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He declared Libya to be "liberated" at a ceremony in Benghazi on 23 October, three days after Gaddafi's death. [ 76 ] NTC official Ali Tarhouni said on 22 October that he had instructed the military council in Misrata to keep Gaddafi's body preserved for several days in a commercial freezer "to make sure that everybody knows he is dead". [ 77 ]
Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi [pron 1] (c. 1942 – 20 October 2011) was a Libyan revolutionary, politician and political theorist who ruled Libya from 1969 until his assassination by rebel forces in 2011.
American involvement in the Libyan Civil War initially consisted of diplomatic initiatives and sanctions. This was followed by the implementation of the UN-mandated no-fly zone, the development of diplomatic relations with the rebels as well as humanitarian aid, bombing missions to destroy Gaddafi's military capabilities, and diplomatic assistance to the rebels.
As the civil war raged on in Libya, a group of Libyan expats and sympathizers determined that the £11million ($17.5 million) townhouse belonged to the dictator's absentee son -- and decided to ...
Libya had claimed that the entire Gulf was their territory, at 32° 30' N, with an exclusive 62 nautical miles (115 km; 71 mi) fishing zone. [3] Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi asserted this in 1973, and dubbed it "The Line of Death".
NATO announced that in light of Sirte's fall and the death of Gaddafi, it would end its military operations in Libya on 31 October. [ 163 ] On 23 October, reflecting its previous statements that it would consider the war to be finished with the capture of Sirte, [ 164 ] the NTC declared Libya to be "liberated" and announced plans for a ...
During Muammar Gaddafi's rule over Libya, many crimes against humanity were committed by government forces against the Libyan population. Some of these include extrajudicial killings, public executions, and the torture of civilians. These violations are what caused the Libyan population to revolt against the regime.
On 29 December 2011, Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) announced that the country's output of crude oil had risen to over 1 million barrels per day (bpd), compared to 1.6 million bpd before the uprising. [138] Libya's biggest oil terminal, Es Sider, resumed operations as of January 2012 [139] but may take more than a year to be fully ...