Qadaffy... dictator of Libya since 1969. From 1972, when he relinquished the title of prime minister, he has been accorded the honorifics
Guide of the First of September Great Revolution of the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriyaor
Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution. With the death of Omar Bongo of Gabon on 8 June 2009, he became the longest serving of all current non-royal national leaders. He is also the longest-serving ruler of Libya since Tripoli became an Ottoman province in 1551. When Chairman Mao was all the rage and millions of people were flashing his Little Red Book, Qadaffy came out with his own Little Green Book, which didn't do as well. Qadaffy's instability has been an inspiration to the Arab world and to Africa, which he would like to rule...
pounded on Saturday the historic city of Ghadames, some 600 km southwest of Tripoli, said official rebel sources.
These are the first festivities in the area between the loyal forces and rebels since the beginning of the February 15 uprising against Colonel Qadaffy.
"The battalions of Qadaffy pounded the archaeological city of Ghadames for the first time since the outbreak of the revolution," a source said rebel.
AFP was unable to verify this information from independent sources.
Ghadames, known as the "Pearl of the Desert", is one of the oldest pre-Saharan cities in the region. It took over Cydamae, Cornelius Balbus walled city which had made an ally of Rome during his victorious expedition against the Garam, in 19 BC AD
Located on the border of Tunisia and Algeria, this city became a UNESCO world heritage in 1986.