The End of Gadhafi

Connecticut Public Radio

Published October 21, 2011 at 9:19 AM EDT

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Moammar Gadhafi was killed today. The former libyan leader held on to power for nearly 42 years in the North African country, supporting global terrorism and terrorizing the people of Libya. Dr. Abubaker Saad should know, the history professor at Western Connecticut State University worked as a diplomat for the Libyan monarchy, and was recruited to be Gadhafi's personal interpreter after he took power. Saad worked next to the dictator for 9 years until Saad fled the country after taking part in a plot against Gadhafi that was foiled.

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