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Muammar Gaddafi, who ruled Libya with an iron fist for over 40 years, was killed Thursday after being on the run for some two months when he repeatedly vowed to keep fighting until death.
The eccentric 69-year-old, who preached a strange cocktail of ideology based on Islam and socialism, died in his hometown Sirte, apparently after being wounded in the legs. ______________________________________________________________________
Gaddafi caught hiding like a 'rat'The eccentric 69-year-old, who preached a strange cocktail of ideology based on Islam and socialism, died in his hometown Sirte, apparently after being wounded in the legs. ______________________________________________________________________
Muammar Gaddafi called the rebels who rose up against his 42-years of one-man rule "rats", but in the end it was he who was captured cowering in a drainage pipe full of rubbish and filth.
"He called us rats, but look where we found him," said Ahmed Al Sahati, a 27-year-old government fighter, standing next to two stinking drainage pipes under a six-lane highway.
Government fighters, video evidence and the scenes of sheer carnage nearby told the story of the dictator's final hours. Read on
City of Gaddafi's birth and death buried under rubble
For the world's less-scrupulous dignitaries, officials and "high-ups" of various stripes, a trip to Muammar Gaddafi's hometown of Sirte was a treat.
They were fed like royalty, slept on fluffy pillows and some of the luckier ones even left with pockets bulging with 100 dollar bills.
"He wanted to impress us," a senior African Union official told Reuters. "The 'King of Kings' behaviour. Part of it was creating this city of his own and having dreams of it being the capital of Africa."
Those dreams lay in ruins on Thursday, along with much of the city where Gaddafi was born and died, killed by fighters who overran his final bastion after two months of relentless bombardment from Libyan interim government forces. More on this story
Gaddafi shown alive, manhandled before death
Al Jazeera television showed images of Muammar Gaddafi, apparently wounded but still alive when he was captured.
Gaddafi was shown being manhandled by a group of fighters and appearing to struggle against them at one point. He was shown with a bloodied face and being pushed against a car and being struck on the head by a pistol.
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Muammar Gaddafi, who ruled Libya with an iron fist for over 40 years, was killed Thursday after being on the run for some two months when he repeatedly vowed to keep fighting until death.
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Reuters sees video of bloodied Gaddafi son Mo'tassim
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Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi believed still in desert - NTC
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