In this power 20th century, almost every nation in the world has at some time been in conflict, the empresses and the empressed, the victors and the vanquished
The people of war are tragic entightment of our civilization
At time, when much of the world was looking for ways to increase their influence, power and riches
Political reasons, restoration of the glory that was Rome
In 1911, Italy joins the hunt for terriroty
Libia on the other side of the Mediterranean sea is the target. Landings were made at Tripoli
then Ghazi, Zvona, Cert, Dona and Trubak
The local population fighting on many fronts, made fierce and resolute resistence to the invaders thus bringing the war to a stale-mate
1922 saw a dramatic change in Italy
The beginning of Mussolini's era of dictatorship
The conflict in Libia escalated as more and more fascists might was thrown against the scithening resistance of the local population
"We will overcome them"
and then we will take the fact of fascism to the Rome"
Ready charge
More... More... I don't understand
If we defeated the Beduins, why are we still hanging?
Why do I have to fort troups even when victory is upon
All I wish my generals will try to distinguish,
one telling me of their glorious victory
and one telling me of their defeats
Can't go on.. I will not let this go on
give
This green is ever green
That's your gile
The rest is brown paper
just need someone bold enough to roll up
Grechiani
come with me
20 years
20 true years we wasted on this war
I sent 5 governors to Libia in 5 years
Not... no military logic of fascism will not compromise
Its wrong with Alway, Giadi, Baynets, Banu, Don
What we are fighting in reality is just tribesmen, ghosts
I want their leader brought here and the revolution crushed
What's his name? Omar Muktar
Omar? Omar Muktar?
Omar Muktar
You know general
those Columnists that we sent over pacific from the south
they cost us leader for leader almost as if we put them up in grand hotel
Now something must be wrong
No... I will have a handful of Beduins stop the progress of a forty million battallions
I'll give you Libia then
least have a name that will frighten them
May I shed duty when i crush their belly
I do so with a clear conscience
What did Muktar do before the rebellion?
He was a Teacher
A Teacher? Yes
I was a Teacher
Be careful you don't end up as the five who went before you,
taught by him
Well, I'm the man who likes action... Go to Libia
General
Bring me back Muktar
driven or bring his neck
In the name of God, the compassionate, the merciful
It is the God of Mercy who has meant in the Quran,
he created man and told him speech
He set the sun and the moon in their courses
He raised the sky up and sat the balance of whole things
Stop right there
Why do we think we begin every chapter of the Quran with
God, the merciful?
Because, one of the names of God is mercy
mercy.. thats right
And how.. how does God show his mercy?
He taught.. taught people how to speak
How to speak.. thats right.. yes
And then there was something helse in what we wear
could anybody... anybody... can you tell me what that was?
it was... it was... let me give you a hint
it was the what? it was the balance that's right.. that's right
then why.. why did God set that balance?
Boys... Boys... why did God set the balance?
because.. because.. without the balance everything would fall
here.. let me see that much you read...
everything get fall apart
take it to your father
Where's the Omar?
Yes Matari, what is the news?
A new governor.. again?
They come like lions and go back home like worn-out goods
well, who is it this time? Grechiani
the butcher of the Zion
Grechiani... It was only a question of time before they let him loose on us
It will mean you offensive
My father used to say: "Bellows don't break your back"
"Strengthen it"
It was so Grechiani, some spine
It tells me that Grechiani loves blood
I don't like to believe those stories
bring the attack to
When is he expected? They decorate in Bengasi for him
Senmorite, Senmorine, his excellency, General Grechiani, governor of Sirinika
his royal highness, prince of Adol, duke of Pausta
Gentlemen, thank you. But the ladies are present
we should be at ease. Let the dancing continue
General Colonel Bercent
Senuri-tamate
Colonel Deodechi Sir
Ah yes...
