Libya's Quiet War: The Tuareg of South Libya

In remote southwest Sahara, the indigenous Tuareg tribe - variously used and discriminated against by former strongman Muammar Qaddafi - fight for their place in a post-revolutionary Libya.
Living deep in Libya’s desert near large oil fields and lucrative smuggling routes, hundreds of miles from Libya’s capital, the Tuareg find themselves impoverished and isolated on this prized land.
Nowhere is this felt more than in the oasis town of Ubari. Here the Tuareg are pitted against former neighbors in a proxy battle for assets and power, backed by government and international interests.
VICE News travels to meet the Tuareg on the front lines of Ubari and the border town of Ghat, to find out what is really happening in this rarely visited land.
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[@สมบูรณ์มือถือ-ป2ฦ]

❤ไฟ

[@adecadel]

STUPID NATO USA

[@ibenzawla]

"We remove Gaddafi and then what?" "Hmmmm I don't know" Same thing Iraq.

[@minyoteymoke6310]

You are right big man I'm not from Libya bet I like that country

[@blee04524]

the thing is that there is no then what in the first place

[@1wandersmann]

Same thing in afghanistan.

[@sanad5775]

USA removed Saddam Hussein not the people

[@joelilley6001]

Right, its bc after these countries get rid of their dictators running the country, they can't agree on who should run the country now. So they split into diff gangs and just start murdering each other. This is why Africa will be a shit hole pretty much forever. The thing is that these 1st world countries could help African countries but when they do all the Africans want to do is try to kill the people trying to help them. These people are so Fucking stupid it makes me cringe.

[@NaderR]

Difficult to defeat this tribe, even Gaddafi made peace with them.

[@marcuslinden30]

+Joe's World l Middle Eastern News and Solutions stop self promoting.

[@7876369668]

Gaddafi was defeated though

[@NaderR]

***** Those people are the natives. The real people of the desert. Gaddafi and others came to rule. It's like the Berber in Morocco.

[@georgemichaelz262]

+NaderR You cannot "defeat" an ideology through physical means, brute force or even intimidation. You can only learn to adjust to it's pace and sooner or later........ leaders are forced to sit down and talk over tea... or coffee depending on the region and culture :P

[@烏梨師斂]

+NaderR Technically Tuaregs are Berbers too

[@johnbaylaya7000]

Gadaffi predicted this would happen ...

[@commonsenseamerica1685]

Yep

[@dickenselijah4738]

Do not santlctify the man.. He created the problem.. Second class citizens

[@redan3237]

@@dickenselijah4738 well libyans always saw the berbers as the real libyans and they actually were, we never saw them as second class, thats all propaganda

[@fazrul78]

you break the black wall - gaddafi to europe. today more african are welcome to europe

[@mustafaalimutlu6432]

King George predicted American Civil War would happen.

[@TheBloodychucky]

This is kinda like the universe of Mad Max . Guns for everyone , DIY Combat vehicles and everyone is fighting for oil

[@SergeyChaschin]

That's the future, bro.

[@a.chavez5808]

@@SergeyChaschin you deserve more likes

[@tz4217]

@@johanderuiter9842 what does Roth child have to do with this

[@AbdAllah-lp7wn]

@@tz4217 The rothschilds are the new world order u idoit they control everything . The richest Family .

[@tz4217]

@@AbdAllah-lp7wn idiot no they don't there is literally no proof tinfoil hat

[@northwest2647]

the Tuareg people have been greatly respected as warriors of great reputation for hundreds of years!

[@UMADRAGEQUIT]

Lol great warriors lol my ass running around in flip flops 😂😂😂 looking like a rainbow 🌈 the new rainbow army

[@xkxkxixmdjknkcovixiskosid7282]

@@UMADRAGEQUIT they are LGBTQ supporters 😂😂😂😂

[@alzicario3466]

They’re nothing compared to afghanis and tha Caucasus people

[@ayoubelomrani31]

@@UMADRAGEQUIT they fight even bier foot they are very strong

[@arifbinmohdazmi8517]

Lol warrior who struggle to feed own family

[@fredrickmigwe1101]

Is this the democracy west promised Libya?

[@tvyetu4884]

So sad😭

[@Sikhulile_Buthelezi]

Yes you dint's know, that's the best democracy, look at Iraq, Yemen, Syria Same democracy

[@tahirmaan1412]

Were they child? They destroyed their own future with their own hands so it will take decades and more lives for stability. Now they deserve that anarchy and a living example for rest of the world

[@StabbyJoe135]

What you on about "the west"?

[@hmax1591]

@@LK-ho1dg what has your part of the world done recently for the human race? I live in freedom in democracy..you? where do you live? I don't see people lining up to go to Libya, Congo or any other country mentioned above? Ass backward countries who think they are better than others who can't even get along with their own due to some b.s. religious believe.

[@KopMATT96]

This is simply not true. Libya was rich and had good standard of life before Guddafi died.

[@marsilingmartian239]

Good life only for Qaddafi cronies.

[@spiritofseventysixer6403]

Hilary Clinton's war destroyed all progress Libya was making in the last two decades. Not all Americans share the Democrats and progressive's stupidity though, i pray for a peaceful future for both our nations!

[@Tpoleful]

Southern Libya was always like this. They just didn't fight each other.

[@fasiapulekaufusi6632]

Guddafi was good man

[@omarhussein5650]

Most libyans are well educated. In most large countries you can find neglected and isolated areas.

