Lt Col Muammar Al-Qaddafi
Libyan leader Lt. Col. Muammar al-Qaddafi is at an unknown location. He seized power in a bloodless coup in 1969
King
Hassan of Morocco welcomes Qaddafi to The Arabian Summit in Rabat,
Morocco two months after he became Libya's de facto leader, Dec. 18,
1969.
Muammar Qaddafi arrives in Beirut, June 6, 1970
Egyptian
President Anwar Sadat (right) meets with other Arab leaders in Cairo.
From left are: Qaddafi, Sudan’s President Gaafar al-Nimiety and Syrian
President Hafez Assad, April 13, 1971
Qaddafi
looks over arms and ammunition made by the Yugoslav metal company
Krusik in Valjevo. The company was building a similar factory in Libya.
Nov. 20, 1973
Qaddafi
and leaders of Palestine, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait were hosted by
Pakistani Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (left of Gaddafi). Here
they attend prayers at a Mosque in Lahore, Pakistan. Feb. 23, 1974
Chairman
of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Yasser Arafat, raises
his hands in a salute to delegates, with Qaddafi and PLO leader George
Habash, at the Arab Nations Summit in Tripoli, Dec. 4, 1977
Qaddafi arrives at Moscow Airport and is met by Soviet President Leonard I. Brezhnev, April 27, 1981
One
of Qaddafi’s early women body guards stands by the Libyan leader's
limousine in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia while he attended a meeting with
other African leaders to prepare the opening of the 19th Organization of
African Unity, June 6, 1983
Qaddafi
at the 8th Non-Aligned Movement Conference in Harare, Zimbabwe, in
which he threatened to withdraw because some of the members recognized
Israel, Sept. 4, 1986
Qaddafi
talks with former Iranian President Syed Al Khameini during the 8th
Non-Aligned Summit in Harare, Zimbabwe, Sept. 2, 1986
Former
President Jimmy Carter tells reporters in Oak Park, Illinois that the
U.S bombing of Libya has made Qaddafi a hero in the eyes of many and
will worsen terrorism it was meant to discourage, Thursday, April 17,
1986
Qaddafi
and former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak visit a panorama and
weapons exhibition of the 1973 Arab-Israeli war in Cairo, Egypt, June 1,
1990
In
this image released by Libyan television Qaddafi walks through a crowd
after an alleged assassination attempt during a rally in Libya. Qaddafi
said the alleged assailant, was an agent of the British intelligence and
had confessed while the British government denied an assassination
attempt, Sept. 11, 1998
Qaddafi
shakes hands with Nelson Mandela on his first foreign trip since
sanctions against Libya were suspended. He had supported the South
African president and the African National Congress fight Apartheid,
June 13, 1999
Qaddafi greets Fidel Castro prior to their talks in Tripoli, May 17, 2001
Qaddafi with former British PM Tony Blair outside Tripoli, March, 25, 2004
Qaddafi
and Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi during the inauguration of a
multibillion-dollar natural gas pipeline linking their two countries
beneath the Mediterranean, Oct. 7, 2004
Qaddafi
holds a copy of the Green Book during a debate that was moderated by
David Frost, (left) for the BBC. The program also hosted American
political theorist Benjamin Barber (second right) and British social
scientist Anthony Giddens, (right), on the sidelines of celebrations
marking the 30-year anniversary of the declaration of the "rule of the
masses, in Libya, March 2, 2007
Qaddafi
cut deals for $14.7 billion in contracts for armaments and a nuclear
reactor with France, on his first official visit Monday to a Western
country after renouncing terrorism and doing away with weapons of mass
destruction, Dec. 10, 2007
President Barack Obama and Qaddafi pictured during the G8/G5 summit in L'Aquila, Italy, July 9, 2009
Libyan
protesters offer Friday prayers as they gather at the court square to
protest against Qaddafi, in Benghazi, Libya. Militias loyal to Muammar
Qaddafi are reported to have opened fire on protesters streaming out of
mosques in the Libyan capital on Friday, witnesses said, reporting at
least four killed, Feb. 25, 2011
A
pro-Qaddafi supporter shouts as she points to a photograph of the
Libyan leader at a pro-regime rally in Green Square, Tripoli. Qaddafi
has reportedly been arming civilian supporters to set up checkpoints and
patrol the capital to quash dissent, Feb. 26, 2011
Qaddafi
leaves after speaking in Tripoli at an event to celebrate the 34th
anniversary of the declaration of transferring the "Power to the
masses," and announcing the establishment of the "Republic of the
Masses", March 2, 2011
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