Deodechi, I read reports on you. They say that you could make friends with Beduins with a hand-shake
I'm not so sure that I like that it implies that the rest of them are strangled to make peace
Sir, there are 5000 displeased Beduines outside my force
I have no food for them. I've difficulty controlling them and they need
...what you need Colonel What you need
is to be a little bold for that
Who is that man?
Sheriff Agiani
He's quite used to us, old friend of Omar Muktar
peaceful, you say?
Bring him here
I think you will find that you can rely on him
General Grechiani may I present his excellency, Sheriff Agiani
I understand that you did your man Omar Muktar.. I did
What would it take to get him to surrender?
I don't know Even as a boy, he was terribly stubborn
But the price could be of help in any way, I should be very willing to agree
You'll find that we could be terribly generous
Tenant Engineeri, urgent message sir
Can't it wait? you see you are disturbing my guests
Excuse me gentlemen. They say, the flagman has lost his manor while sleeping on his despatch
What is this? Another waster of minova?
How many dead at this time? 20 dead 50 wounded sir
And they let him go again yes, sir But, this time, he was seen
He was seen? How do they knew he was seen when nobody know him, how do they knew he was seen?
It was only for a moment sir. But they are sure. It was Muktar
I suppose I should decorate them just for being brave to have seen Muktar
There could be.. There could be.. Could be anywhere..
Tumani, I want you to use it, fast, how hard a hitting force is and you could
take whatever Omar Muktar was like
I'm disgusted that we have never seen him
go for his blood go for his circulation go for the revolution that is inside every Beduin
Muktar's been fighting chance 3 months ran with him
and next 3 months peaceful times
Tumani, no peace
Hameed, take your brother
be at be at be at
those 3 at the end there
...and ...and ...and
you two
...and ...and ...and
yea...
let young go...
Some of you have conflicts,
instead of good 3 months ...with Muktar
you go to your useful labor
while you be out of chawla
give the half of the gift to Muktar
burn half of everything
Its a bullet would sir
You were shot running with Muktar, weren't you?
what have you to say?
Beduin?
Well, you wrote it on yourself Execute him
Not, not out there. Here Let them see it
In the name of God, give him time to pray
you are old, be careful
Aisha
ma, I must do something
Oh God
I must do something
my family, they burnt its tree
I saw what happen, my brother and Aisha
then look at my father. I'm going to see Omar
Its not your turn yet
I became old enough today mother
Hameed
I need you
They must pass through here
start this ground
out there that is it
How, you can't hide a lizard out there.
Ustad Omar
Ejid
Check the other side
Sir, at last we got them, where we want them
Let's crack it of them, move it
Lets go
He's there.
Mount
They'r running. Put your foot down
They'r on a trap we must warn Tumani
You hear that?
Its Leutinant Adri sir
what the hell he is doing?
may be warning shots sir
all stop
Geytuari, do you see anything?
no, nothing sir
nothing
They are getting away. we have them in our hands
full persuit
Look at those machines
We do not kill prisoners do them not
They are not our teachers
He's a boy
Here
Tell your general it does not belong here
My husband...
I have... I have brought his book home
never turned his back on...
come here
what is your name? Ali
Oh, yes Ali
This is yours
This is your book now
you tell your mother to keep it for you
Do not let him see you crying too much
for they will carry on the fight
He truly should remember him strong, with confidence
never broken
go inside
Let us go and see the camp Ali
This is my friend, Ali
He is Umatari He is a little boy just like you
He is in Kufr, far away, in the desert
he misses me. We have some work to do
careful...
Oh... Is that supposed to be me? How do I look?
Go to bed back. Otherwise, I cannot win
you go... you go to the tent over there
wiped out.. one Leutinant...
and one scout out...
that is all its left of the fighting force
I did not come to Libia to be stunned by Bandits
Senorite Tumani is going to be left in his conffins
This young boy saved our honor by coming back with the flag
sir... yes yes yes, you will be decorated with the medal of honor
I've never in my career lost a fight
Gentlemen, I will repeat once in perfect to you
We will not be in fight with Muktar or 200 of his men here or 50 of his men there
we are fighting a population
I am therefore taking the first 3 final steps
straight to eliminate rebellion in this economy
Its really quite simple and really should have been thought out before
I propose to concentrate on the Beduins
concentrate them?
