Saturday, March 19, 2011

Muammar Qaddafi: King of Kings


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Muammar al-Gaddafi, the Libyan chief of state, attends the 12th African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2 February, 2009. The assembly elected Qaddafi to replace Kikwete as chair of the organization: photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jesse B. Awalt (US Navy)

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Muammar al-Gaddafi, the Libyan chief of state, attends the 12th African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2 February, 2009: photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jesse B. Awalt (US Navy)

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Muammar al-Gaddafi, leader of the Libyan revolution, with Egyptian President Gamel Abdel Nasser, 1969 : photo via Al-Ahram (image by Roxanne, 2010)

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Syrian President Hafez al-Assad with Libyan leader Mouammar al-Qaddafi, 1977: photo via Online Museum of Syrian history (image by Roxanne, 2010)

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Serbian President (then Minister of Defense) Boris Tadić with Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi, 2008: photographer unknown (image by Avala, 2008)

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President Vladimir Putin of Russia with Libyan leader
Muammar al-Gaddafi, Tripoli, 16 April 2008: photo by Russian Presidential Press and Information Office, 2008

A man checks the execution room inside the burned main prison of Moammar Gadhafi's forces in Benghazi, 28 February 2011: photo by Suhaib Salem/Reuters


A man plays with his son in front of a cartoon depicting Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, Benghazi, 28 February 2011: photo by Goran Tomasevic/Reuters


A protestor walks over a rug depicting a defaced portrait of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, Benghazi, 25 February 2011: photo by Suhaib Salem/Reuters


Amateur video footage released by Libyan opposition, showing fire in the street, tracer fire and people fleeing, Benghazi, evening of 18/19 February, 2011: photo by AFTP