Colonel Muammar Al Gaddafi

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Colonel muammar al gaddafi. 05 nov 2018 12 53 gmt muammar gaddafi libya middle east arab spring on october 20 2011 colonel muammar gaddafi was dragged. He was killed shortly afterwards. Colonel muammar abu minyar al gaddafi june 1942 october 20 2011 is best known as the de facto leader of libya from 1969 till his death in 2011. 1942 20 october 2011 commonly known as colonel gaddafi was a libyan revolutionary politician and political theorist he governed libya as revolutionary chairman of the libyan arab republic from 1969 to 1977 and then as the brotherly leader of the great socialist people s libyan arab jamahiriya from 1977 to 2011.

Who is your father s sports idol. What led to muammar gaddafi s downfall and the break up of libya. Muammar gaddafi the deposed leader of libya was captured and killed on 20 october 2011 during the battle of sirte gaddafi was found hiding in a culvert west of sirte and captured by national transitional council forces. Muammar mohammed abu minyar al gaddafi c.

Though gaddafi did not have an official title or hold a public office since 1977 he was accorded the honorifics guide of the first of september great revolution of the socialist people s libyan arab jamahiriya or brotherly leader and. Amateur video of col muammar gaddafi shortly before he was shot dead. Born to nomadic bedouin parents in 1942 muammar gaddafi was certainly an intelligent resourceful man but he did not receive a thorough education apart from learning to read the koran and his. The revolutionary leader colonel muammar abu minyar al gaddafi was born into a peasant family in libya in 1942 the family were bedouins and lived a nomadic lifestyle.

The ntc initially claimed he died from injuries sustained in a firefight when loyalist forces attempted to free him although a graphic. The al jazeera news channel broadcast footage showing the dazed and wounded col gaddafi gesticulating while being man handled.