Yes, put them in a high walled camps and keep them there until we find prudent and safe to release them
No need of any pity for them They have brought this upon themselves
We will fill their wells, we will burn their fuels,
we will destroy their trees we will turn their land brown
Now, if they cannot live with it, they'll leave it
And.. if we meet the resistance? you answer it prompty with your own punishment for rebellion
Thats the message
Turn around
As mutinists and rebels, you will be decimated
One... Two... Three...
Nine... Ten...
They've taken everybody
Who can fight such a war?
Not against army but against innocent people
people will be dieing in those camps and compounds
people will be dieing without food, without any choice
or was it my fault? indirect choice?
look what they did
[ raised the sky up and set the balance of all things ]
Its the Omar
No
We will be massacred
you have a chance to get away Take it
Go with this mare Don't think of it
Go... Go...
Ali
Up behing me Up behind me
Go back.. Go back for that boy
The horse won't take too His mare knows that
Hurry up Ustad Omar
So, you are the brave young man
The brave young man who saved Muktar from me
why did you do it? you are young
you had your whole life behind it
Tell me Would you want to live?
come on
I want him to live more
You will make a fine soldier
Would you think of joining us? You earn more with us lion prince
you will corrupt him
Get him out of here Give him Riyals, fruit, honey.. whatever
Don't harm him Hang him.. in the morning
Desert is their home, General I'd be careful.. next
You may be next to him, even if its a small paragraph in a newspaper in Rome
You touch my strength Prince
A gain in the mind of Rome
is more important to me than the generation of men of Libia
And what happens if you are... you are forgotten in Rome and
you are remembered in Libia?
Why do you worry so much about that? you see, we will write the history Libia is our crown of thorns
Libia is our career
locate it
Its always the same We can never persue them in the desert
I must conquer the desert as much on a crusade
from here to here Simple.. isn't it?
No, its not
But, its only empty desert
There's nothing there, just wind and sand,
not even much opposition
what can you get from it? worry for Rome
an extension of the Emperor and finding the revolution to the mountain
my name, a new page in military history
seize it as quiteful as offense
I will surprise you
come in
Diatich, now is your time. Please sit down
The man who can make peace with a hand-shake
Do it now....
Hands across the desert
I wish to instigate peace talks with his excelleny
Omar Muktar
That will not be so easy now. Now, you will do it, won't you?
And what are the pre-conditions for talks with Omar Muktar?
No pre-conditions. The whole of Libia is open to discussion. Look at it
Look at it
We go to the conference table with no pre-mind or not
He fought us for 20 years. We are anamoly, he knows
He'll sack all our promises
20 years is too long. I mean can you imagine escaping hanging for 20 years and you can't win just hoping to keep on
Its a war. It's a hope man would be mad
to get on his high horse to back false promises.
When may I... your excellency's man sit down with him?
When you talk to Omar Muktar, it must be with the speed of the tesh
Regress whether you are talk or not. Interest in your tie-in
Yes, I will try
Thank you very much
Thank you for coming at very short notice It was very kind of you
Thank you
Well, let us settle this. Duditch is not the right man.
He will offer. But Muktar can't take
and Muktar will ask what he can't give
which makes me think, you want things go long
No
I want some fair chance, I want some peace course
I want to win that peace
But sometimes Prince when you are strong, it means natural conquest is not enough
He won't give me peace But he will give me time
what I need is time
So, thats what he looks like
After all these years, we are the first to see him
The Old Lion!
Colonel Duditchi? yes sir
Please
This side
Curnel Barilo, military Governor of Merch!
