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Real Dictators

Colonel Gaddafi Part 5: Reagan vs Gaddafi

Real Dictators

NOISER

History, Fiction, Drama

4.78.8K Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Gaddafi takes his terror onto the streets of London and Berlin. Libyan agents hunt down his opponents across the globe. The Reagan administration launches airstrikes, targeting the dictator and his inner circle. With the stakes higher than ever, Gaddafi's security network works overtime to stamp out dissent. Thousands of schoolchildren bear witness to a gruesome lesson in tyranny. For ad-free listening, exclusive content and early access to new episodes, join Noiser+. Now available for Apple and Android users. Click the Noiser+ banner on Apple or go to noiser.com/subscriptions to get started with a 7-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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On the morning of April 17, 1984, a young police woman heads into central London,

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ready for a routine assignment. Her name is WPC Ivan Fletcher.

0:47.0

She's popular with her colleagues and great with the public, a rising star on the force.

0:53.0

The Met are glad to have her on their team. On a clear spring day, life seems rosy.

1:00.0

At 25 years of age, Ivan has a career mapped out.

1:04.0

He's also engaged to a fellow copper from the Bow Street station.

1:09.0

Today's job is to manage a small political demonstration.

1:14.0

Employing a bit of friendly banter, diffusing tension, Ivan is ideally suited to this task.

1:21.0

Some James's Square, a leafy Georgian enclosure just off Palmele, is an unlikely setting for a political demo.

1:30.0

In the sunshown, the 75 were so protestors that corraled behind barriers.

1:36.0

While boisterous, they're not unruly, and their presence comes with police authorization.

1:42.0

These protestors are Libyan exiles, living in Britain.

1:47.0

To weave on Fletcher, it's not much different to any other rally. They weigh placards, shouts slogans.

1:54.0

The only thing noticeable is that they have their faces covered with scarfs. They don't want to be identified.

2:01.0

The object of their anger in this unlikely picturesque setting is the townhouse on the northeast corner, the Libyan Embassy,

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