect Italy greatly for this.

 

[Oceano]

Wow, I respect Italy greatly for this.

lol, don't worry, they won't have being doing it out of the goodness of their heart, there will be some financial deal behind it which benefits the Italians. (which makes the whole thing even more ridiculous)

 

[inkspot]

Wow, I respect Italy greatly for this.

the flood gates to hell have just opened, we're screwed.