Moammar Gadhafi: Facts About Libya's Leader (PHOTOS)

Despite a heavy government crackdown on protests, Libyan demonstrators are calling for another night of defiance against leader Moammar Gadhafi's regime in Tripoli's main square.

According to the Associated Press, the continued turmoil in the capital after six days of protests and bloody clashes in Libya's eastern cities sharply escalates the challenge to Gadhafi. After over 40 years in power, Gadhafi is the Arab world's longest-ruling leader and a strong U.S. ally, despite having no official government function other than the self-proclaimed titles of "Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution" and "King of Kings of Africa."

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Take a look at some facts about Gadhafi here:

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On every foreign trip he makes, Gadhafi is reportedly surrounded by a 40-strong retinue of female bodyguards, who he insists must be virgins. "Women should be trained for combat, so that they do not become easy prey for their enemies," he is quoted as saying.

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On every foreign trip he makes, Gadhafi is reportedly surrounded by a 40-strong retinue of female bodyguards, who he insists must be virgins. "Women should be trained for combat, so that they do not become easy prey for their enemies," he is quoted as saying.

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Cougar29 said on 21 Monday 2011 pm28 5:05 pm: I knew Reagan was right in 1986 to bomb him. The Left hated RR for it too!!!

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[eja40]

11:40 AM on 03/05/2011

Did Gadhafi have a cancerous mole removed from the left side of his nose? Is this the reason for what looks like his prosthetic nose? Photos through the years show him with no mole, then a mole, then no mole accompanied by a reworked nose..

[Hassan Abdullah]

03:14 AM on 03/05/2011

You don't have the knowledge..listen ..Col. Gadhafi has a lot of African blood in his ancestry so the desire to dress extravagantly is natural for people of color. All Arabs do,,have black blood to some degree or another in there family tree and DNA..
Why because all races can be traced by DNA TO THE FRIST CIVILIZED man and the
human species called homo sapiens.
From which all modern humans descendanded from Tanzania East Africa migrated into North Africa the bedouin tribes these are his direct ancestors in Libya which is in North Africa.Grekk an Italian geographers renamed the region on western maps as the middle east..So don't hate on him he is like Malcom X a revolutionary who was hated by his own people and murdered ny the CIA ,By using black sell out traitors to reomove him from the struggle.
Be careful once Gadaffi is killed by the CIA.Their may come on the scene one like HO CHI MIN in Vietnam or like a Ayatolla type who replaced the Shah in Iran..And the fire next time....

[mycall8]

10:51 AM on 02/27/2011

What Kook ! What a clotheshorse ! Kind of Michael Jackson meets Lady Gaga dressed up as a Bedouin.... 40 years ruling kind of like 2 terms of Boy G Bush

[teabagflush]

11:52 AM on 02/25/2011

Gadhafi looks like he had a face transplant using the back end of a ewe.

[AndyBitMeAgain]

08:46 PM on 02/24/2011

Hasn't he been offered an opinion spot on Fox? It was on Drudge...

[angrymanspokane]

05:59 PM on 02/24/2011

It looks like his hat is on too tight...

[donnabella]

03:00 PM on 02/24/2011

For some reason, every time I look at his picture, "shar pei" comes to mind...

[kkdkdkdkdk]

06:31 AM on 02/24/2011

Dangerous Nutso! To call him an Ally of the U.S. is just plain stupid.

[Tony Sanchez]

02:00 AM on 02/24/2011

He is still waiting for a GQ cover shoot.

[TYRANNASAURUS]

05:56 PM on 02/23/2011

Moammar Gadhafi: Facts About Libya's Leader....

ONE FACT COVERS IT ALL...........: INSANE.

[Mondayboy]

01:31 PM on 02/23/2011

I don't need any knowledge about Ghadaffi. Knowing that he is a murderer of his own people is enough.

[Edward Standley]

12:26 PM on 02/23/2011

Who the heck provides those cartoonish faux "military uniforms" for these silly dictators? Disney? The MGM Grand?

[INVet]

04:33 PM on 02/25/2011

What a great idea for a company though, wait a second these puppet dictators are in decline....

Nope, next idea!

[terry63]

12:50 AM on 02/23/2011

There are really few places for this old Terrorist to run to, But I can tell you that if the Massess target him personally and seek him out he will run. I remember well when he was out on the world stage bombing everything in site. The world would not touch him. He boasted openly on the world stage of his bloody deeds. Then Reagan sent a carrier to blur the lines of international waters off Lybia. Mommar sent Migs to intercept,. They were pounced upon by navy f14 Tom cats. Reagan Used this aggression to send in air strikes, Destroying Lybias navy and B-1 bombers took out radar sites to effectivley blind Lybian defences, Then Reagan ordered a strike on Mommars personal Home. He wasnt there at the time but his wife and Daughter were killed. Gadhaffi disapeared off the world stage never to be heard again until Clinton took office. Then he was back but in a more refined manner.

[Michael Morrison]

01:12 AM on 02/23/2011

terry...

No B-1 bombers. They hadn't yet been fielded. They were FB-111's launched from bases in England.

[terry63]

01:17 AM on 02/23/2011

My bad.