The North Africa Journal: Muamar Kaddafi Offers Libya as a Naval Base for the Russian Military Muamar Kaddafi Offers Libya as a Naval Base for the Russian Military ================================================================================ The North Africa Journal on 26 December, 2008 03:45:00 While on a recent official visit in Moscow, the Libyan leader Muamar Kaddafi has offered the Russians to establish a naval base in Libya, more precisely in Benghazi. Kaddafi is essentially reacting to the lack of positive feedback from the Americans in the area of diplomacy, economic and military cooperation and as such, he is turning to the Russians. Continue here.