he was nicknamed the Mad Dog of the
Middle East welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re taking a look at the life of
Muammar Gaddafi this Mad Dog of the
Middle East has a goal of a world
revolution Muslim fundamentalist
revolution Gaddafi was born in western
Libya in 1942 during his youth he saw
his native country move from an Italian
colony to an independent state under the
Western friendly King Idris while at
school he was influenced by the Arab
nationalist movement by 1961 he enlisted
at Benghazi’s Military College after
leaving school he joined a group in
hopes of deposing the King due to
increasing dissatisfaction with his rule
on September 1st 1969 the Free Officers
movement successfully overthrew the King
while he was abroad Gaddafi and his
fellow revolutionaries abolished the
monarchy and declared the Libyan Arab
Republic Gaddafi became
commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces
and chairman of the country’s new ruling
body the Revolutionary Command Council
with that he became ruler of Libya
Gaddafi immediately closed American and
British military bases in Libya and
forced foreign oil companies within the
country’s borders to allocate more of
their profits to the nation he also
replaced the Gregorian calendar with the
Islamic one and banned the sale of
alcohol months after Gaddafi seized
power an attempt was made to overthrow
him his resulting paranoia caused him to
make opposition to his regime illegal
the next year he ejected the remaining
Italian residents from Libya and
expelled the Jewish population because
of his ardent opposition Zionism and
Israel Gaddafi continued to shun the
Western world while he also influenced
Arab African and Muslim populations his
1974 Green Book summarized his political
viewpoints on topics like democracy and
capitalism and explained how Gaddafi
strategies would solve world problems in
addition to his cult of personality
Gaddafi allegedly became increasingly
corrupt as the poverty level of his
poppy
relation increased so did his massive
personal wealth due to the nation’s oil
revenue not only that but Gaddafi was
considered by some as erratic and
bizarre he called himself king of Africa
hired female bodyguards and dressed in
eccentric clothing Gaddafi’s reputation
abroad deteriorated as he antagonized
the West he allegedly supported the
Black Panthers the Nation of Islam and
the Irish Republican Army and was also
linked to other criminal activity like
the 1988 Lockerbie bombing that took
down a Pan Am flight with 270 people on
board la venta there is a clear
difference between supporting the Just
Cause of nations struggling for their
freedom and liberation between that and
terrorism and it is one of our basic
principles to support nations that are
struggling for the sake of their freedom
to support those exploited and oppressed
be they in southern Philippines or in
Northern Ireland like a division we
support the no early at least opposition
to Gaddafi grew to the point where the
u.s. unsuccessfully attempted to kill
him through a series of bombings in 1986
however it wasn’t long before Libya US
relations improved Gaddafi began sharing
information with the West to secure his
place as ruler against an imminent
Islamist menace he also gave up the
Lockerbie bombing suspects at the behest
of Nelson Mandela
Gaddafi’s legitimacy increased to the
point where Italian Prime Minister
Silvio Berlusconi considered him a close
friend many hypothesized these newly
solidified relationships with the
Western world were thanks to Libya’s
booming oil supplies however at home the
gap between the rich and the poor was at
an all-time high when the Arab Spring
protests began in 2011 the people of
Libya rose as well following the
downfalls of Tunisia’s longtime dictator
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and Egypt’s
Hosni Mubarak
protests sprouted in Benghazi and
quickly spread Gaddafi suppressed the
movement by indiscriminately killing
rebels
however this inadvertently encouraged
them to resist more strongly
Sana’s Havana will Malayan leak open
Libya shiver shiver best bet Dada is
gazenga tenant red-headed minute been
conf just the rebels formed a governing
body called the National Transitional
Council or NTC and earned NATO support a
NATO coalition soon lent its strength to
the fight against Gaddafi in the form of
airstrikes and the enforcement of a
no-fly zone this resulted in the death
of one of Gaddafi’s sons and before long
Tripoli fell to the rebels warrants were
issued by the International Criminal
Court for Gaddafi and members of his
inner circle for crimes against humanity
however the leader was still in hiding
by July Gaddafi’s reign was officially
over because numerous countries
acknowledge the NTC as Libya’s
legitimate government on October 20th
2011 it was announced he had been found
and killed under ominous circumstances
many Libyans celebrated Gaddafi’s demise
as it marked the end of one of the 20th
century’s most notorious dictatorships
the dark shadow of tyranny has been
lifted and with this enormous promise
the Libyan people now have a great
responsibility to build an inclusive and
tolerant and democratic Libya that
stands as the ultimate rebuke to
Gaddafi’s dictatorship
