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tootoo22 5 points ago +5 / -0

Wikileaks show that the French, British, and Italians supported the overthrow (with France having an "active involvement") so they could get preferential access to Libya's oil.

https://wikileaks.org/clinton-emails/emailid/12900

"the UK government and British Petroleum (BP) but does recognize that they moved away from Qaddafi to support the NTC after France began active involvement in the Libyan uprising."