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Muammar Gaddafi: Obituary
From: AlJazeeraEnglish | Oct 20, 2011 | 303 views
A senior National Transitional Council official has said that deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has died of his wounds after being captured near his hometown of Sirte.
Muammar Gaddafi came to power in 1969 in a coup at the age of 27 and went on to rule Libya for 42 years with an iron fist.
He has left Libya in tatters and despite the vast oil wealth, a vast majority of Libyans still live on about $2 a day and 40 per cent remain unemployed.
Gaddafi wanted to be the leader of the Arab world and modeled himself on Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser.
He published the Green Book which established rule of the people but in reality he exercised absolute power.
The former Libyan leader was accused of bombing Pan Am Flight 103 in Scotland, a charge he always denied. After this Libya remained under internatinal isolation for years.
When the uprising gathered momentum earlier this year he blamed everyone, from US to al-Qaeda, and called the protesters rats and cats of Libya.
Many will remember Gaddafi as the leader who set Libya back by many years.
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Gaddafi ‘Dead’: First photo of colonel covered in blood
From: RussiaToday | Oct 20, 2011 | 303 views
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Fugitive Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has died of wounds sustained during his capture after NTC forces took over his hometown and stronghold of Sirte. The first image made by a cellphone camera has recently been released
Gaddafi loyalists holding out in Sirte
From: AlJazeeraEnglish | Oct 20, 2011 | 301 views
Loyalists of toppled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi have been holding out in Sirte, the last city to be fully liberated.
Sirte benefitted greatly from Libya’s wealth, but the hometown of Gaddafi now symbolises the divide in the country.
Heavy shelling and gun battle have ravaged the city. And residents have borne the brunt of the conflict, helplessly witnessing their city having been looted and burned down.
The new rulers may win this war but it has to be seen whether they will be able to win the hearts and minds of the people here.
Al Jazeera’s Tony Birtley reports from Sirte.