Muammar 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...
and his sons from Libya is a prerequisite for any political settlement in the country, reiterated Tuesday a front man for the rebels, Mahmoud Chammam on the eve of a meeting of the Contact Group on Libya in Qatar.
The political arm of the rebellion the National Transitional Council (CNT) is involved in the meeting scheduled for Wednesday in Doha with a delegation led by its international representative, Mahmoud Jibril.
"We will not accept any initiative for a political settlement if the departure of Qadaffy and his sons from Libya does not appear at the top" of a potential agreement, said Chammam.