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Do the books have the name of Gaddafi's tribe? A quick scan of Muammar Gaddafi doesn't turn it up. Picaroon 21:02, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for awnsering so late, but your question had passed outof my mind. Unfortunately it's not mentioned, only it's told that it's in Gaddafi's native sirtic region.--Aldux 21:19, 13 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Section from Mattes, DCAF 2004. on RG[edit]

b. The Revolutionary Guard (al-Haras al-thawri) Owing to the lack of records it is not possible to say exactly when the Revolutionary Guard was set up. The founding of the Revolutionary Guard and its tasks are both closely related to the Revolutionary Committees’ Movement. The institutional expansion and growth in personnel of the latter attracted opportunists who were more interested in their material privileges than in protecting the regime.43 In addition, there were misunderstandings in the perception of their security tasks. The Revolutionary Guard was supposed to prevent such developments and thus acted as a kind of internal control organisation for the Revolutionary Committees. Since the beginning of the 1980s, Revolutionary Committees have also been formed within the armed forces. Just as they did in the civilian sector, they carried out ideological indoctrination and performed security related tasks such as controlling weapons depots (“control of keys”). The members of the Revolutionary Committees within the armed forces constituted the 1,000 to 2,000 strong so-called “Revolutionary Guard.” This organisation was thus well-armed and equipped with motor vehicles. (DCAF, ‘Challenges to Security Sector Governance in Libya,’ 2004, p.15-16)