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Muammar Mohammed Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi [13] was born near Qasr Abu Hadi, a rural area outside the town of Sirte in the deserts of Tripolitania, Italian western Libya. [14] His family came from a small, relatively uninfluential tribe called the Qadhadhfa, [15] who were Arab in heritage. His mother was Aisha bin Niran, and his father, Mohammad ...
The killing of Muammar Gaddafi took place on 20 October 2011 after the Battle of Sirte. Muammar Gaddafi , the deposed leader of Libya , was captured by NTC forces and executed shortly afterwards. [ 1 ]
Muammar Gaddafi dominated Libya's politics for four decades and was the subject of a pervasive cult of personality.He was decorated with various awards and praised for his anti-imperialist stance, support for Arab—and then African—unity, as well as for significant development to the country following the discovery of oil reserves.
In the affluent community of Englewood, N.J., Gaddafi purchased a sprawling 25-room mansion in 1982. For years, neighbors have bristled at the thought of living in such close proximity to a man ...
The green flag of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.The colour green, represented Islam and Gaddafi's Third International Theory, which was outlined in The Green Book. The Arab Liberation Flag used under the Federation of Arab Republics was based on the flag first used by Gamal Abdel Nasser and used by Gaddafi's regime prior to the Jamahiriya.
Gaddafi described himself as a "simple revolutionary" and "pious Muslim" called upon by God to continue Nasser's work. [14] Gaddafi was an austere and devout Muslim, [15] although according to Vandewalle, his interpretation of Islam was "deeply personal and idiosyncratic."
Gaddafi Amazonian bodyguards. The Amazonian Guard (also the "Amazons") was an unofficial name given to an all-female elite cadre of bodyguards officially known as The Revolutionary Nuns (Arabic: الراهبات الثوريات, ar-rāhibāt ath-thawriyyāt), tasked with protecting the late, former leader of the Libya, Muammar Gaddafi.
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi successfully appealed the Libyan court after he was disqualified on grounds of having been convicted in absentia for war crimes and received the death sentence in 2015.