Libya

Libya was one of the more confusing areas of the middle east that Tony traveled too. Tony had been chasing a story on an aspirin factory that was said to have been making poison gas to use against Israel. Also at this time America had recently taken down two libyan planes heading across the medditeranean sea. Everyone in Libya right off the bat was not very fond of Tony. They had not been very good about accomidating him and the trip to the aspirin plant was no walk in the park. Tony and many other reporters had been taken on a very long trip before actually seeing the plant. When they got to see the plant the Libyans let the reporters get into the plant for a short period of time and then soon had them kicked out of the country. "We'd been lied to, sent on a two day wild goose chase, kicked out of the country and now fleeced." Tony Horwitz did not have a pleasant time in Libya.

RJB