The Libyan Head of State, Muammar al Qaddafi :: Biography Biographies Essays

The Libyan Head of State, Muammar al Qaddafi Muammar al Qaddafi is a very(prenominal) dangerous man. He promotes terrorism, andradical causes. He is committed against the U.S, and will help almostanyone who is also against the U.S. He is very intelligent and crafty. In1969 he led a putsch against the Libyan government. He succeeded, and becamehead of state. He is a devoted Muslim. Qaddafi is a person to be read aboutand learned about. As I mentioned above, one of his greatest successes was star abloodless coup against the Libyan monarchy. He became head of state. Another success is that fact that most Libyans leadgood lives. All Libyans have a house or an apartment, a car, and most havetelevisions, phones, and recording equipment. The young people are welldressed and fed. He has survived many coup attempts against him. His faceand picture are in most buildings in Libya. He always was devoted to school as a kid. He would take a abundant hikefrom the devastate to schoo l. He would come home only every Thursday, thebeginning of the Muslim weekend. Then he would go back to school. He wasthe inaugural in his family to be well educated. One of his first goals when he was a child was to join the Libyan army.He slowly moved up in rank. It was surprising they even let him in thearmy he had a long police record. He eventually joined the Kings police.This was when the idea of a coup attempt came. He did succeed. Qaddafi was born in a tent in the desert 20 miles south of the sea.This is a desolate place- burning hot in the summer, and freezing cold inthe winter. Most people would consider this place to be uninhabitable. Hisfather was at the bottom of social level in this very poor country. Thename of tribe Qaddadfa means in Arabic, Spitter or vomiter of blood. InQaddafis early years, in the 1940s there were tank battles in the desertand thousands of bombing raids by Germans in Libya. Besides this, in the1920s the Italians under Mussolini had conqu ered Libya for the second timeand had killed large numbers of women, children and old people. Theytrampled on copies of the Koran, threw men out of airplanes and assault anddisembowelled women. So the Libyans of Qaddafi generation grew up full of