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Qadhafi

American  
[kuh-dah-fee] / kəˈdɑ fi /
Also Qaddafi,

noun

  1. Muammar (Muhammad) al- or el- 1942–2011, Libyan army colonel and political leader: chief of state 1969–2011.


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Estimates put the Libyan stockpile at some 1,000 metric tons of yellowcake uranium under Qadhafi, who declared his nascent nuclear weapons program to the world in 2003 to after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.

From Seattle Times Mar. 16, 2023

There, Libya under dictator Moammar Qadhafi stored thousands of barrels of so-called yellowcake uranium for a once-planned uranium conversion facility that was never built in his decadeslong secret weapons program.

From Seattle Times Mar. 16, 2023

Sirte was the birthplace of former dictator Muammar Qadhafi.

From Salon Aug. 28, 2016

For the Qadhafi regime, this is the final chapter – the end is near and events are moving fast.

From New York Times Aug. 26, 2011

State Department official says that Qadhafi was doubtless afraid for his hide after Sept.

From Time Magazine Archive

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