This is Commissionor Roberto, has come directly from Rome for advice and assistance
You invited us here to talk
We are here
You Excellency, it is my one wish
to see the Italian and the Arab together in the Solopian desert
I could see a future of common cause, give and take of character skill,
our civilization and your culture
in marriage of virtues
I want observators to come from Tunisia or Egypt
to witness any agreements between us
... as for as I am concerned
Out of the question Duditch
He is seeking International Recognition, as if the Beduins were an independent nation which they are not
They are subjects within our province
Our arguments are not within nations, but between Italians
We cannot permit outside interference in our internal affairs
They why must you represent this. We are not Italians, and do not tell us who we are
We were born where we were born only by the will of God
and only by our own mothers. We are not you
And who will come as Foreign Observators later uh?
As yet, nothing written, nothing witnessed
But, we have written
You must have muslime schools.. Oh, yes
no question. Freedom of education, no question
The schools will be re-opened
We must have some form of national protection
We must have our National Parliament.. Your Parliament is a matter for Rome
This tent is not the place
Why not? You pitched it, no conditions you said, no limits, no conclusions,
everything open on this table in this tent
Let us say that, at present we will note your demand for the parliament
Mark it well
The confiscated lands must be given back
well...
I wouldn't say confiscated lands
I would say lands reserved for settlement and cultivation, lands to be developed
To be developed by Italians?
I tell you there is no space 20 years. For years, the land would be packed with people
Why do you think we fight you? But, the new settlements will provide employment
as long as you take our lands, as long as where I was born, we must fight you
must? yes, we must
But, I have it on religious authority that your Quran does not allow you to fight a war you cannot win
Now, you are going to interpret our religion first...
The Book leaves no doubt. It is our duty to God to defend ourselves
against those who have driven us out of our homes
I think this might be a good time to adjourn We are in no hurry
why are you delaying?
Your excellency, we are obliged to refer your demands to Rome
On 3rd, the next meeting, we will give you their answer and make our proposal
Atleast.. Atleast we know that we all want the blood-shed between us to end
An Italian Invasion...
The first use of aircraft in combat,
the first Portekts of the desert
history will mark that gentlemen
What we need was time. Now, we have achieved that time
with talk peace with a lot of weapons
1. Omar Muktar's men will come under the command of Italian Officer
Go on...
2. The Italian Government will pay monthly salary to these men
Go on
Go on...
The Government reserves the right to punish any persons who committed a crime before this agreement
Omar Muktar will have no right to protect such persons
4. These terms mean dis-honour Absolute surrender
That even subjects for discussion
The Italian Government undertakes to pay Omar Muktar a pension of 50,000 Lirahs a month
and to provide him with a comfortable house
Do I deserve so much?
I've been so successful to offer me 50,000 Lirahs a month?
You know, by offering me bribes, you are insulting me
Your excellency, I made that proposal
Believe me..
It was not an attempt to bribe you
only to make your retirement comfortable
How can I be comfortable when my people are in concentration camps?
and where is this General who bombs and burns and hangs?
Why has be never come here?
Once he sees this agreement between us
General Gotchiani will be happy to see you
I do not want to see him. I want to see the last of him
And why is he landing troups? Where is he going? to the last Oasis?
6000 drums of water
He is going to Kufra
He never wanted peace. All you wanted was time
We will be with Gotchiani
If you will not come to these terms, I'll promise you immediately terrible war
Oh I know the power of your Government, the power you threatens with...
we've stood against you for 20 years ... and with the help of God
we will stay with you till your end
I knew this conclusion would....
poor folks They think they can ride against the Golden Army
Its Kufra, no question
those soldiers and machines, all going to Kufra
Gotchiani is doing what no one has ever done he's putting tanks in a desert
The tanks... that is insane
Gotchiani is marching south to Kufra We, attack North. We throw him back
We must fight him for Kufra
Sometimes, it is braver not to die. If it is lost, country is not lost
We know your family is there
But, to defend Kufra is to die there
I must go
Yes, yes you must
Are you ready to platter them? Yes sir
Good... We've been given help
Colonel Andriani, open fire
Go now
Fire everything on them
Borm it on their front
Murderers
What are you doing? Consolute Gotchiani's orders
No retreat, we fight and die here
Gentlemen This is Kufra
The seizure of Kufra has hurt us deeply
it has closed the south
The only road for military supplies is across the Egyptian Border
We are in desperate need of supplies, food...
