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Line 1: − + − Colonel '''Muammar Qaddafi''' (born 1942) has been the tyrannical dictator of [[Libya]] since 1969, when he seized power in a military coup against King Idriss. Once he became dictator, he renamed all the months in the calendar and published the Green Book, which was a series of pamphlets on [[democracy]], [[economics]], and sociology. − − President [[Ronald Reagan]] was a frequent target of Qaddafi's rants. Reagan responded with this assessment:<ref>http://www.nndb.com/people/641/000026563/</ref> − − :I find he's not only a barbarian, but he's flaky. ... I just think that the man is a zealot. − − Reportedly Qaddafi supported terrorism, and may have ordered the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 in 1988. − − Due largely to his fear of becoming a target in [[George W. Bush|President Bush]]'s successful [[War on Terror]], Qaddafi decided to change his ways, giving up his WMD programs and renouncing terrorism. Full diplomatic relations with the [[United States]] were restored in 2006, and the Qaddafi regime's turnaround has been heralded by Secretary of State [[Condoleeza Rice]] as a model for others to follow. − − [[Category:Heads of state]]
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