In pictures: A look at Moammar Gadhafi through the years
CAPTION CORRECTION, CORRECTS NASSER'S TITLE TO PRESIDENT, NOT PRIME MINISTER - FILE - In this 1969 file photo, Col. Moammar Gadhafi, right, salutes as he appears with Egypt's President Gamal Abdel Nasser, in Suez, Egypt. As rebels swarmed into Tripoli, Libya, late Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011, and Gadhafi's son and one-time heir apparent Seif al-Islam was arrested, Gadhafi's rule was all but over, even though some loyalists continued to resist. (AP Photo/Farouk Ibrahim, File)Farouk Ibrahim/The Associated Press
Libyan leader Moamar Kadhafi (R) shakes hands with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas as they wait for a family photograph of African heads of states and others to be taken, marking the 15th African Union Summit in Kampala, Uganda on July 25, 2010. AFP PHOTO/MAHMUD TURKIA (Photo credit should read MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP/Getty Images)(Photo Credit should Read /AFP/Getty Images)MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP / Getty Images
Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, left, smiles as he shakes hands with EU Commission President Romano Prodi at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday April 27, 2004. Gadhafi came in from the cold Tuesday with his first trip to Europe in 15 years, seeking to improve ties despite lingering disputes over a 1986 bombing and fresh charges of human rights abuses. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)YVES LOGGHE/The Associated Press
Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin (L) sits and talks with Libyan Leader Colonel Moammar Gadhafi (R) and his interpreter (centre) in his tent in a military compound in Tripoli, Libya late at night which was the second meeting between the two leaders in one day. Dec. 19, 2004 Louie Palu/The Globe and MailLouie Palu/The Globe and Mail
British Prime Minister Tony Blair (L) chats with Libyan leader Colonel Moamer Kadhafi as they walk together after talks on the outskirts of Tripoli 25 March 2004. Blair arrived for landmark talks with Kadhafi amid warming ties between Tripoli and the West, as their countries prepared to sign a gas contract. On the first visit to Libya by a British premier since the country gained independence in 1951, Blair has pledged to offer a "hand in partnership" to Libya following its decision to renounce weapons of mass destruction. The visit marks the most visible sign yet of Libya's return to the international fold after agreeing in December to give up its programs to develop banned weaponry. AFP PHOTO/Jim WATSONJIM WATSON/AFP / Getty Images
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi (R) clenches his fist as he shakes hands with French President Jacques Chirac November 24, 2004 at Bab Azizia palace in Tripoli. Chirac started a two-day visit in Libya on Wednesday. REUTERS/Patrick Kovarik/PoolPOOL/Reuters
Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi (C) arrives for the African Union summit in Gambia's capital Banjul July 1, 2006. A two-day Africa summit opened in Gambia on Saturday with a call for urgent action to damp down conflicts in Somalia and Sudan's Darfur region, but diplomats said there was little chance of much progress on either issue. REUTERS/Stringer (GAMBIA)STR/Reuters
(FILES) -- File picture dated 04 April 2000 shows Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, flanked by a female bodyguard (L), upon his arrival for lunch with other African and European leaders at an European Union-African summit in Cairo. Kadhafi told a group of women 01 October 2003 during a gathering in the city of Syrte, 500 kms east of Tripoli, that they should be prepared to face the "enemy", without naming it, and said the situation of African women is better than that of their counterparts in the "orient and occident", according to Libyan radio. This year's 34th anniversary of the Fateh revolution that brought Kadhafi to power in 1969 was dedicated to women this year. Kadhafi's personal guard, who declined to give her name, told AFP at the time that she is "very proud" to be the only female armed escort for any of the 60-odd leaders at the summit at the time. She has served as Kadhafi's personal bodyguard for 10 years. AFP PHOTO/Marwan NAAMANIMARWAN NAAMANI/AFP / Getty Images
Damascus, Syria. June 29, 1979. Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi is seen during his interview in Damascus Monday. Credit: Associated Press? Lippman/The Associated Press
Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi attends a wreath laying ceremony in the Belarus capital Minsk, Monday, Nov. 3, 2008. Gadhafi arrived in the capital Minsk after his first visit to post-Soviet Russia. He had been expected to clinch a series of major arms deals during the trip in another sign of strengthening ties between the Cold War allies. But few details of his talks with Russian leaders were released. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)SERGEI GRITS/The Associated Press
Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, left, and EU Commission President Romano Prodi talk to each other at a media conference at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday April 27, 2004. Gadhafi came in from the cold Tuesday with his first trip to Europe in 15 years, seeking to improve ties despite lingering disputes over a 1986 bombing and fresh charges of human rights abuses. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)YVES LOGGHE/The Associated Press
Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi (R) greets Chadian President Idriss Deby upon his arrival for a meeting in Tripoli on August 8, 2009. Deby is on an official visit to Libya. AFP PHOTO/MAHMUD TURKIA (Photo credit should read MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP/Getty Images)MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP / Getty Images
Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, right, clasps hands with Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi at Chigi palace, Premier's office, in Rome, Wednesday, June 10, 2009. Gadhafi is on a three-day official visit to Italy. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)Gregorio Borgia/The Associated Press
German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder,left, and Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi meet Thursday, Oct. 14, 2004, in Tripoli, Libya. The man in the middle is unidentified translater. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)HASAN JAMALI/The Associated Press
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi waves in Tripoli before making a speech which he sought to defuse tensions after more than 10 days of anti-government protests in Libya, March 2, 2011. Gaddafi, orchestrating a populist response to rebels threatening his rule, blamed al Qaeda on Wednesday for creating turmoil and told applauding supporters there was a conspiracy to control Libya and its oil. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah (LIBYA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)AHMED JADALLAH/Reuters
FILE - In this April 10, 2011, file photo, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi gestures to his supporters in Tripoli, Libya. Facing tenacious uprisings, the leaders of Syria, Libya and Yemen could only have thought of their own possible fates when they saw Hosni Mubarak in a defendants' cage, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011, facing charges that could carry a death sentence. For the three authoritarian Arab leaders, the choices are limited: Cling to power at any cost, negotiate immunity or find a foreign haven. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito, File)Pier Paolo Cito/The Associated Press
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi drives his personal cart in Tripoli after making a speech which he sought to defuse tensions after more than 10 days of anti-government protests in Libya, March 2, 2011. Gaddafi, orchestrating a populist response to rebels threatening his rule, blamed al Qaeda on Wednesday for creating turmoil and told applauding supporters there was a conspiracy to control Libya and its oil. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah (LIBYA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY)AHMED JADALLAH/Reuters
FILE - In this March 8, 1977 file photo Cuban leader Fidel Castro and Moammar Gadhafi meet in Tripoli, Libya. As rebels swarmed into Tripoli late Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011, and Gadhafi's son and one-time heir apparent Seif al-Islam was arrested, Gadhafi's rule was all but over, even though some loyalists continued to resist. (AP Photo, File)ARNA/The Associated Press
Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi, at right, with Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair as they meet outside Tripoli, in Libya, Thursday, March, 25, 2004. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)Alastair Grant/The Associated Press
FILE--President Anwar Sadat of Egypt, left, Col. Moammar Gadhafi of Libya, center, and Gen. Hafez Assad of Syria are shown during a reception in Damascus where the three leaders met for the final draft and agreement on the Federation in this Aug. 18, 1971 file photo. Assad, the autocratic Syrian president who never realized his dream of a united Arab front and a humiliated Israel, died Saturday, June 10, 2000. He was 69. (AP Photo/File)The Associated Press