Death of Gaddafi
2011 · Event
Fleeing Sirte under NATO air attack, the colonel is dragged from a drainage pipe by rebel fighters and killed on camera within the hour — the only ruler the Arab Spring ends with a body in the street. The images travel everywhere, including to every other authoritarian watching; Libya's victors begin fighting each other within months.
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