Gadhafi as the face of Africa.
There was no deal to keep Gadhafi.
There is speculation that Gadhafi may be hiding in the area.
He was forced to flee to France, and in 1998,
he claimed that the plot to kill Gadhafi had been funded by MI6.
Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi had been in power since 1969,
and those who opposed him wanted to implement reforms aimed at reducing government corruption and providing greater political transparency.
Libya used Twitter(before losing access to the site) to bring attention to its own struggle,
which has escalated in the last few weeks over the call for Moammar Gadhafi's resignation.
Gadhafi once gave a two-hour-long speech to the United Nations,
during which he expressed support for Somali pirates, claimed that Israel was responsible for JFK's assassination, and referred to Barack Obama as“My Son.”.
We found that messages that denounced Gadhafi's atrocities against civilians were significantly correlated with
the decision of the US to adopt more cooperative behaviors with the rebels- for example, to praise their activities and to agree to meet with them.