European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 26, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Pago 16 the stars and stripes sunday january 26, 1986 Green in revolutionary Libya by Judith Miller new York times a n Earnest Young Man in Olive Refl military fair gics addressed ii recent people s Congress in can threaten us he told to Etc Ned. Whose chanting of Ion i owned out his America can terrorize. Bui nothing nothing i in Slop Iho Green in Libya everything is Green. The Veiga lond Cement Tui filings of the drab sprawling capita by Ida Are decorated with Green shades and shutters Loyn s Ling is Green. So Are car License Pinles. Of Den Square. Tripoli s main Square is paved in Cement. The three Flondor volumes in which col. Moa mar , the libyan Leader outlines his eccentric vision of islamic Utopia Are known As the Green books. Diplomats say khad Afy had even intended to Call the giant people s Assembly hat the Green House uni an aide told him that the phrase in English Means a place Wei pro vegetables Are Prown. Libya s fixation with the color is consistent with Arab Ira Dilion Green is the color of islam Iho stale re Hyacin Foi arabs mostly desert dwellers Green sym ii of i the pie Nence of water and hence Olulo ii Soll. But Ihu noted Sion with Green in Libya seems As oppressive Grid dulling to the senses As the revolutionary slogans its Young people chant incessantly. As monotonous As the people s Congress Mea Ingr. Lioce a rantings fill the airwaves and even the lobby find elevators of Tripoli s grand Hole the City s Tho forced revolutionary Fervour and the predominance of Green Are but two Retle Lions of what has become one of the most arid and listless of Mediterranean or North african societies. Compared Vilh neighbouring Tunisia or Egypt Libya is lifeless. Ii was not always so. The old Suk or marketplace bears witness to a City thai was Graceful and elegant Belore Kinda to and a Small group of Junior military Collict is seized Power in a coup 16 years ago Mohammed one of the Lew merchants still in business in the once thriving Silver Gold and Copper Suk. Showed a recent visitor a collection of old photographs of Tripoli under italian occupation. The italians were horrible he said but the City a it was Tripoli was a City with Ign Iree lined promenades by these., of outdoor Cales and nightclubs a City whose Cement covered Green Square once boasted a manicured Garden and a Fine Fountain. Hoie and there modern visitors can ind remnants of of poll s former Beauty the roman ruins of the City of sea. On which Tripoli is built and the monuments end Villas constructed by Mussolini s colonists who arrived in the 1930s under the Ensign of fascism. Beyond the cily lie the breathtaking ruins of the roman cities of Leptis Magna and Sabra Fia. Along one of the most stunning coastlines in All North Africa. The sur clashes again Golden Sandy beaches lined with High Stalky Date Palms and luxuriant patches of grass but of Sadaly take Pride rid so much in his country s Anci ii splendours but in the Bulldozer. His aides boast for example that vast stretches of old housing were torn Down 10 make Way or some 7,000 new housing units built in the last year. They display Al Green Square in downtown Tripoli sign refer to 1981 incident in which . Eff downed libyan fight Fatah University s new medical College and Point o the 67 new highways All opened in the last year. But the old is neglected badly maintained. Few shops in the Suk remain open revolutionary committees imbued with the spirit of socialism have forced the closure of most vestiges of Cape Lalim. Sometimes the army or revolutionary committees notice and shut Mote of us Mohammed said. So i keep my Best possessions at Home now not in the As omnipresent As Green Are pictures of khad Afy. The libyan Leader complained about Tho growing personally cull in a recent interview of prevent if he said he had ordered the newspapers and television not to display his picture and activities so prominently. But they would t listen he said. New portraits of the colonel keep appearing a newsstand in the Suk just received new khad Afy postcards Complete with sayings from the Given books and other favorite khad Afy homilies one card picture the colonel Riding a horse through the desert and instructs teach your sons marksmanship swimming and another shows khad Afy kicking a soccer Ball a third features the Leader with his parents and still another meeting militant the most popular the merchant said is a mosaic of photos of the colonel in varied activities entitled Yiju j human images from the life of Moa mar Khadely " Many doubt that khad Afy is seriously opposed to the idolatry especially from some of the Young we did t have a picture of khad Afy in our office " slisllss1 111 a ?urhoin9
