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Gaddafi's Violent Past Catching Up in Libya

Gaddafi's Violent Past Catching Up in Libya

  • by Melvin Rhodes
On Sept. 1, 1969, Libya's King Idris was overthrown in a violent coup that brought a young revolutionary Colonel Muammar Gaddafi to power. For more than 40 years his revolutionary fervor has spread mayhem and discord.