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*There are over 100 spelling variations of Gaddafi's name. Among these are "Muammar Qaddafi", "Mu'Ammar el-Qathafi", "Mo'ammar Gadhafi", "Muammar al-Qaddafi", "Muhammar Gheddafi", "Moammar Kazzafi", "Muammar al-Khaddafi", "Mu'ammar al-Qadhdhafi", "Moamar aI-Kadafi", and "Moammar Khadaffy", among others. | *There are over 100 spelling variations of Gaddafi's name. Among these are "Muammar Qaddafi", "Mu'Ammar el-Qathafi", "Mo'ammar Gadhafi", "Muammar al-Qaddafi", "Muhammar Gheddafi", "Moammar Kazzafi", "Muammar al-Khaddafi", "Mu'ammar al-Qadhdhafi", "Moamar aI-Kadafi", and "Moammar Khadaffy", among others. | ||
*He was alleged to have an admiration of U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, to the point where he kept a portrait of her. | *He was alleged to have an admiration of U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, to the point where he kept a portrait of her. | ||
*Gaddafi has the unique distinction of being admired by individuals on both the far-left ''and'' the far-right. The far-left praised Gaddafi for his socialist-style policies (modeled after the Soviet Union) and anti-imperialistic stance, whereas the far-right praised him for his stance on Israel and his promotion of [[Anti-Semitism]]. | *Along with the Assads of Syria, Gaddafi has the unique distinction of being admired by individuals on both the far-left ''and'' the far-right. The far-left praised Gaddafi for his socialist-style policies (modeled after the Soviet Union) and anti-imperialistic stance, whereas the far-right praised him for his stance on Israel and his promotion of [[Anti-Semitism]]. | ||
*One of the rebels who killed him later was later kidnapped and murdered by a couple regime supporters in France about a year later. | *One of the rebels who killed him later was later kidnapped and murdered by a couple regime supporters in France about a year later. | ||
*When NATO intervened in Libya in 2011, Turkey, under Prime Minister [[ | *When NATO intervened in Libya in 2011, Turkey, under Prime Minister [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] was reluctant to act, only urging Gaddafi to step down months later.<ref> https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSTRE72D49D20110314</ref> | ||
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