[@Swock010]

1:20 never though I'd see ISIS and Spongebob in the same picture

[@johnd2058]

They didn't show what came next: Spongebob was 'married' to a suicide-bomber-in-waiting, declared 'ready' for sex, and... well, this all ends up with ISIS' resident rubber-stamp imam explaining that apocrypha (Hadith) says burning a sponge to death happened once, so all this is a-OK, no matter what canon (the Q'ran) says.

[@vegeta4614]

@@johnd2058 the black flag in Arabic translated on English is their is no god but one God and prophet mohamad is a messanger

[@marshiii6985]

Spongebob is isis

[@johnd2058]

@Sponge Man Ice Cone No-Bikinis Bottomstan

[@johnd2058]

@@vegeta4614 I know, thanks; pity they can't read enough of the Q'ran to know that execution by fire is explicitly forbidden (haram).

[@brazenbull636]

And to think all Gaddafi wanted was a gold backed currency for all of Africa. NATO and the World Bank wasn't havin that...

[@kfcsoldier1]

Oh yeah they didn't have a problem with gaddafi funding terrorism, killing his own people, just being a typical ruthless dictator. Their main problem was he wanted a gold backed currency!!! Shut up LOOOL

[@matt-kv1nu]

kfcsoldier1 If you think NATO has never supported dictators or supported terrorism i’ve got some news for you

[@kfcsoldier1]

@@matt-kv1nu please tell me when an organisation consisting of a shit load of countries when hey guys so we're gonna send your soldiers to die supporting a tyrant

[@brazenbull636]

@@kfcsoldier1 you sound like cable TV nigga. Keep eating what you're fed and stay in your lane..

[@03thaog82]

Brazen Bull you sound like a news channel 5 nigga

[@JT-cd5sb]

This really portrayed the situation in Libya in an unbiased light that not only showed the humanity of both sides but an exceptional people in a split country once united. Great job!

[@voa23]

How you know its unbiased in this mineral & oil rich country😉

[@MakeSomeNoisePlaylists]

are you talking about the US now ?

[@MaltLiquor4Breakfast]

That's literally impossible, anything from Vice is either from the far left by definition in American culture or it's underhandedly from the Cia. Probably both. Vice is by and for the terrorists They do a very, very good job of getting assholes to support their wars. Thank you vice ~You're Love~ Central Intelligence ❤😊

[@Nyllsor]

Peace and Respect for the Tuareg people!

[@brahimbmzo490]

Nyllsor peace and respect to Toubou people !

[@zuzuthedrummer5864]

@@brahimbmzo490 Yes. Peace and respect to the Tubu people. This is coming from a Tuareg.✌🏼

[@temporary1497]

I'm a tebu and I have a lot Tuareg freind we were live in ghat now most of us live in Ethiopia we stay United we are same people

[@أدرار_ؤمعروف]

​@@Sovietube as a Libyan from the north all tebus are welcomed in this country! I'm so proud with such a diversity that we have.

[@samuelellis1316]

"And the Islamic State..." *shows an inflatable Spongebob slide*

[@colgatetoothpaste3440]

Thank you for this comment

[@NA-uv9hs]

Thank you

[@carolinedelahunt4750]

Is the Islamic state ices I know I spelled it wrong I just dont want to do it

[@kingcobra7183]

Thank you 4 this comment

[@haughtywren788]

@@carolinedelahunt4750 I'm sure it's real safe to type ISIS, and yes, they are the Islamic State.

[@Wolfblaz13]

I hate the Tuareg. Horrible gas mileage, fuel pump failure, oil leaks. They should all be left in the desert. Volkswagen tried to present them in a positive way, but the public with experience knew it was a shit buy.

[@Frozilla15]

Lol

[@ramsuporter8]

+WolfBlaz Yeah man, the golf is the superior volkswagen race!

[@ginofoogle6944]

+WolfBlaz too bad the tuareg has none of the above.. i like what you tried to do, but alas, try harder..

[@Wolfblaz13]

Gino Foogle Aaah the disapointed buyer, trying to mental gymnastics himself into thinking he made the right thing.

[@ginofoogle6944]

WolfBlaz lol Aaah the stupid hater, trying everything he can to keep the hate flame going, try just a little harder mate..

[@unfortunately_fortunate2000]

man, those kids chasing after the truck always depresses me whenever I watch this. here I am, in the first world thinking my life is just the worst, and yet, those kids don't know any better but to be happy and play with their friends and brothers and sisters in the middle of war zone while they're young, only to most likely grow up to fight in the same conflict, manning the exact same fighting positions that their fathers, uncles, older brothers and their friends fought and died in. my life is a cake walk comparatively, I'm not a religious man, I just wish all of the Libyan people the best. may you find stability, safety and true freedom. y'all deserve all of those things, at the very least.

[@paulkimanikariuki505]

Islam is saying that all children are muslims ! only theire bloddy parents are turning them in to devils ! Ps.Haile Selassie I. : "..Religion is a set of rules, regulations and rituals created by humans which were supposed to help people grow spiritually.Due to human imperfection religion has become corrupt, political, divisive and a tool for power struggle. Spirituality is not theology or ideology. It is simply a way of life, pure and original as was given by the Most High. Spirituality is a network linking us to the Most High, the universe and each other......."

