Skip to content
Advertisement

Moammar Gadhafi

Latest Stories

AP_541403397407.jpg

AP_541403397407.jpg

In this undated file photo made available Sept. 25, 2011, Hannibal Gadhafi, son of ousted Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, watches an elite military unit exercise in Zlitan, Libya. A Lebanese security official says members of a Libyan fact-finding mission who came to Beirut to request Gadhafi's extradition for crimes committed during his father's rule, left on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015, amid security concerns. Gadhafi remains in Lebanese custody after unknown captors delivered him to authorities in December. (AP Photo/Abdel Magid al-Fergany, File)

12252016_ap2989401898078201.jpg

12252016_ap2989401898078201.jpg

FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009 file photo, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi gestures with a green cane as he takes his seat behind bulletproof glass for a military parade in Green Square, Tripoli, Libya. Gadhafi of nearly 42 years was captured by rebel forces in his hometown of Sirte in Oct. 2011. Libyan officials initially said Gadhafi was killed in crossfire between rebel fighters and loyalists. However, video footage emerged showing him being beaten, taunted and abused by his captors, raising questions about how and when he died. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

1_292015_ap110222128487-98201.jpg

1_292015_ap110222128487-98201.jpg

This image broadcast on Libyan state television Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011, shows Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi as he addresses the nation in Tripoli, Libya. Libya's Gadhafi vowed to fight on against protesters demanding his ouster and die as martyr. (AP Photo/Libya State Television via APTN)

1_292015_ap110311128646-148201.jpg

1_292015_ap110311128646-148201.jpg

lead inL Opponents of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi protesters shout anti-Gadhafi slogans during a protest after the Friday prayer at the court square, in Benghazi, eastern Libya, on Friday March 11, 2011. French President Nicolas Sarkozy faced increasing pressure from fellow leaders Friday who complained he was out of line to suddenly give a Libyan opposition group diplomatic recognition. Rebels held out Friday in part of a strategic oil port after fierce fighting with Moammar Gadhafi loyalists waging a heavy counteroffensive trying to push the opposition further east away from the capital. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) (Associated Press photographs)

1_282015_ap070725083953-58201.jpg

1_282015_ap070725083953-58201.jpg

Losing control: Col. Moammar Gadhafi ruled Libya with an iron fist, but U.S. military leaders were looking for a way to avoid a power vacuum.

d3f83804690f250b4f0f6a7067004d7a.jpg

d3f83804690f250b4f0f6a7067004d7a.jpg

FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 28, 2011 file photo, Libyan militia members who are part of the forces against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi organize their munitions at a military base in Benghazi, eastern Libya. At the heart of the Libyan capital, the open-air Fish Market was once where residents went to buy everything from meat and seafood to clothes and pets. Now it’s Tripoli’s biggest arms market, with tables displaying pistols and assault rifles. Ask a vendor, and he can pull out bigger machine guns to sell for thousands of dollars. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer, File)