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Muammar Gaddafi, the deposed leader of Libya, was captured by NTC forces and executed shortly afterwards. [1] The NTC initially claimed Gaddafi succumbed to injuries sustained in a firefight when loyalist forces attempted to free him, although a video of his last moments shows rebel fighters beating him and one of them sodomizing him with a ...
Oct 20, 2011 · By Tarik Kafala. BBC News. Muammar Gaddafi came to power in Libya in September 1969 as the leader of a bloodless military coup which overthrew the British-backed King Idris. He was 27 years old...
Oct 21, 2011 · In the heady days of 1969 - when he seized power in a bloodless military coup - and the early 1970s, Muammar Gaddafi was a handsome and charismatic young army officer.
Muammar al-Qaddafi, or Muʿammar al-Qadhdhāfī, (born 1942, Surt, Libya—died October 20, 2011, Surt), Ruler of Libya (1969–2011). Son of a Bedouin farmer, he attended the University of Libya and Libya’s military academy. He was a devout Muslim and ardent nationalist.
Oct 31, 2011 · Col Muammar Gaddafi was shot in the abdomen, according to a man who says he was there. Further amateur video footage has also emerged of a convoy of NTC fighters following an ambulance. The...
Oct 20, 2011 · Gaddafi, 69, is the first leader to be killed in the Arab spring, the wave of popular uprisings that swept the Middle East demanding the end of autocratic rulers and greater democracy. He was one ...
Jun 27, 2011 · Colonel Muammar Gaddafi is the longest-serving leader in both Africa and the Arab world, having ruled Libya since he toppled King Idris I in a bloodless coup at the age of 27.
