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He also stated that "France did not need Syria's help to track Gaddafi and Assad would certainly not have sold [Gaddafi's] telephone number in such a way." [ 69 ] Syria strongly rejected any foreign involvement in Libya and was one of the only Arab League member states to vote against a request to the UN for a no-fly zone within Libyan airspace.
Accusing the rebels of being "drugged" and linked to al-Qaeda, Gaddafi proclaimed that he would die a martyr rather than leave Libya. [437] As he announced that the rebels would be "hunted down street by street, house by house and wardrobe by wardrobe", [438] the army opened fire on protesters in Benghazi, killing hundreds. [439]
Costa Rica – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed "hope that the death of former Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, allow the reconciliation of that African nation." [63] Cuba – On 23 October Fidel Castro condemned the assassination of Muammar Gaddafi, and the "genocidal role" of NATO. He added also that "Gaddafi's body has been kidnapped ...
Muammar Gaddafi evaded capture until 20 October 2011, when he was captured and killed in Sirte. [50] The National Transitional Council declared "the liberation of Libya" and the official end of the war on 23 October 2011.
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 journey takes him to the deserts of Libya to meet Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and to the Netherlands for the trial of convicted Libyan national, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi. Ellie Harrison Jerry ...
An engineer who was arrested in early April, died a few days later as a result of torture. His body delivered to family in sealed box. Abdul Jalil al-'Arif, April 1980, Rome. A successful business man who was a victim of Gaddafi's campaign of "physical liquidation" of opponents abroad. Naji bu Hawiya Khlyif, April 1982. A student who was ...
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.