Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi attends a celebration of the 40th anniversary of his coming to power at the Green Square in Tripoli September 1, 2009. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra (LIBYA ANNIVERSARY POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

An anti-Gaddafi fighter shows the media what they say was the golden pistol of Muammar Gaddafi, near Sirte October 20, 2011. Gaddafi was killed on Thursday as Libya's new leaders declared they had overrun the last bastion of his long rule, sparking wild celebrations that eight months of war may finally be over. Details of the death near Sirte of the fallen strongman were hazy but it was announced by several officials of the National Transitional Council (NTC) and backed up by a photograph of a bloodied face ringed by familiar, Gaddafi-style curly hair. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (LIBYA - Tags: CONFLICT POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) FOR BEST QUALITY IMAGE SEE: GM1E7B11H8601 

An anti-Gaddafi fighter points at the drain where Muammar Gaddafi was hiding before he was captured in Sirte October 20, 2011. Gaddafi was killed on Thursday as Libya's new leaders declared they had overrun the last bastion of his long rule, sparking wild celebrations that eight months of war may finally be over. Details of the death near Sirte of the fallen strongman were hazy but it was announced by several officials of the National Transitional Council (NTC) and backed up by a photograph of a bloodied face ringed by familiar, Gaddafi-style curly hair. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (LIBYA - Tags: CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY) 

Libyan leader Moummar Gaddafi (2nd L front) talks with Pan African Parliament President Gertrude Mongella from Tanzania during the family photo of the EU-Africa summit in Lisbon, December 8, 2007. European and African leaders will seek to forge a fresh partnership to tackle issues like trade, immigration and peacekeeping this week when they hold their first summit in seven years. REUTERS/Andrea Comas (PORTUGAL) 

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, inside his Bedouin tent during a news conference January 12, 1986 where he presented his family to U.S. women journalists. Reuters/Kate Dourian BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE 

LIBYAN LEADER GADDAFI WALKS PAST A PAINTING IN THE OFFICE OF EUROPEAN COMMISSION PRESIDENT ROMANO PRODI IN BRUSSELS. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi walks past a painting in the office of European Commission President Romano Prodi in Brussels April 27, 2004. Gaddafi is on a two-day official visit to Belgium and the European Union institutions - his first trip to Europe for 15 years. Gaddafi is in the process of ending the international isolation of his country caused by Libya's support of terrorism in the 1980s. REUTERS/European Commission/HO Pictures of the Year 2004 

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi attends a wreath-laying ceremony in Victory Square in central Minsk, November 3, 2008. Gaddafi arrived in Belarussian capital for a thee-day official visit. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko (BELARUS) 

Sofiya Gaddafi, wife of the Libyan leader Col. Muammar Gaddafi, with her children inside their Bedouin tent January 12, 1986. Reuters/Kate Dourian BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE 

Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi waves to several thousand supporters from a balcony at Bab Aziz Iya where he gave a speech March 28, 1986 condeming the United States. Reuters/Rob Taggart BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE 

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (L) meets Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi at the Egyptian border city of Mersa Matrouh October 16, 1989. REUTERS/Frederic Neema BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE 

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi speaks during a ceremony to mark the 40th anniversary of the evacuation of the American military bases in the country, in Tripoli, June 12, 2010. REUTERS/Ismail Zetouny (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS ANNIVERSARY MILITARY IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi listens to his Foreign Minister Jaddallah Azzouz al-Talhi at the end of the three-day summit of the Arab Maghreb Union in Tunis January 23, 1990. The five-Union members- Algeria, Morocco, Libya, Tunisia and Mauritania- agreed to give their union more power to coordinate regional policy. Reuters/Frederic Neema BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE 

One thousand tanks rumble down one of the main streets of Tripoli September 1, as Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi celebrated 25 years in power with a show of defiance against Western-led sanctions 

Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi looks at a flag during the plenary session at the Africa-South America Summit in Margarita Island September 27, 2009. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Gaddafi urged African and South American leaders on Saturday to strive for a new world order countering Western economic dominance. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins (VENEZUELA POLITICS) 

A woman takes off her jacket as she arrives with about 200 other young women for a meeting with Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi at a Libyan cultural centre in Rome August 30, 2010. Gaddafi's attempt to convert dozens of young women to Islam during a visit to Italy led to an angry reaction from Italian media on Monday. The mercurial Gaddafi invited a large group of young women hired by a hostess agency to an event at the centre in Rome on Sunday and tried to convert them to Islam and the event was due to be repeated on Monday. Gaddafi is in Rome for a two-day visit. The banner states the name of the centre. REUTERS/Max Rossi (ITALY - Tags: POLITICS ODDLY RELIGION IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

The place setting is seen for Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi, who did not attend the toast at the annual luncheon during the 64th United Nations General Assembly in New York, September 23, 2009. Patrick Andrade/REUTERS (UNITED STATES POLITICS) 

