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-similar to Revolutionary Guards in Iran
-a network of ideological zealots whose task is to maintain the momentum of the revolution.
-created on every level of society.
-run hitsquads
-Have own newspaper, The Green March (or Al-Jamahiriya)
-XXX threatened to send ''revolutionary committees'' beyond his borders to destroy other Arab governments
-compete with regular Government bureaucracies, it is often difficult to tell where real authority lies.
-The committees are headed by Maj.XXX, Libya's No. 2 leader
-Responsible for hit-squads that eliminate libyan exiles.
-control the peoples congresses
-At the height of their power, any committee, ostensibly on its own initiative, could investigate, arrest, try and 'liquidate' - the approved term - 'enemies of the revolution.
-In 1988 thepolitical vanguard that became a vigilante force with sweeping powers of arrest and trial, had been sharply curtailed.
-Maghreb Confidential refers to the group as Libya's parliament. |
