The story of the African legend

ut he also made significant investments in infrastructure and social programs.Muammar Gaddafi, the former President of Libya, was born in the desert town of Sirte on June 7, 1942. His family wa

my in Benghazi, and in 1965 he was commission

blic. He quickly consolidated power, nationalizing foreign companies, and military bases. His government had close relations wit

otes. The Colonel, as he was known, often wore flamboyant military uniforms and was escorted by a retinue of female bod

re outlawed, and any opposition to his regime was met with imprisonment, torture, or execution

estern revolutionary groups, including the IRA, the PLO, and the Red Brigades. In 1986, the US bombed Libya in reta

Libya accepted responsibility for the Lockerbie bombing in 1988 and paid compensation to the families of the victims. Gaddafi

cs continued to draw international condemnation. In 2011,