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And while
many Libyans seem fine to embrace Gaddafi
as their absolute leader, there were pockets of resistance. As Gaddafi's repression expands, student demonstrators
take to the streets in protest, demanding that their freedoms be restored. It's a moment of crisis
for the regime. Gaddafi has a choice:
uphold the people's will or his own. On April 7, 1976,
he makes the obvious decision. Gaddafi sends his army
into the cities of Tripoli and Benghazi to crush the protests. Many who were detained are later released. Others are not so lucky. To make an example of those
that dared speak out against the regime, a number of them
are accused of being traitors
many Libyans seem fine to embrace Gaddafi
as their absolute leader, there were pockets of resistance. As Gaddafi's repression expands, student demonstrators
take to the streets in protest, demanding that their freedoms be restored. It's a moment of crisis
for the regime. Gaddafi has a choice:
uphold the people's will or his own. On April 7, 1976,
he makes the obvious decision. Gaddafi sends his army
into the cities of Tripoli and Benghazi to crush the protests. Many who were detained are later released. Others are not so lucky. To make an example of those
that dared speak out against the regime, a number of them
are accused of being traitors
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And while
many Libyans seem fine
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to embrace Gaddafi
as their absolute leader,
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there were pockets of resistance.
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As Gaddafi's repression expands,
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student demonstrators
take to the streets in protest,
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demanding that their freedoms be restored.
00:00:21.229 --> 00:00:23.565
It's a moment of crisis
for the regime.
00:00:24.566 --> 00:00:28.082
Gaddafi has a choice:
uphold the people's will or his own.
00:00:29.863 --> 00:00:34.617
On April 7, 1976,
he makes the obvious decision.
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Gaddafi sends his army
into the cities of Tripoli and Benghazi
00:00:38.538 --> 00:00:40.373
to crush the protests.
00:00:40.456 --> 00:00:43.167
Many who were detained are later released.
00:00:43.251 --> 00:00:44.961
Others are not so lucky.
00:00:45.503 --> 00:00:48.965
To make an example of those
that dared speak out against the regime,
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a number of them
are accused of being traitors.
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Movie Summary
Ruling with an iron fist requires an aspiring dictator to know the playbook for absolute power, as history's despots prove in this sardonic docuseries.
