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-'''Colonel Muammar Gaddafi''' (b. 1942) became dictator of [[Libya]] in a coup that he led in 1969, and has ruled it ever since.  In the 1970s, Gaddafi attempted to become assume the leadership position of all Arabs left by the death of President [[Gemal Abdel-Nasser]] of [[Egypt]], but other Arab nations mostly ignored him.  In the 1980s, Gaddafi became a sponsor of [[terrorism]] and President [[Ronald Reagan]] ordered a retaliatory bombing of his palace and key Libyan targets, which injured Gaddafi's wife and killed one of their infant children.
+#REDIRECT [[Muammar al-Gaddafi]]
-In the 1990s, Gaddafi changed course and severed all ties with terrorism to normalize relations with the West.  In 2006, the "decision of the US to restore full diplomatic relations with Libya marks the crowning success of his efforts to have his country accepted back into the international community."<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3336059.stm</ref>
-== References ==
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-[[category:Heads of State]]