Former United States Congressman Curt Weldon has stated on record that America and its European allies orchestrated the killing of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to prevent the unification of Africa under a single economic system backed by gold.
In a newly released interview with journalist Tucker Carlson, Weldon, who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1987 to 2007, recounted multiple meetings with Gaddafi and visits to Libya in 2004.
We [US/UK] were the ones that caused Ghadaffi’s death …. I was the one who went there during the war. I took a Biden staffer and a Bush staffer and a film crew leader from WABC …. Larry Mendte and a cameraman [because] I didn’t want the CIA to set me up, Weldon stated.
He said Gaddafi was committed to creating an African economic bloc with a gold-backed currency. Western powers, according to Weldon, opposed the plan.
At every meeting I had with Gaddafi, he talked about two things – uniting the African continent economically based on the gold standard, and maintaining control of Libya’s oil and sovereign wealth. The U.S. and Europeans didn’t want that. So Gaddafi had to go, the ex-congressman said.
Weldon said he led two delegations to Libya. The first was in January 2004 to open dialogue. The second occurred in March 2004, when he addressed Libya’s 27th General People’s Congress in Sirte. He revealed that a staffer from then-Senator Joe Biden’s office was part of the second visit, alongside aides from both the Bush and Biden camps.
During the 2011 NATO-led war on Libya, Weldon said he returned to the country. A film crew, a Biden staffer, a Bush staffer and others accompanied him. He claimed Gaddafi sent a letter offering to resign, which Weldon hand-delivered to the U.S. government. The offer was ignored.
They didn’t want him to resign. They wanted him dead, he said.
He also accused then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton of “playing the game over there” in Libya. Muammar Gaddafi was captured and killed on 20 October 2011 during the civil war. His death followed months of NATO airstrikes and covert operations. It marked the end of his 42-year rule.
Gaddafi had long advocated for African self-reliance. He sought to reduce the continent’s dependence on Western financial institutions through his Green Book and proposals like the African Monetary Fund and the African Central Bank. He also used Libya’s oil wealth to fund infrastructure and political projects across Africa.
While U.S. and European leaders justified their intervention as a humanitarian effort, Weldon’s comments suggest that Gaddafi’s vision for African economic independence was a central reason for his removal.
His death plunged Libya into political chaos. Till now, the country remains divided, with rival governments, ongoing militia violence, and weakened oil output.
Weldon’s remarks recall the fate of other African leaders who challenged Western control. One example is Patrice Lumumba of the Democratic Republic of Congo. He was removed and assassinatedin 1961 with the backing of Belgian and American intelligence. Like Gaddafi, Lumumba pushed for national control of resources and pan-African unity.
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