Muammar Muhammad al-Gaddafi born 7 June 1942), has been the leader of Libya since a military coup on 1 September 1969 where he overthrew King Idris of Libya and established the Libyan Arab Republic. His 42 years in power made him one of the longest-serving rulers in history. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Gaddafi's government was considered of doing acts of state-sponsored terrorism, assassination of expatriate opposition leaders, and crass nepotism which amassed a multi-billion dollar fortune for himself and his family. Gaddafi renamed the Libyan Arab Republic to Jamahiriya in 1977, based on his socialist and nationalist political philosophy published in Green Book. In 1979, he relinquished the title of prime minister, and was thereafter called "The Brother Leader" or "The Guide" in Libya's Socialist Revolution.Gaddafi was a firm supporter of OAPEC and led a Pan-African campaign for a United States of Africa. After the 1986 bombing of Libya and the 1993 imposition of UN sanctions, Gaddafi gradually sought more benign relations with the west, resulting in the lifting of UN sanctions in 2003.
I personally do not know what to think of Gaddafi. He does not seem pleasant to be around. Obama was said to have gone to Libya to see what was going on. Not to smart a choice. Michele Bachmann, Tea Partier, Congresswomen, and hopefully future president, said in Obama’s position, she would not go to Libya and try to take control. 20% of the people fighting him are only doing so because they think he is a Jew, which he is not. I hope to learn more about who Gaddafi is and write about it here.
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-Miss Nat
