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- Muammar al-
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- noun Libyan leader who seized power in a military coup d'etat in 1969; deposed the Libyan monarchy and imposed socialism and Islamic orthodoxy on the country (born in 1942)
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel called Khadafy's speech "very, very appalling'' and said it amounted to "declaring war on his own people.''
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Flash back to 1986, a year that started out with the AP and many others spelling the Libyan leader's name Khadafy, based on the advice of Middle East experts.
SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter LEE KEATH 2011
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Moammar Khadafy, was shelling his own people, Obama called Khadafy's behavior "outrageous," but stopped short of threatening sanctions or asking him to step down.
NY Daily News 2011
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I've seen Gadhafi, Khadafy, Qaddafi and Gaddafi today.less than a minute ago via webTom Breen
Gaddafi, Gadhafi, Qaddafi? Will the real Kadhafi spelling please stand up? 2011
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AP used to spell it Khadafy, but changed to Gadhafi almost 25 years ago.
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Khadafy was enraged that the NYPD refused to allow him to visit Ground Zero, and that he had been forbidden to pitch his palace-size tent anywhere in the city or suburbs when he visited for the UN General Assembly last year, the document released by WikiLeaks details.
Moammar Khadafy Threatened To Halt Nuclear-Disarmament Deal After NYC Meltdown: Wikileaks The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Khadafy was enraged that the NYPD refused to allow him to visit Ground Zero, and that he had been forbidden to pitch his palace-size tent anywhere in the city or suburbs when he visited for the UN General Assembly last year, the document released by WikiLeaks details.
Khadafy Threatened To Halt Nuclear-Disarmament Deal After NYC Meltdown: Wikileaks nypost.com 2010
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Khadafy was enraged that the NYPD refused to allow him to visit Ground Zero, and that he had been forbidden to pitch his palace-size tent anywhere in the city or suburbs when he visited for the UN General Assembly last year, the document released by WikiLeaks details.
Moammar Khadafy Threatened To Halt Nuclear-Disarmament Deal After NYC Meltdown: Wikileaks The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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I had thought that the 1989 policy allowed targeting a government leader who doubled as a terrorist sponsor, e.g., Qadaffi/Khadafy/whatever speelling.
The Volokh Conspiracy » The CIA Plan to Kill Al Qaeda Leaders: 2009
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Note: Gaddafi, Qaddafi and Khadafy are all the same person.
Archive 2009-01-01 2009
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