I worked with a dozen men from different European countries in Libya, teaching conscripts of the Air Defence Forces. My job was to teach them English. German and Swiss men taught them mechanical and electrical skills. There were few women anywhere near us. The camp boss’s wife stayed for a few weeks and left appalled [...]
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More Libya Stuff
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Libyan Days
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Northern Irish politicians are campaigning for compensation from the Libyan government for their having armed the IRA. I wish them every success. But if they encounter a certain Colonel Juma, I’d love them to ask him if he remembers me. In the early 1980s I taught English to conscripts of the Libyan Air Defence Forces. [...]
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