Hilgariani's coming up the Merch Road
How many? Three They are flying white flags
Let them in
We will finish later
Sheriff Hilgariani
To come through, we have to use the Italian cars
you sound and comfortable? We want to talk to you alone
What we have to say cannot be said in public
Then, it is not to be said to me
Omar, why do you not surrender? We've obtained the best terms you can from the Italians
Mohamed will re-direct a safe conduct out of the country
safe conduct? Where to? Egypt
To Egypt... To hide with his brother
You are the only sonusi left in this country
I look at it
Just... just look at him
But, my people have fought to defend your own privileges
Where are you now?
Omar Muktar... The Italians are shrewdness. You better get back to them
My friend.. they are the Government of this country
No, they take this land by day,
but by God we take it back by night
Omar Muktar, you are alone
cut off from the rest of this country, isolated from the rest of the world
In the legal nations, it will not speak
and if they should not listen, noone would care
This battle is not being fought in the league of nations, this battle is being fought here on this land
Omar, you cannot win this war
Your blood against their metal?
Every man has to die his own day... and he truly lives
your children are starving, dieing in the concentration camps
dieing... because you persist in fighting
yes... yes they are... as in this war
but not one of them betrays me
not one has asked me to surrender because they know and I know that if I surrender, I betray them
Omar, you and I grew up together. Don't you remember 70 years ago, we were boys together
yes, yes I remember
Look how far apart we have grown
This may the last chance you have for seeking an honourable peace
They steal our land, they destroy our homes, they kill innocent people
and you call it peace?
I will not be corrupted by that man's peace
Perhaps we should go. Yes, I think you should
yes you should
Matluka? yes
a lot...
Yes, we seek with the Omar
I've prepared it for you
Once after he showed him in the battle, he gave it to me
The bright boy?
Will you be back?
yes
but not for some time
go
go now
Up you get come on out
her child is sick sir I don't care
you are accused of giving aid, confort and sustainance to the rebels in the mountain
Do you admit these capited crimes?
So, you are admitting your guilt
you will all hang by your necks
until you are dead
As the holder of 'Medal of Honour' Leutinant, you will have the privilege of giving the order for the execution
No
What did you say? You will do your duty Leutinant
I did not join the army to hang women, sir
Very well... Leutinant Chandrini, you will consider yourself under arrest
Cend your God for the lives of the given
What am I to do? You refuse duty
In-subordination is a very serious offence
When your officer starts crype options, you were to learn, do you?
I'm prepared to answer to the Court Marshall sir
Indeed... and I am not prepared to loose one of my Colunists for news here
Here are all I created I will not give you the pleasure nor the publicity of a Court Marshall Cendrini
As an officer, you were taught to obey orders without questions
...Yes sir, but You can't dispute with me
The State has needs that out-way the conscious of an individual,
the demand that goes beyond individual intelligence, isn't it be?
yes sir
You will report to Assasi for duty in the mountains
I will give you the honour of dieing for the service
Get this stuff loaded
سالم، تولى أمر البراميل
Zailab, take care of the tanks
I will drop the Benzene
Gentlemen, this time he won't get away
First, we take the bridge get our men behind him artilery in front of him
then we pound him into submission The bridge sir, I'm surprised that Muktar hasn't tried to cut it
That's because he's an artful fighter, not an educated one,
he didn't go to military academy like you gentlemen
Now is the time, we tank him at date
Take the bridge
Sargeant, take the bridge
All clear
Right, check the next bridge I will hold this one here
He is careful
He is showing his naive
That is bait We should have blown up the bridge
No
He has come close, we must stop him
Give the signal
Did you see?
