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graduates from the University of Libya
Qaddhadi graduated from the University of Libya in 1963 http://www.biography.com/people/muammar-al-quaddafi-39014 -
graduated from the Libyan military acadamy
Qaddhafi graduated from the Libyan military acadamy http://www.biography.com/people/muammar-al-quaddafi-39014 -
seized power in a military coup
He seized power in a military coup in 1969 until 2011 http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/muammar_guddafi -
Removed U.S. and British military bases from Libya
Mu'aammar Quaddhafi removed the U.S. and British military bases from Libya in 1970 http://www.biography.com/people/muammar-al-quaddafi-39014 -
outlawed alcohol and gambling
He outlawed all alcoholic beverages and gambling in accordance with his own strict Islamic principals http://www.biography.com/people/muammar-al-quaddafi-39014 -
His government financed terrorist groups worldwide
His government financed a broad spectrum of revolutionary or terrorists groups worldwide, including the Black Panthers and the Nation of Islam in the United States and the Irish Republican Army in Northern Ireland
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Quaddhafi was almost killed
Quaddhafi was almost killed when British airforce bombed Libya and nearly missed Quaddhafi http://www.biography.com/people/muammar-al-quaddafi-39014 -
British Based U.S. warplane bombing
All the terrorist aattacks brought him into a growing conflict with the U.S government. In April of 1986 British-Based warplanes bombed several sites in Libya, killing and or injuring several of his children.
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Turned over the alleged perpetrators of the civilian airliner
Libya's purported involvement in the destruction of a civilian airliner over Lockerbie, Scot., in 1988.
In the late 1990's Quaddafi turned over the alleged perpetrators of the bombing to international authorities.
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Cease unconventional weapons program.
Quaddafi announed that Libya would cease its unconventional-weapons program
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Qaddhafi was elected chairman of the African Union
Qaddhafi was elected chairman of the African Union http://www.biography.com/people/muammar-al-quaddafi-39014 -
African Chariman
February 2009 Qaddafi was elected chairman of the African Union, and later that year he gave his first speech before the UN General Assembly.
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