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Gaddafi's body was displayed alongside that of his son Mutassim, who was killed by Misratan fighters after his capture in Sirte on 20 October 2011. The younger Gaddafi's body was removed from the refrigerator for burial at the same time as his father's, on 24 October 2011. [39]
Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi [pron 1] (c. 1942 – 20 October 2011) was a Libyan revolutionary, politician and political theorist who ruled Libya from 1969 until his assassination by the rebel forces of the National Liberation Army in 2011.
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 ...
Correa demanded that the UN investigate Gaddafi's death as well as the death of Mutassim Gaddafi and the earlier deaths of Saif al-Arab Gaddafi and two of Gaddafi's grandchildren in Tripoli. [ 76 ] Uruguay – President Jose Mujica said that Gaddafi's death "seems that nation have no right to self-determination."
During World War II, 14,059 American POWs died in enemy captivity throughout the war (12,935 held by Japan and 1,124 held by Germany). [ 342 ] During World War II, 1.2 million African Americans served in the U.S. Armed Forces and 708 were killed in action. 350,000 American women served in the Armed Forces during World War II and 16 were killed ...
The Libyan Civil War began on 15 February 2011 as a chain of civil protests and later evolved into a widespread uprising against the regime of Muammar Gaddafi.On 25 February, most of eastern Libya was reported to be under the control of protesters and rebel forces. [1]
[38] [39] Gaddafi became a bogeyman for Western governments, [2] who presented him as the "vicious dictator of an oppressed people". [9] For these critics, Gaddafi was "despotic, cruel, arrogant, vain and stupid," [40] with Pargeter noting that "for many years, he came to be personified in the international media as a kind of super villain." [41]
Nearly 300 women were reported to have been raped by Gaddafi's forces. The real number could be much higher, considering the stigma attached to rape victims in Libyan society. Every single woman in the survey who admitted to being raped said they were raped by loyalist soldiers or militiamen. [8]