[@toutneuf]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/anuxnJ6BatFrnpo

[@looloolool]

العالم إلاول العالم الثاني العالم الثالث ثلاث عوالم في عالم واحد وثلاث الهه في اله واحد لديكم عقدة نقص الواحد يصبح ثلاثه لن يعترف العالم بخرفات الشياطيين

[@looloolool]

A world ÷ 3 worlds = 1 world God x 3 Gods = 1 God Alcohol did not have mercy on your ancestors 🤥

[@TheActiveAssault]

Maybe England shouldn't have gone and drawn random lines on a map...

[@roybatty2269]

They were fighting before those lines, and will keep fighting after them.

[@roybatty2269]

They never fought anyone before "England drew random lines on a map"?

[@nationalist5422]

Nah bro this is North Africa. The French are responsible.

[@neildavid10]

Roy Batty they weren’t fighting each other cuz of the peace treaties that they had made for themselves. Btw it was the french that came and drew random lines on a map and the tribes were separated

[@jacobgaukroger5688]

Actually in this situation it was the Italians who drew the lines

[@MrWhataboss23]

That song was beautiful.

[@jjc5475]

+MrWhataboss23 yeah.. is it on itunes? :p

[@jasonc.7848]

+MrWhataboss23 It is Bombino from Agadez, his music is awesome.

[@jasonc.7848]

+Jason C. The song playing at the 6 min mark that is

[@nimeshwidanage3187]

+MrWhataboss23 Anyone got any idea what the song at the end is?

[@nimeshwidanage3187]

Me72 Thanks!

[@abdihashi9195]

I don't realise what racism was until I visited Arab countries or met people who have.

[@TheMarcomm97]

This is the stuff that I like to watch from Vice. Mainly unknown issues, yet well covered.

[@MrComradeDave]

Brilliant piece on a quiet little tribe in the middle of no-where fighting a war that both sides don't want. This has been one of your best in a long time VICE.

[@WowBlankpage]

Wow never thought I'd see you here (I used to watch some of your project reality videos)

[@toutneuf]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/anuxnJ6BatFrnpo

[@sharearhemel1326]

when gaddfi was alive libya has everything but after the death of gaddafi libya lost everything

[@aytaf5430]

No his family had everything not the people.

[@AbdurhmanTouareg]

Tuaregs are the nation not tribe, who controlled once the caravan trade routes over the western african desert. When the French came to their land in the 19th century they were met by great resistence, because of this when the French left they devided their land between five countries as a reprisal of their resistence. Since then the Tuaregs have come into a difficult situation in all countrires where they live.

[@johnxina5126]

So Africa's Kurdistan?

[@aymanouadi8071]

@@johnxina5126 no

[@-9G-]

Special thanks to CIA.. Without them we wouldn't have such a great story to watch.

[@vickyjhutty5132]

If this is happening with u r ur famly than stay on this line to bro !! God see 👀🙌 uu !! from India 🇮🇳 respect 👏 humanity

[@noco7243]

Of course. The good ol'e "blame everything I don't like on the US". Classic leftist excuse since 1949.

[@muhammedjaseemshajeef6781]

Yes cia have created many more stories

[@beyondthestars4299]

What do u mean? Explain

[@danielkelleher7246]

Yeah because Gaddafi loved the Tuareg and black Libyans so much ☺️

[@Facemanfitzpatrik]

Its so sad to see... I have been in Ghat twice and those people there have been the most friendly and kind ones... Really sad to see

[@Itsbuckjames]

I hope Ali is ok, he seems like a good guy. Somebody should start a gofundme for him, I would kick in.

[@TheAtmosfear7]

Right ? i was afraid he had been shot at first

[@LejunglerenardThejunglefox]

A go find me. No what Ali and his bros want is a decent, stable, secular(Or Semi-Islamic), tolerant, democratic, economically booming Lydia that was snatched away by none other than the International Community that contributed to ousting Gaddafi.

[@SlapadelicMusic]

+Nicht Verfuegbar "Starving people don't carry guns and wage war." lol, that's exactly the kind of people who do that

[@SlapadelicMusic]

lol dang why are you so upset? are you smoking meth?

[@allan0038]

He is dead now he was caught and executed by the Tebu this year

[@Flankymanga]

Who brought this violence and destruction? West...

[@ourwickedworld2945]

NEWSFLASH; Nobody gjves a shit

[@luisacurcio9969]

I am so sad for this situation. Respect from Italy.

[@Voyager_666]

come rule again... we had a dream once, a dream called Rome.

[@KerriCz]

The song around the 23:00 minute mark is so beautiful, I had to look it up. It's called Ahoulaguine Akaline (I Greet My Country) by Bombino, if anyone else was looking for it. I wish for peace between the Tebu and Tuareg. It's a shame the borders imposed upon these tribes by colonial powers took absolutely no account of cultural or tribal identities. Had they not been imposed, this world could have been a much more peaceful place.

[@huntergatherer8972]

Are u suggesting different tribes cant live peacefully together? I thought multiculturalism was great!?

[@RICARDOFDIMARCO]

i was really hoping that somebody had find this song

[@jacobgates1986]

Wow that song hit me so hard that 1st time I heard it. I rewinded that ending clip so much when I 1st heard it. So thank you , I've waited for a comment like yours .and looked hard and now I'm complete. But in my own search Ive found such calming musiç so beautiful, especially to me cuz I live in a semi desert area on my reservation . So I felt this tribal music of the tuareq ppl and this episode opened awhole new genre of wold music that hasn't hit me as hard as the song you heard as well. I am also tribal from the Ohkay Owingeh tribe in new mexico so I appreciate all music that is traditional music towards ppl who never would hear it unless you visit, I once I heard that guitar I was blown away on how peaceful it made me feel . So Thanks again 5 yrs later

[@KerriCz]

@@jacobgates1986 This song still hits me hard even 5 years later. It’s one of my favorites of all time. You’re welcome! Tribal music has real soul.