The mice
they could never resist the cheese, could they?
Prepare the artilery to open fire
Bust them
Now, send in the army
Now, he has made his move
Look, over there
Ambush
Now
He is good
This old man is good
My dear General
My dear dear General I hoped you are the man who share some of your credit that
after all I chose you
I hope to say that I can... you can only hope you won you are the most fortunate man in this room
I have physically moved the war from the desert into the mountains
The last man into the enemy now run into whole three, find ourselves into a position whereby we are
forced to pull them out by their necks one by one
Dutchia, I didn't know
I know
You are having difficulties
you don't have problems with them being in the mountains
I didn't seem to have an enemy to fight, yet they attack and assasinate
I mean, they have no form and they have form that I could beat them with form
but they have no continuity of movement no fixed point position
I haven't have to come to Dutchia
I have a radical solution
A New Hadrian's Wall
except
Adrian used his walls to shut the Barbarians Out
I mean to shut them in
I propose Dutchia to fence in Libia
To run a war, impossible war across the desert, from the Mediterranean to the shores of this sea of moving sand
It will cut the enemies off from his supplies out of Egypt and cut him off from his retreat into Egypt
Dutchi, Dutchi! Hundreds of miles of barbed wire
But, is it possible to know the cost? Why do you question Adrian's Wall?
Remember, it was Adrian's Wall that kept the Romans in Britain 100 years longer
How many bullets have you? 12
At this rate, we will be soon down to fighting them with stones
How long can we last?
a months time
Nothing has got through for months
We are fighting barbed wire
Wire will win While it takes high spirit
Only then
yes yes the wire is menace
It is... It is around our neck
but it is God, not Gotchiani that decides what becomes of us
What is the will of wire compared to the will of God?
They have 3 million guns, we have one
They are going up to Becoz sir They were trying to get through wire cutters and 5000 arms of ammunition
well
This is that Now, they have to trickle from the concentration camps
We will tie it up gentlemen
We will tie it up
Go.. Go... We will hold them off
Its suicide sir They tied their legs so that they cannot run
No
You are taken in arms
you.. shoot him
There are more in there. Follow them up
Go on
You took him. Shoot him
You idiot I said... shoot him
Where is he?
well?
yes
I confirm with the identification
He is Omar Muktar
I don't trust I am seeing him like this
How can you say that?
He lead the rebellion against us for 20 years
As a battle ememy, Omar Muktar should be treated by us
with dignity and with respect
with respect? He should have been whipped all the way here
You forget yourself sir
Sir
Is there anything I can do for you?
If you will allow me a little water, I can make myself ready for prayers
of course
and the chains while I pray out of the question
He only wants to pray I am too old to try more sir
to fight bare-handed
Remove his chains for an hour On your own responsibility sir?
Yes
Bring the water
Thank You
No
No need
I have come a long way to meet you
Now, you must wait
I want to ask you one question
You did you keep going at this alone?
I assure you that you cannot try it out because of the religion?
we fought you
that was enough
But you care nothing about the nation or your country
you are the ruining nation of my country
What would you do if someone occupied your land?
Did you ever think your attacks will seem to us as ambush?
Lead it by night Destruction by day
threats against farmers farming in our land
Libia is not your country You have no right in it, not to a pasture of one cow, not one minute of right
Italy has as much right as anybody else
England has right to Egypt France to Tunicia and Algeria
Spain to Moracus
The Pentagon have opted to agree
We have hundreds of years of right here
So, you will take everything from us and you want me to justify your tax?
