Peace & Justice History for 2/23

February 23, 1982

Wales declared itself a nuclear weapons-free zone.
Its last nuclear power plant, Wylfa at Anglesey with two reactors, was shut down completely in 2015.

Nuclear-free zones 
February 23, 2011
Benghazi, Libya’s second largest city, fell to rebels after three days of violent clashes with the forces of brutal dictator Colonel Muammar Qaddafi.
β€œHe is gone. A dragon has been slain,” cried Ahmed Al-Fatuuir outside the secret police headquarters. β€œNow he has to explain where all the bodies are.


Graffiti showing a caricature of Gaddafi reading, ‘The Monkey of Monkeys of Africa’, a reference to his self-declared title ‘The King of Kings of Africa’.

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