[@jacobgates1986]

@@KerriCz right it hit me the first time I heard from that sad but beautiful and inspiring episode on vice. I would rewind the last few seconds over and over just to hear it . Plus it goes so perfectly where I live in new mexico and cruzn around my reservation blasting it and seeing ppls expression, is funny lol just wish ppl heard nd loved music like that and everything might happen to find inner peace once they hear it like I did.

[@artistformerlyknownasal-ma6376]

But if the Tebu and Tuareg would just form an alliance, then they could take over all the oil fields and even take over the north.

[@Brandon-ms2uc]

Artist formerly known as Al-Mansura-Abbassid or Bob, they are minorities, they do not want to control the north they want southern Libya and other Saharan villages that were separated by European colonialism of Africa.

[@xkxkxixmdjknkcovixiskosid7282]

@@Brandon-ms2uc those borders make me sick

[@BatMan-cg3xk]

Been there for 5-years, before and after revolution. If given the chance, I'd still want to go to this beautiful country, with it's beautiful people...

[@woozyz2769]

Ya, then the US and France wanted to bring its DeMoCrAcY and now look at Libya 😂🤣

[@ssshoneystar]

@@woozyz2769gaddafi was still a terrible person

[@woozyz2769]

@@ssshoneystar Nah, my dad used to go to Libya often and he'd tell me about how good it was. Also in his rule, pregnant women were given $6k by the time they give birth. You should check out videos of Libya in the early 2000s.

[@ssshoneystar]

@@woozyz2769 im literally Libyan and my parents grew up under gaddafi. i think they have more experience of what he was like than you do.

[@woozyz2769]

@@ssshoneystar Yes your parents, NOT you, you're westernized and you eat up everything news and media feeds you. Libya was stable and debtless, Gaddafi wanted to create an all African currency backed by gold and France saw this as a threat so they snitched to the US and they sent NATO. The west doesn't care about dictators, they care about their interests and Gaddafi was a threat considering how fast Libya was growing economically and was willing to share that to other African nations.

[@stalley4407]

god bless you Libya الله يحفظكم من كل شر اخواننا الليبيين في كل مكان.

[@zatorith]

بارك الله فيك خونا

[@AaronTheToney]

+Stalley The bomb I am concerned, you have bomb in your name

[@stalley4407]

Avokee LOL. It ain't nothing but a thing.

[@Thishandleistakentryanotherone]

تسلم خوي الله يحفظ الجميع

[@saddamhussein7606]

+Stalley The bomb كيفك يا هومي؟

[@bigchill123a]

This is the best story Vice has had in a while.

[@justinwainwright5069]

1:20 I always knew Sponge Bob was a shady mo fo

[@wochejack9891]

The western are the ones who are dictators

[@thatonekid8685]

@@wochejack9891 ._. 😂😂😂ate u talking bout US

[@ivk9642]

As always USA giving freedom and democracy...

[@playerknownasmousecop]

*shrugs shoulders* at least we tried

[@Eizy_Art]

@@playerknownasmousecop I thought United State was republican xD

[@playerknownasmousecop]

@@Eizy_Art idek anymore bruh

[@DeathsDynamic]

@@rajpootnaz4069 you don't know what CIA is and defeating Russia is impossible they have the most nuclear weapons, about 8000 more than USA's so war with Russia is a big mistake also btw Russia also have the KGB

[@shakmp4]

@@DeathsDynamic so we meet again.

[@allan0038]

Long live the Tuareg long live every single member of that minority their people is so kind and their music is so beatiful

[@maxwell6525]

NOTHING BUT A BUNCH OF USELESS SLAVE TRADERS

[@brahimbmzo490]

Long live Tubu

[@maxwell6525]

@@brahimbmzo490 Tubu forever. a kind and beautiful people. Give the tuareg traitors hell!!

[@brahimbmzo490]

max well thank you sir. Oki doki! Roger that lol

[@tomh2572]

True. I love their music.

[@boosie4l133]

That’s what happen when you draw random lines on the map

[@gamingthisera6339]

True, shouldn't grant them independent lol

[@darthsion3844]

@@gamingthisera6339 they shouldn’t have colonized the territory and defined their borders at all

[@ashthetrash2109]

@@darthsion3844 lol like creatures like this even deserve land

[@kiaking472]

@@ashthetrash2109 ?

[@MM-vs2et]

@@ashthetrash2109 name checks out

[@deividask789]

"we no have money, we family very poor, no food no eat". - Drives 2006 hyundai sonata carries samsung galaxy s6.....

[@Crouchy232323]

+Deividas Kandrotas Have you ever tried eating a Galaxy s6? They are horrible :-(

[@deividask789]

+Peter Smithonian relax. he used irony..

[@Azivegu]

+Deividas Kandrotas funny thing about cell phones, they dont need water...

[@Crouchy232323]

Deividas Kandrotas So did Peter. I hope.

[@deividask789]

Azivegu what are tou trying to say?

