He has used the rather considerable wealth of Libya, derived from oil exports, to finance his personal projects rather than to improve the lives of the people of Libya. He is guilty of many very terrible violations of human rights. He is a corrupt and insane ruler.
Gaddafi was the leader of a military coup d'etat in Libya, which overthrew the monarchy which previously ruled the country.
because gaddafi was afraid of coups and abolished all military ranks above colonels.
Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's has 10 children (8 biological - 7 son's and 1 daughter) - Mohammed, Saif al-Islam, Al-Saadi, Hannibal, Moatessem-Billal, Saif al-Arab (dead), Khamis (could be dead), Milad (adopted), Ayesha, Hanna (adopted - could be dead).
Yes, Muammar al-Gaddafi was killed Thursday, October 20 during a gunbattle in Sirte. His hometown fell to Libyan fighters in a bloody battle. Al Jazeera posted a video showing the dead body of Gaddafi surrounded by celebrating Libyans.
Gaddaffi was hated because he used to possess chemical weapons, and he was opposed to his people having a normal amount of human rights. He officially stepped down from power in 1977, but kept un-oficcially ruling until his death at the hands of the Libyan rebels in 2011.
As of the date of his murder in October 2011, Muammar Gaddafi had been in power in Libya for 42 years.
this year, it will be 42 years since he has been President of Libya
Muammar al-Gaddafi had eight biological children, seven sons and one daughter.
They are named:
- Muhammad al-Gaddafi
- Saif al-Islam Muammar al-Gaddafi
- Al-Saadi al-Gaddafi
- Hannibal Muammar al-Gaddafi
- Al- Mu'tasim-Billah al-Gaddafi
- Saif al-Arab al-Gaddafi
- Khamis al-Gaddafi
- Ayesha al-Gaddafi (daughter)
He is also said to have adopted two children, Hanna and Milad.
she was the daughter of a Jewish woman who left her Jewish husband for a sheik and took her then nine year old daughter and converted to Islam (based on Gita Boaron who claims to be a cousin)
Muammar al-Gaddafi did both bad and good things while in power.
Any leader who has absolute power under a police state is a dictator. A country where there is no court system, no personal freedoms, a rich country with a poor population is a recipe for abuse. "Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely." There are a lot of suspicions and some evidence of his abuses but, like Saddam Hussein, what the realities are and what will be found when he is gone will tell the story. Sometimes it takes a generation or two for people who have lived a lifetime of oppression and abuse to begin to tell their stories or reveal their evidence.
Some good things he did may arguably have been:
Yes, but he came to a bad end as he should have expected.
Any leader who has absolute power under a police state is a dictator. When there is no court system, no personal freedoms, a rich ruling family with a poor population. But sometimes dictators don't get to live out their lives in luxury and power. Gaddafi went the way of Hitler, Mussolini, and most recently Saddam.
With arrogance and intolerance. He used violence to try to silence the opposition. He called the people dogs and mad.