Qadhafi
[kuh-dah-fee]
- Mu·am·mar (Muhammad) al- or el- [moo-ah-mahr, al, el] /muˈɑ mɑr, æl, ɛl/, 1942–2011, Libyan army colonel and political leader: chief of state 1969–2011.
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These days, ISIS is wired; al Qaeda is tired; and Saddam Hussein and Qaddafi expired.
Why We Shouldn't Be Scared of ISIS: Threat Inflation and Our Next Dumb WarNick Gillespie
September 10, 2014
When a member of the Qaddafi family wants to make your country his new home, you know things are rotten.
Mexico, a Country in Crisis, Needs a Fix the Size of the Marshall PlanJohn M. Ackerman
December 9, 2011
Qaddafi said a few completely appropriate words, as did I, and the press left.
The only bright lights seemed to be those illuminating the many, many billboards of Qaddafi and his “inspirational” sayings.
My upcoming trip gave me powerful leverage in these negotiations because Qaddafi desperately wanted me to visit Tripoli.
Qaddafi
- Moamar al (ˈməʊəˌmɑː ˌæl). See (Moamar al) Gaddafi
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