[@pat7777100]

I just hope everything works out for those people They seem like a lot of nice people

[@yodahearayaszemichael7277]

It would have if the west could manage to keep themselves away

[@inesita365]

Amazigh for life! Long live to the Touareg from Morocco!

[@sewerservice835]

I Wonder who the 221 people are that gave this a thumbs down! It was an exceptional video! It took courage to go there for one thing.. I wouldn't have signed on to this project! Kudos to those that did.. It's a great piece of journalism and very informative! Thank you!

[@lightroom2289]

now we cannot see the dislikes

[@DavidSjodinisbest]

Theres always dislikes on every single video lol its some weird thing ive never seen a video that has over 1k likes with no dislikes

[@Asgoga]

If not Nato This place be one less shithole in the world . They could take Gadafi way more strategically thats why we elect these politics and presidents to take important decisions seriously not Bomb everyone.

[@OverG88]

+Spartacus Yeah! Serbia has it now, Iraq has it, Afghanistan has it, Ukraine has it. They are still shitholes. But hey! At least they have freedom of speech! Hooray to american democracy!

[@OverG88]

Spartacus I support genocide of Kurdish people... Oh yeah.. And what does loyal NATO member Turkey is currently doing? Sending them flowers?

[@mrmx532]

+Plzstandbuy so do the palestinan people

[@johnsonnofapp6630]

+mr mx I'm a BLACK AMERICAN AND I THINK PALESTINAN PEOPLES AND THE NATIVE INDIANS OF AMERICA SHOULD HAVE THEIR COUNTRY BACK WHICH WAS STOLEN FROM THE SO CALLED ALL AMERICAN!!! AND ISRAEL POINT BLANK PERIOD!!!!

[@johnsonnofapp6630]

+Plzstandbuy AND NATIVE INDIANS SHOULD HAVE THEIR LAND BACK ALSO

[@redabaroin968]

I love how the ignorant people here happily appropriate this "edgy" and "woke" opinion of Gadaffi being based. He was a dictator, perhaps not the worst, but he was a dictator. The Tuareg and other Berber rebels have every right to fight for what they deserve: support & recognition in their own land. Gadaffi oppressed these people and made sure that it was hard for them to fully enjoy their own culture and language in their OWN land. So yes, I understand these specific rebels' feelings completely. The critique should be towards the other Arab rebels who have once again, neglected the basic rights of the Berbers in their own land in a post-Gadaffi Libya.

[@isaacb5968]

At least Gadaffi created a sense of order, ruling with an iron fist. Now there’s dozens of power hungry maniacs profiting off of the instability that resulted in his demise, and the scale of human suffering in the region has increased dramatically. The exact same thing happened after the fall of Sadam’s regime in Iraq. The critique should really fall on the US for creating a power vacuum, and doing nothing to quell the resulting chaos. All we care about is controlling the oil fields.

[@as-yv7ur]

tell me what made him a dictactor, like if european and american leaders aerent, they dicate everything,

[@__mindflayer__]

Here’s the problem. Gadaffi may have been a dictator but England and France also had dictators it’s just they were called Kings and Queens to make them sound nicer. At least Gadaffi kept the country stable cause the only way to keep it that way was by ruling with an iron fist. Look at the state of the country now. Can you really tell me that an unstable country that’s divided by countless of factions trying to be the top dog to be able to rule over a broken country while innocent civilians are killed in the cross fire is better than a ruler who rules with and iron fist but at least there is order?

[@raquelr8775]

I agree. I had to watch a documentary on the Tubu tribe to understand what life under Gadaffi was like for these tribal people. Most folks commenting aren't Libyan, so you can't expect much to anything from them. They haven't experience it.

[@__mindflayer__]

Raquel Rodriguez So you have to be Libyan to understand that Libya is under chaos right now? You’re looking at it with a emotional view not a factual one.

[@DeathsOnTheYAxis]

I find it interesting how conscious of the outside world these guys are. Like the way, talking about the person living in the tent, he said "it's the 21st century and someone is living like this." That's really interesting because in that area, everyone is living in run-down cinderblock houses at best. Even though he's probably never traveled more than 200 miles from home, he's aware of the kind of living conditions that people in the outside world are experiencing.

[@gzrh1]

ladies and gentlmen we have found the kurds of africa

[@FTW3152]

+Gholam Hossein Salehi and they're a matriarchal society

[@lordaragorn001]

+Gholam Hossein Salehi The berbers are the kurds of north africa, but they're a majority, just unconscious.

[@definetlynotacomment1184]

+Gholam Hossein Salehi For exept they are more moderate and were never really involved i terrorist attacks or war crimes.

[@saddamhussein7606]

+Gholam Hossein Salehi Tell me about it

[@ForeverRepublic]

+Gholam Hossein Salehi Copts and Berbers.

[@sanaemabrouki6930]

An excellent piece of journalism despite the fact that it did not speak to much about the contributory factors. It's very sad to see enmity created between one of the most united and unified tribes....It's deep. Thank you Vice.

[@johncarlson4663]

About time you put out a video - Don't forget who helped you get that HBO time slot - WE DID!!!

[@ThePeacePlant]

What do you mean about time?.. they put out around 10 short videos or so and around 4 or 5 videos within the past 7 days that were around 20 minutes

[@Phobias777]

+Snootches Bootches they've been crap. we come to vice because we are tired of establishment agenda.

[@ThePeacePlant]

Phobias777 What was the established agenda you think they had? enlighten me

[@ztrenditv7223]

+Snootches Bootches they stopped daily headline my favorite and biggest reason why i signed up.

