The life of Muammar Qaddafi

Libyan Head of State Colonel Muammar Qaddafi, center, riding a horse in Nov. 1975 in Tripoli. Kadhafi, born in 1942, formed in 1963 the Free Officers Movement, a group of revolutionary army officers, which overthrew on Sept. 1, 1969. King Idris of Libya and proclaimed Libya, in the name of "freedom, socialism and unity," Socialist People's Jamahiriya.

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Premier of Libya Col. Muammar Qaddafi, 28, youngest head of state in the world since assuming power after the 1969 coup, is shown in 1970 at an unknown location.

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Moammar Qaddafi and Gamal Abdel Nasser — AP Photo

In this undated 1969 photo, Col. Moammar Qaddafi, right, salutes as he appears with Egypt's Prime Minister Gamal Abdel Nasser, left, in Suez, Egypt.

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Post 1969 picture of Libyan Head of State Colonel Muammar Qaddafi, left shaking hands in Tripoli with the President of Mauritania (1961-78), Mokhtar Ould Daddah. Kadhafi, born in 1942, formed in 1963 the Free Officers Movement, a group of revolutionary army officers, which overthrew on Sept. 1, 1969 King Idris of Libya and proclaimed Libya, in the name of "freedom, socialism and unity," Socialist People's Jamahiriya.

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In this October, 1969 photo, Col. Moammar Qaddafi, left, appears with Egypt's Prime Minister Gamal Abdel Nasser, right, during his first official visit to Egypt after a military coup in Libya.

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Libyan strongman, Muammar Qaddafi in July 1973.

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Moammar Qaddafi, Libyan strongman at the Cairo Airport in 1970.

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Libyan Leader Colonel Moammar Qaddafi addresses newsman at a press conference at the Palais des Nations conference hall in Aligiers, Sept. 7, 1973. Col. Qaddafi is currently in Algiers where he attends the fourth summit meeting of non-aligned countries.

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President of Uganda Idi Amin Dada (2nd-L) poses with some of the Organization of African Unity (OUA, from left) Syrian President Hafez al-Assad, Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat and Lybian leader Muammar Qaddafi in June 1972 in Kampala during an OUA summit.

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Picture taken Aug. 4, 1975 in Kampala of Libyan Head of State Colonel Muammar Qaddafi during the summit of the Organization of African Unity (OAU).

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Moammar Qaddafi and Fidel Castro — AP Photo

In this March 8, 1977 photo Cuba Leader Fidel Castro sits with Moammar Qaddafi in Tripoli.

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Libyan Head of State Colonel Muammar Qaddafi, center, reviews troops Dec. 3, 1985 in Dakar upon his arrival for three-day official visit to Senegal.

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Libyan Head of State Colonel Muammar Qaddafi prays July 21, 1989 in Bamako during six-African-nation summit to resolve a territorial dispute between Libya and Chad.

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Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi shown in file picture dated May 28, 1990 in Baghdad, at the opening session of the Extraordinary Arab Summit called to adopt a unified Arab stance against Soviet Jewish immigration to Israel.

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Muammar Qaddafi with his daughter Hana — File,AP Photo/Lino Azzopardi

Col. Muammar Qaddafi holds his daughter Hana in Tripoli, Libya in this photo from 1996.

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Libyan president Muammar Qaddafi acknowledges a crowd shouting "viva Kadhafi viva" during a visit to the Soweto township some 30 km south west of Johannesburg, June 15, 1999.

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Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi is flanked by his female bodyguard, left as he arrives for lunch with other African and European leaders at the EU-African summit in Cairo on April 4, 2000.

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Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi attends the opening session of the Arab summit in Amman, March 27, 2001 where Arab leaders are holding their first ordinary annual summit since the Gulf War.

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Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi looks on during his meeting with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano at Quirinale, the Presidential palace, in Rome.

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Libyan Leader Muammar Qaddafi sits in the Belgian Chamber on April 28, 2004 in Brussels, Belgium. Qaddafi's visit to Europe is his first for 15 years.

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French President Jacques Chirac, left, stands with Lybian President Muammar Qaddafi on Nov. 24, 2004 in Tripoli, Lybia. Chirac is in Libya for a two day official visit marking the first visit by a French head of state since Libya won independence from Italy in 1951.

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Tony Blair with Muammar Qaddafi — Getty Images/Peter Macdiarmid

Prime Minister Tony Blair, left, meets with Colonel Muammar Qaddafi on May 29, 2007 in Sirte, Libya. Mr Blair is on a five day visit to meet with African leaders as he prepares to stand down as Britain's Prime Minister on June 27, 2007.

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Libya's Moammar Qaddafi attends celebrations marking the 30-year anniversary of the declaration of the "jamahiriya," or "rule of the masses", in Sabha, Libya on March 2, 2007.

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Vladimir Putin meets with Muammar Qaddafi — Epsilon/Getty Images/Artyom Korotayev

President Vladimir Putin of Russia meets with Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi on April 16, 2008 In Tripoli, Libya. Putin is in Libya for a two-day official visit to rebuild Russian-Libyan relations.

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Libyan leader Moammar Qaddafi gestures with a green cane as he takes his seat behind bulletproof glass for a military parade in Green Square, Tripoli, Libya, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009.

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Libyan leader Moammar Qaddafi shows a torn copy of the UN Charter during his address to the 64th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 23, 2009.

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In this March 8, 2011, file photo, Libyan strongman Muammar Qaddafi arrives at the Rixos hotel in the capital of Tripoli. — AFP/Getty Images

Libyan strongman Muammar Qaddafi arrives at the Rixos hotel in the capital of Tripoli, March 8, 2011.

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Libyan leader Moammar Qaddafi talks during a ceremony to mark the 40th anniversary of the evacuation of the American military bases in the country, in Tripoli, Saturday, June 12, 2010.

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Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi stands outside a tent erected at his Bab al-Aziziya residence in Tripoli on April 10, 2011.

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Muammar Qaddafi shakes hands with Kirsan Ilyumzhinov — AP Photo/FIDE Press service

In this image taken from video on June 12, 2011, provided by FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov's press service, Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi shakes hands with Ilyumzhinov before a game of chess in Tripoli.

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Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, right, embraces Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika during the opening session of the Arab League Extraordinary Summit in the Libyan coastal city of Sirte, Oct. 9, 2010.

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Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is seen during prayers after delivering a speech in the city of Benghazi, Libya, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010.

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Muammar Qaddafi captured — Getty Images/ Philippe Desmazes

A grab from a video taken from the mobile phone of a National Transitional Council (NTC) fighter shows the capture of Libya's strongman Muammar Qaddafi in Sirte on Oct. 20, 2011.

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Muammar Qaddafi killed — AP Photo/Al Jazeera

This image made available by the Al Jazeera television channel, claims to show former Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, after he was killed at an undisclosed location in Libya, Thursday Oct. 20, 2011. Libya's information minister said Qaddafi was killed Thursday when revolutionary forces overwhelmed his hometown, Sirte, the last major bastion of resistance two months after the regime fell.

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