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  • In this Sept. 8 2010 file photo, Libya'n leader Moammar Gadhafi fans his face during the Forum of Kings, Princes, Sultans, Sheikhs and Mayors of Africa in Tripoli. Moammar Gadhafi issued a new audio statement Thursday Oct. 6, 2011, calling for resistance to Libya's new leaders.(AP Photo/Abdel Magid Al Fergany, file)
  • Libyan Leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi addresses the Eighth Non-Aligned Movement Summit in Harare, Zimbabwe on Thursday, Sept. 4, 1986. Gadhafi threatened to withdraw from the 101-member Movement because some members recognize Israel. In his speech he said that come to Zimbabwe “Not to take part in the Summit, but to put the natural and moral recourses of his revolutionary state at the disposal of Anti-South African guerrillas.” (AP Photo/Saris)
  • In this 1969 file photo, Col. Moammar Gadhafi, right, salutes as he appears with Egypt's President Gamal Abdel Nasser, in Suez, Egypt. As rebels swarmed into Tripoli, Libya, late Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011, and Gadhafi's son and one-time heir apparent Seif al-Islam was arrested, Gadhafi's rule was all but over, even though some loyalists continued to resist. (AP Photo/Farouk Ibrahim, File)
  • Libya's President Moammar Gadhafi arrives at the Porlamar airport in Margarita Island, Venezuela, Friday, Sept. 25, 2009. Gadhafi is in Venezuela to attend the Africa-South America, ASA, summit. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
  • In this Saturday, March 29, 2008 file photo, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, left, gestures with Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, during the opening session of the Arab Summit in Damascus, Syria. Moammar Gadhafi's dictatorship couldn't have existed without a sea of dictators all around, protecting each other and working together to silence dissident voices. Gadhafi himself saw collapse was inevitable once allies began to fall. He told fellow leaders at a 2008 Arab League summit
  • Libyan Col. Moammar Gadhafi arrives for a meeting with intellectuals at the Ritz Hotel in Paris, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2007. Earlier Tuesday, Gadhafi told French lawmakers that the era of national liberation movements was over and that he wanted a future without
  • Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi gestures as he leaves the Elysee palace following his meeintg with French president Nicolas Sarkozy, Monday, Dec. 10, 2007 in Paris. Gadhafi arrived in France Monday for an official visit meant to confer new respect on the one-time international outcast. France would sign contracts worth about euro10 billion (USD14.7 billion) with Libya, French president Nicolas Sarkozy said, describing them Monday as rewards for Tripoli's improved behavior.(AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
  • Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi gives the thumbs up during the start of a round table meeting at an EU Africa summit in Lisbon, Saturday Dec. 8, 2007. Europe and Africa aim to set aside their postcolonial grievances at a milestone summit this weekend, hoping a new strategic alignment will bring rewards for both continents. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
  • In this July 25, 2007, file photo, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi stands during the singing of national anthem at the Bab Azizia Palace in Tripoli. Even after rebels stormed into the capital and overwhelmed his residence, Libya's Moammar Gadhafi has plenty of places to hide. The man who ruled Libya for 42 years is known to have deep bunkers under his Bab al-Aziziya compound in Tripoli, which rebel fighters seized Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011. Some former officials say the compound is connected by long tunnels to far-flung parts of Tripoli in a hidden network that would provide a quick escape route. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)
  • Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi reacts during a visit to the city of Freetown, Sierra Leone, Tuesday, June 26, 2007. Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi called Tuesday for a strongly unified Africa, calling for continental solidarity at a rally in Sierra Leone's capital ahead of this weekend's African Union summit in Ghana. (AP Photo/Nazia Parvez)
  • In this Aug. 18, 1983 file photo, Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi speaks during news conference in Monastir, Tunisia on . Gadhafi was many things over many years: a dashing icon of Libyan revolution, a brazen patron of terrorists, the custodian of vast oil wealth, a dictator whose flamboyance masked grit and guile, and a longtime pariah on the road to rehabilitation in the West. From his cadre of female bodyguards to his penchant for pitching a tent on foreign visits, he was an object of fascination, ridicule and revulsion. Now, in perhaps his final reinvention, Gadhafi is an apocalyptic figure, the dispenser of terrible bloodshed who seeks to keep power four decades after he ousted King Idris in a coup when he was an army captain. (AP Photo/Langevin, File)
  • Moammar Gadhafi, Premier and Minister of defense of Libya in November 1970. (AP Photo/Giulio Broglio)
  • Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, seen partially through a glass, speaks at a ceremony marking the 38th anniversary of foreign troops leaving the North African country, in Tripoli, Libya Wednesday, June 11, 2008. Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi lashed out at Barack Obama on Wednesday, accusing the U.S. presidential candidate of not living up to his campaign slogan because of recent comments on Israel. (AP Photo/Abdel Magid Al Fergany)
  • Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi, foreground, signs the guests book following his visit at the Chateau de Versailles, southwest of Paris, Friday Dec. 14, 2007, during Gadhafi's ongoing visit to France. (AP Photo/Patrick Kovarik, Pool)
  • Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi looks on during his meeting with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano at Quirinale, the Presidential palace, in Rome, Wednesday, June 10, 2009. Gadhafi is on a three-day official visit to Italy. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)
  • Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, center, is welcomed by Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, right, at Carthage airport, near Tunis, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2008. Gadhafi is on a three-day visit. (AP Photo/Hassene Dridi)
  • Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi wears a scarf over his face to protect himself from dust while on a visit to the Mantenga cultural village in Manzini, Swaziland Friday July, 12 2002. Gadhafi is visiting the small African kingdom after attending the launch of the African Unity Tuesday in neighboring South Africa. (AP Photo/Obed Zilwa)
  • Libya's leader Colonel Moammar Gadhafi during a break in a session of the Arab Nations Summit Conference, in Tripoli, Libya, Dec. 1977. (AP Photo)
  • Libyan leader Col. Muammar Gadhafi gestures as he leaves the Elysee Palace after his meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2007. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)
  • Libya's leader Moammar Gadhafi adjusts his sun glasses as he attends the Africa and South America (ASA) Summit in Porlamar on Margarita Island, Venezuela, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2009. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
  • In this Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010 photo, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi wears African tribal outfit as he receives gifts from tribal leaders during the opening session of the 2nd Conference Of the Forum of Kings, Sultans, Princes, Sheikhs and Mayors of Africa, Tripoli, Libya. (AP Photo/Abdel Magid Al Fergany)
  • Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi talks during a ceremony to mark the 40th anniversary of the evacuation of the American military bases in the country, in Tripoli, late Saturday, June 12, 2010. (AP Photo/ Abdel Magid Al Fergany)
  • Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi smiles during a press conference at Palma de Mallorca, Spain oThursday, Dec. 20, 1984. Kadafy made an impromptu visit to the Balearic island to visit his old-time friend former Austrian Chancellor Bruno Kreiski. (AP Photo)
  • Portrait of Libya’s head of state Moammar Gadhafi taken in 1977. (AP Photo)
 

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