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi (C) leaves after a meeting with a business women delegation hosted by Italy's minister of Equal Opportunities Mara Garfagna (not pictured) at the Auditorium Hall in Rome June 12, 2009. Libya has earmarked spending of 11.8 billion euros to attract foreign investment to the North African country, whose leader Muammar Gaddafi told Italian business leaders on Friday they would have top priority. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi (ITALY POLITICS BUSINESS) 

A monument built outside Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's residence shows a fist clinching a US warplane on February 1, 2001 in Tripoli. U.S. fighters acting on the orders[ of then president Ronald Reagan carried out the bombings in 1986 in reprisal for the lethal bombing by alleged Libyan agents of a Berlin discotheque favoured by American troops. A daughter of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was killed in one of the U.S. air strikes. ] 

Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gadaffi speaks to reporters on February 5, 2001 outside his residence where U.S. fighters acting on the orders of then president Ronald Reagan carried out the bombings in 1986. Libyan leader Gaddafi said on Monday the world had been misled over the Libyan role in the Lockerbie airliner bombing. He repeated his denials that the Libyan state, or Libyan secret agent Abdel Basset al-Megrahi who was convicted last week of the 1988 bombing, bore any guilt for the attack which killed 270 people over the Scottish town.

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Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi displays a picture on his uniform as he arrives at Ciampino Airport in Rome June 10, 2009. Gaddafi is making his first visit to Libya's former colonial ruler Italy. The picture shows the 1931 arrest of Libyan guerrilla leader Omar al Mukhtar by colonial Italian forces. Al Mukhtar's son accompanied Gaddafi on this trip to Italy. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi (ITALY POLITICS) 

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi (L) listens during his debate on democracy with British sociologist Anthony Giddens (R) and U.S. political scientist Benjamin Barber (2nd R) in the desert in Sebha March 2, 2007, in a move apparently designed to further the resumption of international ties following years of isolation. Speaking on the 30th anniversary of his declaration of a Jamahiriyah or state of the masses, Gaddafi said Libya was embracing globalisation and the outside world after years of sanctions but insisted his experiment in rule by town hall meetings was fairer than the West's ballot box democracy. REUTERS/Louafi Larbi (LIBYA) 

A Belgian police officer stands guard near a Bedouin tent, equipped with a satellite dish, in which Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi will stay during his two-day official visit to Belgium and the European Union institutions, in Brussels on April 27, 2004. Gaddafi is in the process of ending the international isolation of his country caused by Libya's support of terrorism in the 1980s. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir 

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi pauses as he speaks in front of Ali Abdussalam Treki of Libya, President of the sixty-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly, at the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York, September 23, 2009. Gaddafi, in his first ever address to the United Nations, on Wednesday accused the veto-wielding powers of the Security Council of betraying the principles of the U.N. charter. REUTERS/Mike Segar (UNITED STATES POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

U.S. President Barack Obama stands with Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi (L) before a dinner at the G8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy, July 9, 2009. Leaders of the Group of Eight major industrial nations and the main developing economies are meeting in the central Italian city of L'Aquila until Friday to discuss issues ranging from global economic stimulus to climate change and oil prices. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi (ITALY POLITICS) 

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi drinks during the opening of the two-day Arab Summit in Damascus March 29, 2008. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah (SYRIA) 

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi (L) is welcomed by Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister Nicolas Maduro (R) as he arrives at the venue of the Africa-South America Summit in Margarita Island September 25, 2009. The 2nd Africa-South America Summit (ASA) to be held in Margarita Island, northwestern Venezuela, includes the participation of 51 African and 11 South American delegations. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (VENEZUELA POLITICS) 

An interior view of the former residence of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, pictured December 2 during the meeting [between Gaddafi and Italy's Prime Minister Massimo D'Alema], destroyed in an air attack in 1986 after [President Ronald Reagan accused Tripoli of responsibility for a bomb blast in a West Berlin discotheque in which two American GIs were killed.] The aerial attack on the residence inside the military barracks of Bab-el-Azizia on the outskirts of Tripoli, killed at least 15 people, including Gaddafi's adopted daughter. At least 100 others were injured.
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Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi adjusts his glasses during the plenary session at the Africa-South America Summit on Margarita Island September 27, 2009. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Gaddafi urged African and South American leaders on Saturday to strive for a new world order countering Western economic dominance. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins (VENEZUELA POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Men take pictures of Muammar Gaddafi's corpse displayed at a house in Misrata October 20, 2011. Gaddafi was killed by Libyans he once scorned as "rats", succumbing to wounds, some seemingly inflicted after his capture by fighters who overran his last redoubt on Thursday in his hometown of Sirte. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (LIBYA - Tags: CONFLICT POLITICS) )