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:"I find he's not only a barbarian, but he's flaky. ... I just think that the man is a zealot."
 
:"I find he's not only a barbarian, but he's flaky. ... I just think that the man is a zealot."
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Reportedly Qaddafi supported [[terrorism]], and may have ordered the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 in 1988.
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Reportedly Qaddafi supported [[terrorism]], and may have ordered Lybian agents to bomb Pan Am flight 103 over Scotland in 1988, killing 270 people from 21 countries, including 189 Americans. <ref>http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=291597467978635</ref>
    
Due largely to his fear of becoming a target in the American [[War on Terror]], Qaddafi decided to change his ways, giving up his WMD programs and renouncing terrorism; this marked one of the clear successes of the war, as it brought a measure of stability to North Africa without a single shot being fired.  Full diplomatic relations with the [[United States]] were restored in 2006, and the Qaddafi regime's turnaround has been heralded by Secretary of State [[Condoleezza Rice]] as a model for others to follow.
 
Due largely to his fear of becoming a target in the American [[War on Terror]], Qaddafi decided to change his ways, giving up his WMD programs and renouncing terrorism; this marked one of the clear successes of the war, as it brought a measure of stability to North Africa without a single shot being fired.  Full diplomatic relations with the [[United States]] were restored in 2006, and the Qaddafi regime's turnaround has been heralded by Secretary of State [[Condoleezza Rice]] as a model for others to follow.
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