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Williams 1 Brandon Williams Mrs. Darrough World Dynamics 8 May 2011 An Overview of the Libyan and Egyptian Revolutions The Egyptian and Libyan revolutions have both been works in progress for decades. The ex-president of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, was allowing and was part of political corruption, police brutality, lack of free elections and speech, and low minimum wages. All of this on top other political issues and the fact that Hosni Mubarak has been in power since 1981, 29 years, too long for most people to handle. The leader of Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, is a “//de facto”// ruler which means in basic terms that he is in power illegally and he is “in fact” in charge not legally. His revolution started when peaceful protest turned violent giving the rebel cause a reason to attack, to defend the public, or in other words take down Muammar Gaddafi. Both of these conflicts are complicated and involved on a world scale. In both revolutions more than the host countries were involved in the struggle and the clean up. In the Egyptian conflict on the side of Hosni Mubarak was himself and his regime that were trying to stay in power. On the opposite side of him were 3,750,000 protesters. These protesters main goal were to get Hosni Mubarak and his regime out of power and have a fair election. America took the side of helpful bystander, trying took keep journalist safe and helping organize after the conflict. In the Libyan revolution on the side of Muammar Gaddafi is himself, the Libyan armed forces, the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, and Foreign mercenaries. On the side opposing Muammar Gaddafi are National Transitional Council, Free Libyan Army, Free Libyan Air Force, National Conference for the Libyan Opposition, Anti-Gaddafi tribes, and U.S. Enforced NATO. The main goal of the opposition is to get Muammar Gaddafi into an international court to be tried for his crimes against humanity. Williams 2 The Egyptian conflict was eventually settled when Hosni Mubarak stepped down from power, but not before 1005 people, mainly protesters, died. The United States helped after with reconstructing and clean up efforts. The Libyan conflict is still ongoing to this day and no major developments have occurred. 10,000 casualties have occurred and are growing every day. Both conflicts show signs of stopping within 20 years.