After the military overthrow of King Idris in 1969 the Libyan Arab Republic (later the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya), the new government supported (with weapon supplies, training camps located within Libya and monetary finances) an array of armed paramilitary groups both left and right-wing.
Setelah kekalahan militer Raja Idris pada tahun 1969, Republik Arab Libya (terakhir Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya), pemerintah baru mendukung (melalui pengiriman senjata, kamp pelatihan ditempatkan bersama dukungan keuangan dari Libya) sebuah barisan bersenjata kelompok paramiliter kiri dan sayap kanan.