War Lord: Khalifa Haftar and the Future of Libya

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Woodward, Bob (1984-04-29). "Qaddafi's Authority Said to Be Weakening". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286 . Retrieved 2023-06-25. Only weeks after Sunni jihadists in Iraq declared the establishment of an Islamic caliphate covering parts of Syria and Iraq, Libya's Ansar al-Shari'a movement has declared an Islamic emirate in eastern Libya after driving government forces and their allies from the city of Benghazi. The defeat of the strongest pro-government forces in eastern Libya has provided the Islamists with an impressive victory, but Ansar al-Shari'a and its allies are still struggling to obtain the support of Benghazi's urban population and the powerful tribes dwelling in its hinterland. Libya: plastic surgeon tells of treating Gaddafi in his bunker". www.telegraph.co.uk . Retrieved 2023-02-13. 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 ] He was seen in a wheelchair in 1998, allegedly due to hip surgery, which caused speculations about his health. [13] Religion [ edit ]

j) After renouncing his nuclear ambition, Colonel Gaddafi commented that technology had come from nuclear bazaar in Pakistan Gaddafi described himself as a "simple revolutionary" and "pious Muslim" called upon by God to continue Nasser's work. [14] Gaddafi was an austere and devout Muslim, [15] although according to Vandewalle, his interpretation of Islam was "deeply personal and idiosyncratic." [16] According to his cousin Ahmed Gaddaf al-Dam, Muammar was very devout and described him as theologically and politically close to Salafism. [17] Gaddafi often interrupted meetings with other heads of state to pray at the appropriate times. [18] Religion also played a major role in his political theories. [19] Haftar's National Army, still without official recognition from the government, has managed to gain the allegiance of a number of pro-government armed groups (some of which are probably reconsidering their position at this point), but has failed to get the all-important support of Libya's tribes, which continue to withhold their commitment to one side or the other of the ongoing conflict. For now, both Ansar al-Shari'a and Haftar's National Army claim to be receiving new weapons, promising another round of the urban warfare that is beginning to inflict severe damage on some neighborhoods of Benghazi (Libya Herald, July 29). Unless and until General Haftar and/or the new Libyan government can bring both trained troops and the nation's influential tribes on board with the anti-Islamist program, Libya will remain a gathering point for international jihadis and Libyan fighters returning from the battlefields of Syria and Iraq, something the defeated forces allied to the national government may find themselves powerless to prevent. 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 ] 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 ]Sacha Baron Cohen: Qaddafi inspired "Dictator" ". Sacha Baron Cohen: Qaddafi inspired "Dictator". CBS . Retrieved 22 May 2023. Gaddafi hired plastic surgeons to revamp his looks". Al Arabiya English. 2011-03-10 . Retrieved 2023-02-13. IANS (2013-09-24). "Gaddafi formed special department to find prostitutes". Business Standard India . Retrieved 2023-02-04. Gadhafi's Ukrainian Nurse Talks About Life with 'Daddy' ". CNN. 4 September 2011. Archived from the original on 24 February 2013 . Retrieved 8 September 2011.

Friedman, Uri. "How the Media's Covered Qaddafi's Clothing Through the Years". theatlantic.com. The Atlantic . Retrieved 26 February 2023. 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. For now, the oil-fields of eastern Libya remain in production, but as part of a much diminished national rate of 500,000 barrels per day (b.p.d.), as opposed to a normal 1.4 million b.p.d. (Reuters, July 29). Oil accounts for some 95 percent of state revenues in Libya.Simons, Geoff (1996). Libya: The Struggle for Survival (seconded.). Houndmills and London: Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-23038-011-0. 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.