[@sajjadsaj66]

+ztrend “Fantack” itv That needs to come back.

[@nameless5r]

man, those little Toyotas site can take a beating. they are everywhere.

[@nameless5r]

sure*

[@xboy4331]

You should check out the Top Gear segment called something like "trying to kill a toyota pickup". Those things are almost invincible!

[@brentw741]

Yeah dude they're absolutely fcking JUICED I always seem them in grimy ass armies. Lolz

[@misleadingbarrel106]

Yes, they are the hilux I think, basically indestructible

[@brokennative1784]

african terrain is very rough, roads are mostly created by the cars not already existing and toyota understands this, most american cars would need repairs daily and their spare parts are very expensive, any one willing to send me a useless toyota?

[@erol2452]

13:02 a man who is aware of what war can cause

[@TheAlbinoskunk]

Amazing documentary, yet again Vice goes where other organizations don't dare to go as much

[@anasls123]

Free Amazigh people

[@xkxkxixmdjknkcovixiskosid7282]

Tell the Arabs to go back to Arabia.

[@Laila-hl8dc]

@@xkxkxixmdjknkcovixiskosid7282 wtf u on about u flop? Libyans speak arabic because its their main language. So done with dumb ass people like you. Mind your own fucking business.

[@Oussama-nf2zi]

@@Laila-hl8dc most of the libyans are Arabized Berbers, not Arabs

[@Laila-hl8dc]

@@Oussama-nf2zi when did I say they weren't?? I'm talking about the main language which is arabic, no one is of arab descent except the people in the Arabian peninsula everyone else isn't ethnically arab but speak arabic

[@friendlyaviation6484]

It's sad to see this beautiful country and it's people suffer turly breaks my heart 😪

[@gaminghailabackimbackonaho572]

Im from libya :(

[@toutneuf]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/anuxnJ6BatFrnpo

[@madbuzz90]

It saddens me to see these peoples fight each other.

[@SerTempleton]

It shouldn't. It's the way of the world.

[@adamrules01]

They should move to the US and become a guitarist for a hippy folk band

[@vragenstaatvrij777]

With a bottle of booze and a bit chrystal meth they'll create the new rhythm and blues. Khadaffi Rock :)

[@jjc5475]

+pieter lucas maria lemmens klinkt goed :D

[@giusepper383]

2:09 BOKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@agustinorelia5058]

no puede ser

[@joellorca7340]

No lo puedo creer jajaj

[@Mralielrayes]

Well covered story. This is just a glimpse of the situation in Libya. Well done Vice.

[@johnmcenroe1760]

Smart. Killing the person giving you income and now you complain that there is no "good job". Yeah we'll, go figure Sherlock.

[@theArab__]

John McEnroe they are idiotic people

[@rabborabbi1276]

Rami Sebit but better then the situation that they are now

[@raquelr8775]

Most of the smaller tribes weren't given the opportunities everyday Libyans had. Did you not watch and LISTEN to the documentary?

[@حمد-ع2ع2ن]

This area was on the side with Gaddaffi not against him

[@dannyarchersillegitimateso7847]

State department really knocked this out of the park completely destabilizing the country and leaving absolute chad move

[@hgovhf888]

this looks like far cry trailer

[@thastayapongsak4422]

Far cry 5:Tuareg revenge

[@sajjadsaj66]

+Thas Tayapongsak That would make a good story though.

[@MickeyD2012]

FarCry: Volkswagenkampf.

[@PolishBehemoth]

The old saying- "When you dont know about life, everything looks like a video game"

[@applecom1de509]

@@PolishBehemoth Very old saying actually

[@burcoman990]

A highly respectable people who have defeated every empire and tyrant that has tried to subjugate them.

[@ahmedelmusrati956]

As a Libyan, who was born and has lived in Libya, who talks extensively to his Libyan parents about Libya, I can assure you that this chaos is the result and the reflection of a 40 year dictatorship under the Gaddafi Regime. Don't place him on a pedal stool. Do your research, don't just follow a trend.

[@ahmedelmusrati956]

@Leo Walzim 2 the problem with that is why did anyone have to be overthrown in the first place. If he was such a great figure, he would’ve helped Libya to be in a better position where they can look after themselves. Instead, he spent an enormous mount of money on himself and his people and WEAPONS. He deprived the Libyan people of their wealth for 40 years. And when everything brook loose, HE decided to take the first shot and allow weapons to be distributed to the masses. I’m not saying that Americans didn’t have a part in this, of course they did. Every global power has a part in this. Libya has become a playground for THE US, RUSSIA, TURKEY, QATAR, UAE, FRANCE etc. To run around and play. They are RAPING Libya and it’s resources, with the help of Libyan people militia groups and or “gov” or the so called “leaders” who know nothing but to steal and also deprive Libya from its own resources for their own personal gain. The Libyan people who are apart of this chaos have been easily been manipulated. And that is another direct result from 40 years of being manipulated. The thing that irritates me the most is that new generations are come into this world and will carry on the corruption and lack of understanding. And also most importantly, after all this, the only people who is suffering the most are the average man, woman or child. I’m not blind. I’m just not seeing the issue as a black or white. I’m seeing the enormous complexity of the topic.

[@MultiSciGeek]

Libya looks like such a nice country and the people are friendly and intelligent.... to bad America messed it up. I think they have a lot of potential. All the best for the future Libya, peace

[@khadijaeturki2577]

+MultiSciGeek it is very thanks

[@tahasasi3592]

thank u for your words , I am Berber Libyan and our country is very nice but we are destroying it with our hands .

