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Libya’s 2011 revolution... in 2 minutes
February: Peaceful protests begin in Benghazi.
Qadhafi’s forces respond with violence.
And we will march in our millions, to purify Libya inch by inch...
...house by house, home by home, street by street, person by person.
Until the country is clean of the dirt and impurities.
Innocent protesters are killed.
Rebels start fighting back.
But Qadhafi’s violence against his people continued.
The international community steps in.
The UN Security Council passed a strong resolution
that demands an end to the violence against citizens.
The international community had to act.
The violence unleashed against the people of Libya was intolerable.
October: Qadhafi’s regime crumbles.
Qadhafi is found and killed soon after.
Libyans end 42 years of dictatorship.
Libya ends 2011 as a free country.