Benghazi: Episode 1 - The Dictator

About this episode

The episode explores how a prison massacre under Muammar Gaddafi set the stage for the Benghazi attack.

How a prison massacre carried out under Libya’s long-time dictator, Muammar Gaddafi, set the stage for the Benghazi attack. For a list of books, documentaries and resources we used to research this episode visit: bit.ly/fiascopolitics Subscribe to Pushkin+ to hear the entire season of Fiasco: Benghazi, ad-free, right now. Find Pushkin+ on the Fiasco show page in Apple Podcasts or at Pushkin.fm. Subscribe on Apple: apple.co/pushkin Subscribe on Pushkin:  pushkin.fm/plus See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Topics covered

• Benghazi
• Muammar Gaddafi
• Libya
• prison massacre
• political history
• government
• dictatorship

Keywords

• Benghazi
• Muammar Gaddafi
• Libya
• prison massacre
• political history
• attack
• government

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pushkin Industries, Pushkin+

Places: Libya

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