[@MultiSciGeek]

Sassi Mazigh So it is also in your hands to unite and stop this :)

[@adamben-hamida5695]

It was beautiful, and were. When this finishes inshallah visit musrata, it's a beautiful city.

[@albusai]

MultiSciGeek if they were so smart how are them so easy manipulated by a country thousands of miles away ?

[@afrozzz5634]

Tuareg people are so beautiful! Their music and culture are so amazing

[@w-james9277]

This world is slowly turning to shit.

[@achmeez]

the world has always been shit. grow up.

[@avuncularmayonnaise2868]

You're right the world was way better in the 20th century. Nothing bad ever happened in the 20th century. No one even knew what was was back then.

[@xAuger]

+Leopard95 The world is fine. It's just the middle east.

[@nmariam123]

+achmeez easy lol

[@VladiSSius]

+Leopard95 World is already shit in it's conception.

[@joem80003]

She is a strong and brave person to go in a fire zone with a crew.

[@thomashdh3106]

Gaddafi was a good leader. You fight against him and now against each other. What a shame. You had peace, wealth, education, healhcare and nearly no taxes. Free housing, the ability to study worldwide for free, 20.000dollar if you marry the first time... Now you will have endless war and wake up in an destroyed 3rd world country. Gaddafi had a dream of an african union and he was the only one who really cared about the continent.

[@JJ989ful]

Thomas Hdh Don't forget about Gaddafi being one of the main contributors to terrorist organizations all over the world.

[@jakiyafu2516]

Jgoblin459 proof?

[@triniboy00001]

Salute To Muammar Al Gaddafi the One and True Leader of Libya, Dead or Alive. And the Tuareg Love Him Still to this Day! Your Lies Will Always Fail. Tuareg Stay Strong!

[@josepsankhill48]

Gadaffi was a good leader but the westerners destroyed him.

[@kyle9974]

Josep Sankhill no tf he wasnt he was a psychopathic authoritarian dictator who killed countless people

[@raymerlino5766]

@@kyle9974 bro Amerika needed a reason to get in to war jou think Amerika eten there for gadaffi had billions of dollars all in us hands now and the oil

[@r0ckstar666]

Libyans killed him

[@JordanTheMann]

The one thing that keeps Africa from being first world is the first world that makes money by keeping Africa third world.

[@formersovietmarshal7184]

Capitalism...

[@trollsports7829]

@@formersovietmarshal7184 still better than communism

[@sbakernyc5761]

@@trollsports7829 doesn't have to be one or the other

[@erikjohansson8701]

23:45 is just amazingly beautiful!

[@gabd5557]

Iam Somali and I support Tuareg

[@aditya2805]

Please EXPLAIN ...COMPLETE STORY

[@vp-fv1eo]

@jakiiz jambeze tebu is garre

[@rebongcay2481]

Brother let's make peace between this two tribes who kill each Other they are both our Brother we have desame Allah who created us.. I hope that the elders will meet soon to end this no cause war!

[@melanatedhistorian5390]

@jakiiz jambeze nah Tebu are a subgroup of kanuri people of Nigeria and Chad they from kanem-bornu empire and classified as nilo-saharan lmao

[@lucianomalaga5867]

2:09 GRANDEEEEE BOCAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Conscience-12]

May Libyans healthy lives and happiness gets back on track to everyone's eyes in JN" Amen.

[@toutneuf]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/anuxnJ6BatFrnpo

[@minimanadam]

Those daily prayers through the loud speakers will always remind me of ruins and poverty

[@abuobaidalshamrani7810]

That’s not the case, wherever there is oil and anti capitalist there will always be CIA operatives

[@lino2896]

I’m one of the warriors who fought this war and it was a proxy war it took us time to know what was happening but we back honoring our 120 years + old peace agreement

[@polishherowitoldpilecki5521]

Did you guys lose the war???

[@wiseman3107]

No one won those wars all sides lost the war lost their sons and homes

[@lino2896]

@@wiseman3107 absolutely right fam I've lost many good brothers in this conflict from both side , people who I grow up with and want to school with and it was horrible to have to fight some of my brothers in this war.

[@Gianiv04]

Min 2:09 BOKITA PAPAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@Memez_-pf2nt]

as a Libyan i remembered when a bus crashed into a military armored carrier near a park in my town. I always tought the crash was either on purpose or on accident.

[@Crowborn]

I hope things have improved... I love the Tuareg, it's such a shame to see them like this. Very beautiful documentary.

[@toutneuf]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/anuxnJ6BatFrnpo

[@Saltycures]

“Jails are now closed” - let that sink in for a moment 😬😬😬

[@idyllsend6481]

Crime is promoted and encouraged perpetually now.

