Gaddafi was born into the Qadhadhfa, [49] a Arabized Berber tribal group. [50] His mother was named Aisha (died 1978), and his father, Mohammad Abdul Salam bin Hamed bin Mohammad, was known as Abu Meniar (died 1985). His father was a goat and camel herder before Gaddafi's seizure of power. [49] He was his parents' only surviving son, but had three older sisters. [51] By 1987, one of his sisters had died of cancer, one had married a Sirte native, and a third had married Messaoud Abdul Hafez, at one point governor of Fezzan. [52]

g) Colonel Gaddafi supported many militant outfit financially, the most notable being Irish Republican Army(IRA) When in Rome, Gaddafi Will Do as the Bedouins". The Sydney Morning Herald. 11 June 2009 . Retrieved 14 February 2010. Bianco, Mirella (1975). Gadafi: Voice from the Desert. Translated by Lyle, Margaret. London: Longman. ISBN 978-0-582-78062-0. But who is Khalifa Haftar, and how has he become the most powerful leader in Libya? How has this unknown commander raised an army from scratch, controlled the powerful Libyan tribes and gained the support of powerful international players? Is he good for Libya, or a terrorist threat?He was seen in a wheelchair in 1998, allegedly due to hip surgery, which caused speculations about his health. [13] Religion [ edit ] In 2011 during the revolution Gaddafi invited the New York Times to Tripoli to see his clothing collection. [31] Delahoyde, Steve. "Muammar Gaddafi Requests a 'Stylish Retrospective of His Fashion Highlights' from the Met, By Way of the NY Times". adweek.com. adweek.com . Retrieved 24 February 2023.

Mirak-Weissbach, Muriel (2012). Madmen at the Helm: Pathology and Politics in the Arab Spring. Reading: Ithaca Press. ISBN 978-0863724541. Gaddafi regarded personal appearance as important, [22] with Blundy and Lycett referring to him as "extraordinarily vain." [25] Two Brazilian plastic surgeons, Liacyr Ribeiro and Fabio Naccache, claimed they were hired by Gaddafi in 1994 to perform a hair transplant and inject belly fat into Gaddafi's face to help him look younger. [26] [27] [28] At one point, he claimed that he received a lot of fan mail by American women as they liked his hair. [7] Clothing [ edit ] Blundy, David; Lycett, Andrew (1987). Qaddafi and the Libyan Revolution. Boston: Little Brown & Co. ISBN 978-0-316-10042-7. Friedman, Uri. "How the Media's Covered Qaddafi's Clothing Through the Years". theatlantic.com. The Atlantic . Retrieved 26 February 2023. Pargeter also argued that "perpetual revolution was his enduring passion", as he remained privately fascinated with attempts to spread his political views across the world, particularly in Africa. [5] Gaddafi's personal hero was Gamal Abdel Nasser. [24] Appearance [ edit ]

Pargeter, Alice (2012). Libya: The Rise and Fall of Qaddafi. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-13932-7. O'Connor, Anahad (29 August 2009). "Qaddafi Cancels Plans to Stay in New Jersey". The New York Times . Retrieved 28 February 2011. h) Libya’s relation with British broke off after a British police women was shot dead outside Libyan embassy in London; Jamestown Foundation, Libya's Ansar al-Shari'a Declares the Islamic Emirate of Benghazi, 8 August 2014,Terrorism Monitor Volume: 12 Issue: 16,available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/53e8a0944.html[accessed 26 November 2023] Simons, Geoff (1996). Libya: The Struggle for Survival (seconded.). Houndmills and London: Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-23038-011-0.

i) It’s was alleged that Libya had a hand in blowing up Pan Am Flight in Scotland where all passenger and crew were dead With the capture of most of the city (excluding a part of the airport still controlled by Haftar's forces), Ansar al-Shari'a leader Muhammad al-Zahawi declared on July 30 that "Benghazi has now become an Islamic emirate" (Radio Tawhid, July 30; al-Jazeera, July 31). Haftar insisted that his forces had only conducted a "tactical withdrawal" from parts of Benghazi and that the Islamist claimi to control the city was "a lie": "There is a difference between control and looting and thefts. After the Special Forces withdrew from the Special Forces' camp, [the Islamists] tried to steal what they could steal" (al-Arabiya, July 30; July 31). Since mid-July, the Shura Council has taken five military bases in the Benghazi region, including the main Special Forces camp in Benghazi, overcoming strikes from Libyan jet fighters and helicopters in their advance (al-Jazeera, July 31). Benghazi's main police station was also abandoned after being shelled by Shura Council forces. Oakes, John (2014). Libya: The History of Gaddafi's Pariah State. Stroud: The History Press. ISBN 978-0-7524-7108-2. Gaddafi had a large wardrobe, and sometimes changed his outfit multiple times a day. [25] [7] He favoured either a military uniform or traditional Libyan dress, tending to eschew Western-style suits. [22] He saw himself as a fashion icon, stating "Whatever I wear becomes a fad. I wear a certain shirt and suddenly everyone is wearing it." [25] Gaddafi's wardrobe was the subject of significant press coverage over the years which was criticized as distracting from serious coverage of Libya. [29]Adebajo, Adekeye (2011). "Gaddafi: the man who would be king of Africa". theguardian.com . Retrieved 20 February 2019. Gaddafi was the fashion inspiration for the 2012 Sacha Baron Cohen movie The Dictator [32] in an interview with CBS he said "Col. Qaddafi was kind of the most absurd of the dictators... Obviously vicious, but he would dress unintentionally like a 65-year-old woman." [33] Residences [ edit ]

Harris, Lillian Craig (1986). Libya: Qadhafi's Revolution and the Modern State. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press. ISBN 978-0-8133-0075-7.St. John, Ronald Bruce (1987). Qaddafi's World Design: Libyan Foreign Policy, 1969–1987. London: Saqi Books. ISBN 978-0-86356-161-0. l) Education, electricity and medical service was free and petrol was cheap under Colonel Gaddafi regime