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No I didn't.Hakeem.gadi 01:20, 14 May 2007 (UTC) Come on! the page history doesn't reference my name. what made you think I did it?Hakeem.gadi 08:45, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

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Hey can you translate these and add them to the article Tremiti.


 * Nel 1911 furono confinati alle Tremiti circa milletrecento libici che si opponevano all'occupazione coloniale italiana. A distanza di un anno circa un terzo di questi erano morti. In epoca fascista l'arcipelago continuò a svolgere la sua funzione di confino, ospitando tra l'altro anche il futuro Presidente della Repubblica Sandro Pertini.

And...


 * Nel 1987 Muammar Gheddafi stupì dichiarando che a suo avviso le Tremiti erano libiche in quanto abitate dai discendenti dei libici qui deportati dal 1911 al 1943. L'affermazione spinse alcuni giornali all'epoca a parlare di pretese territoriali sull'arcipelago da parte di Tripoli anche se probabilmente la frase fu usata dal leader libico sapientemente per ricordare la deportazione dei libici alle Tremiti e in altre isole italiane effettuate soprattutto dal governo Giolitti. Ad onor del vero negli archivi comunali non risultano discendenti dei deportati dalla Libia, anche perché la stragrande maggioranza di loro morì di tifo petecchiale quasi immediatamente dopo l'arrivo nelle isole.

If you need context Isole Tremiti. --  ħɑk ƏƏ m  rant! 16:20, 13 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Never mind I used google-translate. Thanx anyway. --  hɑkeem  ¡ʇ u ɐ ɹ  ɯǝǝʞɐɥ  16:48, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

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