[@rotter4310]

@@idyllsend6481 and cia founded funded and armed al Qaeda and isis

[@uiuxdesigner9636]

tourag are prt of amazigh ppl nativ ppl of north africa long life amazigh from kabile algeria

[@hakimiahlem8822]

There is nothing called amazigh or.amazing ppl there is libo carthagians moors there is phenocanis nomedians but amazigh never happend

[@abdulahimohamed2314]

@Noah Pritchett / The handsome apologist All this Amazigh,Tuareg,Tebu and other in North Africa are Berber Only 20million are Arabs

[@hakimiahlem8822]

@Noah Pritchett / The handsome apologist my grandmother is berber😉 the amazigh is false its new word its not old at all you wont know more than berber himself

[@hakimiahlem8822]

Do you think Being berber would make you better lol? I dont wanna talk cause if i do i wont stop talking

[@hakimiahlem8822]

@Noah Pritchett / The handsome apologist arabs are not racee its ethnicity ...dude egypte and moroco have the same haplogroup structure and you wanna say egypte are arabs but moroco are not cmon dude

[@mikeykillsit_0718]

TOYOTA Proudly supporting all sides since 1970

[@SWALAguangzhou]

The beauty of the land is amazing,nice soothing music on the background

[@Laaa20584]

My Respect for your Courage👏❤❤❤

[@jake-de8kp]

TUAREG will win ,,giod people and I like their music,,from Thailand

[@michaelkoeman3412]

Removing a "dictator " for war??. What sense?.

[@koshinyusuf7214]

Love Tuareg music

[@bigslimelikebarracuda9790]

Koshin Yusuf Obama is proud of himself I hope he regrets fucking up such a great country.

[@RIFFRAFF104]

I lived in Tripoli 76-78. It was a nice city. This is a shame.. Good people in Libya.

[@Nathan-ys9vk]

9:44 is like the common pub you can find in the middle age era

[@tarekali2446]

Only France has interest in south of Libya , France behind this war , as France coloniesed Fezzan in 1945 after defeating German and Italian in Libya

[@SergeyChaschin]

@Tarek Ali: that's the most funny post about the role of France in WWII. How could it defeat Germans and Italians in Libya? It was DEFEATED by Germans alone even faster than Libya was defeated by NATO. Although lots of French resistance militants fought both Nazis and Germans, many of them fought against OFFICIAL French army of Vichy. Yep, many French took part in Allied operations, but it was not France - just numerous guerilla "resistance" forces.

[@SergeyChaschin]

@Adal Tlay: I'm neither Serbian, nor dog.

[@SergeyChaschin]

@Tarek Ali: Italy has interest in south of Libya, the USA has interest in the south of Libya, Russia has interest in the south of Libya, France and many other countries. This whole "international community" being just the leaders of 1/6th of the world population wants to control the other 5/6th of the world. Many nations suffer from all the "peace" brought by these world financial sharks.

[@che1878]

The "democracy" deliver a lot to Libya ...

[@sadiqrahman2961]

Again because of Americans sigh

[@LejunglerenardThejunglefox]

Correction President Obama. We Westerners we more interested in helping in reconstruction and Nation Building, but Obama doesn't understand that.

[@LejunglerenardThejunglefox]

Sorry for voting for an Idiot to screw you guys over. I though he was actually going to make things better.

[@tobiassteven07]

actually is was France and the UK that started first, then the US came because the UK and France asked for help.

[@sirsober1718]

The song at the end was beautiful.

[@modro1991]

Here are some facts while Gaddafi was alive: - Education and medical treatment were free - Newlyweds received U.S $50,000 from the government - Libya had no external debt and had reserves of $150 billion most of which were frozen globally - The price of petrol was $0,14 per litre - Having a home was considered a human right - Gender equality - People had enough food Libya After Gaddafi's Fall (2011-2023): - Civil conflict and power vacuum after Gaddafi's overthrow. - Deep fragmentation with competing governments and militias. - Security challenges, proliferation of arms, and extremist groups. - Humanitarian crisis, displacement, and human rights abuses. - Economic struggles due to disrupted oil production.

[@weirdshibainu]

Man, toyotas are everywhere in the middle east.

[@joelwieland1767]

that's africa tho

[@weirdshibainu]

@Youssef Houaoui who? Me?

[@weirdshibainu]

@I'MDEprEssEdaNDqUIrkY I know its African.

[@weirdshibainu]

@Billy Enzen I know its African...relax

[@chaabitahatakieddine]

Do you mean north africa

[@MS-cl7jz]

Mu uncle from India worked in Libya in gadaffi*s Time. He says it was really nice life there until they killed (Gaddafi). How sad:(

[@geoffreyburkinshaw4294]

The words he spoke about the Col G --- are very true. The goings on to kill the Col ext ext was down to the West getting control of Libya plus the killing of the Great Leader himself. I worked in Libya for 12 years ---- I was most upset by what happened due to the West ----- I hoped to work for another 10 years or more if I had been wanted in Libya and my health had remained good before retirement . I was never happy in work before I went to Libya and I have never been happy since I had to leave. May God -Mohammed - the Col and All the Libyan People I met and worked with

[@Jaibheemmusalmaan]

So sad.

[@xymoriintus]

That music is awesome! It's almost sounds like a mix of Irish folk and American country music

[@jameso7181]

1:18 aleast they got spongebob.

[@formersovietmarshal7184]

There's no Libya after Gaddafi Rip Libya, Rip Gaddafi

[@rotter4310]

Rip gaddafi inshallah bush will pay for his evil

[@alaeddinemenai5380]

For people who want to know about Touareg and Amazigh.THEY are the original people of North Africa.The north Africa was called Mazeghena the old part in the earth , even Amazon is a name of our native language that refers to woman who fight.

[@khalidalali186]

Looks like post-apocalyptical world without oil, for the once oil-rich producers and exporters. Like an insight into the future, a sign of things to come.

[@nunyabiz7021]

Don't forget water and food problem's that are likely to become serious long before the oil runs out.