On October 20, 2011 Moammar Gaddafi himself was captured and killed by his own people.
As Moammar Gadhafi was killed and Libya really fell into disarray, his weapons became available.
Putin identifies with Assad, former Libyan President Moammar Gadhafi and former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
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Moammar Qaddafi clearly lost the confidence of his own people and the legitimacy to lead.
Prior to the overthrow of the Moammar Gadhafi, Libya offered regional investors a high growth opportunity.
He was referring to NATO's 2011 military intervention in Libya that helped oust dictator Moammar Gadhafi.
The four decades long rule of Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi appears to have finally run its course.
Following the toppling of former dictator Moammar Gadhafi in 2011, experts said, Libya also suffers from lax security.
Following the toppling of dictator Moammar Gadhafi in 2011, experts say Libya has suffered from lax security.
After the UNSC Resolution, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi agreed to a cease fire.
Al-Senussi, the late Moammar Gadhafi's brother-in-law, was arrested Friday evening at Nouakchott airport, a Libyan transitional government spokesman said.
There is growing concern that NATO ground forces will be sent in if Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi does not step down.
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The fall of Ben Ali during the Tunisian revolution in 2011 emboldened citizens in neighboring Libya to rise against Moammar Gadhafi.
The same battle cry was used by rebels in Libya last year as they inched toward the capital, Tripoli, seat of then-ruler Moammar Gadhafi.
In Libya, the United States has already helped overthrow Moammar Gadhafi, whose vast arsenal has ended up in the hands of some pretty nasty characters.
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Moammar Gadhafi died after his capture by opposition forces last October.
This was Moammar Gadhafi's home in the city of his birth.
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Ethnic Tuaregs who had returned to Mali well-armed from fighting for late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi staged a military coup last year against the Malian government.
Libya accepted a UN Resolution to impose a no fly zone over the country and will implement a cease fire between the army and anti-Moammar Gadhafi militias.
The rebels had fought alongside Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and returned to Mali -- with their weapons in tow -- after he was killed in October 2011.
He spent much of his time in and around Timbuktu, partly at a luxurious mansion that had been built for Moammar Gadhafi, according to reports from the city.
The MNLA, made up of ethnic Tuareg rebels, staged their coup against Mali's central government after returning to Mali well-armed from fighting for late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.
This occurred with Libya, following Moammar Gadhafi's offensive on Benghazi.
Coons said the Rewards for Justice Program had been successful in helping to motivate people to give information in the search for Moammar Gadhafi, Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden.
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The Obama administration launched military airstrikes in Libya in 2011 in support of a North Atlantic Treaty Organization campaign that helped overthrow the late leader Moammar Gadhafi's government in Tripoli.
Foreign oil companies have gradually returned to Libya since the 2011 revolution that ousted Moammar Gadhafi, but much of Libya remains highly insecure and under the sway of independent militia.
Last year, Libyan opposition forces trying to overthrow the dictator Moammar Gadhafi bought a sophisticated surveillance drone from a Canadian company for which they paid in the low six figures.
But U.N. spokesman Farhan Haq said the body can be effective, such as when the Security Council united against former Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi and halted an offensive by his military.
Ethnic Tuareg rebels of the separatist party MNLA, who had returned to Mali well-armed from fighting for late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, staged a military coup last year against the Malian government.
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