Muammar Gaddafi — dictator, despot, tyrant. How did he come to power?

“I remain with my people and I am ready to die in agony,” Muammar Gaddafi assured on Lebanese radio in late September 2011. The dictator’s words proved prophetic. A month later, after more than 40 years of authoritarian rule, he was killed by insurgents’ bullets.

[Photo: U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jesse B. Awalt/Released, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons]

October 20, 2021 marked ten years since the death of Muammar Gaddafi. He reigned…