No nation has the right to occupy another
We are back here, thats all - Imm No one can deny us
Meet the date in this coin
Its a coin of the Cesars, dated, minted in Libia
You will also find Greek, Turkish, Tunician coins
all over Libia you will find them,
buried in our sand
Yes, I had forgotten
You are short sighted, aren't you?
Your spectacles I believe
the day they brought them to me I knew you wouldn't be too far behind
My spectacles have bought you prisoners
That will not be real Take them back Here...
Yes, it does have an interesting past you don't try to buy too much with it today
I learnt it... like the glory is not permanent
But I respect your past and you must respect ours
It too have a history and science, mathematics and medicine
In your dark ages, we lead the world to learn
How many days will it take you to arrange the surrender of your men?
we will never surrender
we win or we die
and don't think that it stops there
We will have the next generation to fight, and after that the next, and next
As for me, I will live longer than my hang-man
What makes you think I am to hang you? Um?
I made suit my papers better to pension you
If I hang you, I won't want the risk of having the open trial
But, on the other hand, you are the prime example
You can only do to me what God decides for me
These chains are uncomfortable?
Yes, uncomfortable effects
Sit Down
Thank You
...Do you know... I had always hoped
but you and I ... in-packable enemies
and sit down on the day of your capture and discuss like Cesar ...
General Omar Muktar cannot give you the conquest of Cesar I never wanted you to do this alone
I mean knowing each other will do an idea come to us and we'll release you
and today's the day I work for you?
Why don't you ask me with your life,
I am guilty!
and then...
What do I give you?
my coloboration?
No
You are too late for bargains Muktar
You are far too later
I have not asked you for my life
Do not tell the world, in the privacy of this room I asked you for my life
No, I will not do that
I will not lie about you
You are a man of king
Let us see if you can keep that courage tomorrow
Rope of your justice is always hanging in front of me General
Have him fed now I wish my enemies to be regluded
Instruct the President of the Court that he must be hanged in front of his people
They must be there
Omar Muktar, you are accused
of open rebelliong against the lawful Government
of your country
What age are you?
73
Are you the head of the forces in Libia fighting against Italy?
Yes, I am
Have you taken part in attacks on Italian Soldiers?
Yes, I have
For how long, have you taken part in attacks on Italian Soldiers?
20 years
How many attacks?
No... I... I couldn't remember the number
Ordering the torturing and murdering of Italian Prisoners?
I did not
Never
You were captured with arms in your hands
Yes, I was
The enemy was insulted
In the field, I would reason it
... but here
I am obliged to
I am appointed to defend him
You are an old man
older, than all of us here
and I will not abuse you with too many questions
Did you ever submit to the Italian Authority?
I did not
Did you ever receive money or other subsidy from the Italian Government?
as a condition of good behaviour?
I did not
Never
I declare
that Omar Muktar never submitted to us
never took subsity from us
never recognize our right to rule in this colony
He cannot therefore, illogic or justice betrayed by us as a rebel
When we captured Omar Muktar, after 20 years of battles
we are morally obliged to do with him as a prisoner of war
Quiet... Silence in Court
Captain Antono, you were ordered to defend this rebel against the charge of treason
You have over-stepped your orders
The sentence on you Omar Muktar
is that by HANGING
in public
at the dawn of Sadook at 7 O'clock tomorrow
the 16th of September, 1931
You denign of the Fascist Era
From God we come and unto God, we shall return
In the name of the Government of the Republic of Italian Selanaica
we execute this sentence
as agreed by the military tribunal Thengiazi
on the 15th day of September 1931 year 9 of the Fascist Theorm
Omar Muktar, you have been found guilty of high treason both morally and materially
on staging the rebellion against the Italian Government of this Colony
Your sentence passed by the Court thereby hanging in a public place
will now be carried out
making Nasiyath to be hanged by the hands of the enemies
Untie him
we will never surrender
we win or we die
We will have the next generation to fight, and after that the next, and next
As for me, I will live longer than my hang-man