Middle East welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re taking a look at the life of
Muammar Gaddafi this Mad Dog of the
Middle East has a goal of a world
revolution Muslim fundamentalist
revolution Gaddafi was born in western
Libya in 1942 during his youth he saw
his native country move from an Italian
colony to an independent state under the
Western friendly King Idris while at
school he was influenced by the Arab
nationalist movement by 1961 he enlisted
at Benghazi’s Military College after
leaving school he joined a group in
hopes of deposing the King due to
increasing dissatisfaction with his rule
on September 1st 1969 the Free Officers
movement successfully overthrew the King
while he was abroad Gaddafi and his
fellow revolutionaries abolished the
monarchy and declared the Libyan Arab
Republic Gaddafi became
commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces
and chairman of the country’s new ruling
body the Revolutionary Command Council
with that he became ruler of Libya
Gaddafi immediately closed American and
British military bases in Libya and
forced foreign oil companies within the
country’s borders to allocate more of
their profits to the nation he also
replaced the Gregorian calendar with the
Islamic one and banned the sale of
alcohol months after Gaddafi seized
power an attempt was made to overthrow
him his resulting paranoia caused him to
make opposition to his regime illegal
the next year he ejected the remaining
Italian residents from Libya and
expelled the Jewish population because
of his ardent opposition Zionism and
Israel Gaddafi continued to shun the
Western world while he also influenced
Arab African and Muslim populations his
1974 Green Book summarized his political
viewpoints on topics like democracy and
capitalism and explained how Gaddafi
strategies would solve world problems in
addition to his cult of personality
Gaddafi allegedly became increasingly
corrupt as the poverty level of his
poppy
relation increased so did his massive
personal wealth due to the nation’s oil
revenue not only that but Gaddafi was
considered by some as erratic and
bizarre he called himself king of Africa
hired female bodyguards and dressed in
eccentric clothing Gaddafi’s reputation
abroad deteriorated as he antagonized
the West he allegedly supported the
Black Panthers the Nation of Islam and
the Irish Republican Army and was also
linked to other criminal activity like
the 1988 Lockerbie bombing that took
down a Pan Am flight with 270 people on
board la venta there is a clear
difference between supporting the Just
Cause of nations struggling for their
freedom and liberation between that and
terrorism and it is one of our basic
principles to support nations that are
struggling for the sake of their freedom
to support those exploited and oppressed
be they in southern Philippines or in
Northern Ireland like a division we
support the no early at least opposition
to Gaddafi grew to the point where the
u.s. unsuccessfully attempted to kill
him through a series of bombings in 1986
however it wasn’t long before Libya US
relations improved Gaddafi began sharing
information with the West to secure his
place as ruler against an imminent
Islamist menace he also gave up the
Lockerbie bombing suspects at the behest
of Nelson Mandela
Gaddafi’s legitimacy increased to the
point where Italian Prime Minister
Silvio Berlusconi considered him a close
friend many hypothesized these newly
solidified relationships with the
Western world were thanks to Libya’s
booming oil supplies however at home the
gap between the rich and the poor was at
an all-time high when the Arab Spring
protests began in 2011 the people of
Libya rose as well following the
downfalls of Tunisia’s longtime dictator
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and Egypt’s
Hosni Mubarak
protests sprouted in Benghazi and
quickly spread Gaddafi suppressed the
movement by indiscriminately killing
rebels
however this inadvertently encouraged
them to resist more strongly
Sana’s Havana will Malayan leak open
Libya shiver shiver best bet Dada is
gazenga tenant red-headed minute been
conf just the rebels formed a governing
body called the National Transitional
Council or NTC and earned NATO support a
NATO coalition soon lent its strength to
the fight against Gaddafi in the form of
airstrikes and the enforcement of a
no-fly zone this resulted in the death
of one of Gaddafi’s sons and before long
Tripoli fell to the rebels warrants were
issued by the International Criminal
Court for Gaddafi and members of his
inner circle for crimes against humanity
however the leader was still in hiding
by July Gaddafi’s reign was officially
over because numerous countries
acknowledge the NTC as Libya’s
legitimate government on October 20th
2011 it was announced he had been found
and killed under ominous circumstances
many Libyans celebrated Gaddafi’s demise
as it marked the end of one of the 20th
century’s most notorious dictatorships
the dark shadow of tyranny has been
lifted and with this enormous promise
the Libyan people now have a great
responsibility to build an inclusive and
tolerant and democratic Libya that
stands as the ultimate rebuke to
Gaddafi’s dictatorship
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