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Thursday, October 20, 2011

BBC News - Libyan forces 'capture Gaddafi'. Also, some interesting info about him from Wikipedia

BBC News - Libyan forces 'capture Gaddafi':


"1330: 
"We are waiting for clear confirmation from the NTC in Benghazi," says Mahmoud Shammam, an NTC spokesman in Tripoli. "I can confirm there was a convoy," he told BBC World Service. "But I cannot confirm what the big fish was".

  1. 1329: 
    Libyan TV is now reporting that Col Gaddafi has been killed and his body is being taken to Misrata."

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1326: 
A fighter in Sirte has told the BBC his account of the reported capture. Mohammed, a young fighter in his 20s, wearing a blue T-shirt and a New York Yankees baseball cap, said he had found the colonel hiding in a hole in the ground in the city of Sirte. He told the BBC that the former Libyan leader said to him simply: "Don't shoot"."







'via Blog this'

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Muammar Gaddafi
مُعَمَّر القَذَّافِي
Gaddafi at the Addis Ababa AU summit (2009)
Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution of Libya
In office
1 September 1969 – 20 September 2011 [1] [2][3]
President
Prime Minister
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byMustafa Abdul Jalil (Chairman of the National Transitional Council)
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council of Libya
In office
1 September 1969 – 2 March 1977
Prime MinisterMahmud Sulayman al-Maghribi
Abdessalam Jalloud
Abdul Ati al-Obeidi
Preceded byIdris (King)
Succeeded byHimself (Secretary General of the General People's Congress)
Secretary General of the General People's Congress of Libya
In office
2 March 1977 – 2 March 1979
Prime MinisterAbdul Ati al-Obeidi
Preceded byHimself (Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council)
Succeeded byAbdul Ati al-Obeidi
Prime Minister of Libya
In office
16 January 1970 – 16 July 1972
Preceded byMahmud Sulayman al-Maghribi
Succeeded byAbdessalam Jalloud
Chairperson of the African Union
In office
2 February 2009 – 31 January 2010
Preceded byJakaya Kikwete
Succeeded byBingu wa Mutharika
Personal details
Born7 June 1942 (age 69)
SirteItalian Libya
(now Libya)
Political partyArab Socialist Union (1971–1977)
Spouse(s)Fatiha al-Nuri (1969–1970; divorced)
Safia el-Brasai (1971–present)
Children
Alma materBenghazi Military Academy
ReligionIslam
Signature
Military service
AllegianceLibya Kingdom of Libya (1961–1969)
Libya Libyan Arab Republic(1969–1977)
Libya Libyan Arab Jamahiriya(1977–2011)
Service/branchLibyan Army
Years of service1961–2011
RankColonel
CommandsLibyan Armed Forces
Battles/warsLibyan-Egyptian War
Chadian-Libyan conflict
Uganda-Tanzania War
2011 Libyan civil war
AwardsOrder of the Yugoslav Star
Order of Good Hope"


[Female] Journalists Without Frontiers?
"Gaddafi frequently made sexual advances on female journalists, and successfully bedded a few in exchange for interviews.[327][328]"


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Muammar_Abu_Minyar_al-Gaddafi_in_Dimashq,_Syria.jpg

"In Damascus, Gaddafi travels with hisAmazonian Guards, an armed all-female military troupe."


"Unlike some other military revolutionaries, Gaddafi did not promote himself to the rank of general upon seizing power, but rather accepted a ceremonial promotion from lieutenant to colonel[330] and remained at this rank. While at odds with Western military ranking, where a colonel would not rule a country or serve as commander-in-chief of its military, in Gaddafi's own words Libya's society is "ruled by the people", so he did not need a more grandiose title or supreme military rank.[8]"



Now, the people have spoken. And seized him.
But, like Jerry Seinfeld said, "WHO ARE these people???"
Are they truly the Libyan revolutionaries...or somebody's operatives?
Like Enya said, "Only time will tell..."
If post-Gaddafi Libya will turn out to be worse...then, like Britney Spears said: "Oops!..."
:)

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