Voice of Libya in Exile Targets Qaddafi
By Nick Grace
September 26, 2005
The Libyan airwaves have once again heated up with the launch of an opposition radio program that seeks to build support within the country for Muammar Qaddafi's overthrow. Broadcast 24/7 from an unknown location in Europe the Voice of Libya/Voice of Libya in Exile began test transmissions on satellite and the Internet on September 19, 2005.
The program can be monitored on the Web at , and on the Eutelsat Hotbird satellite at:
D/L Frequency: 12.597 MHz
Symbol Rate: 27,500
FEC: 4/3
Its main sponsor is the National Front for the Salvation of Libya (NFSL), a well-known exile group that maintains strong resources within the country and was once supported by U.S. and U.K. intelligence. Between 1984 and 1990 the NFSL broadcast the "Voice of the Libyan People" from transmitters in Sudan, Egypt and Chad until the U.S. pulled support for the project. The station resumed briefly in 1994 via satellite.
Plans for the new program, according to a source within the Libyan exile community, were hatched during a major conference of the country's opposition in London last June and its establishment was included as one of the meeting's final resolutions. In addition to the NFSL, the station is also supported by the Libyan National Movement, the Libya Alliance, the Republican Grouping for Justice, and the Amazigh Grouping. The Muslim Brotherhood boycotted the conference.
A press release on the NFSL Web site announces the lauch of Voice of Libya/Voice of Libya in Exile and solicits reports on reception within Libya.
http://www.libya-nfsl.org/PressReleases/3078.htm
|
