I must say seeing the way he was treated at the end was revolting, and very disgusting. What honor is there in treating a helpless captured man in such a disgusting manner?  Then why put his body on display and have a parade of people viewing it? Not well done, not well done at all. It´s goulish and ghastly. 

It´s sad when I remember when he first came to the world scene. He was young and handsome and seemed to have good ideas. I guess having great wealth and being in power so long corrupted him. 

He certainly was one of the most colorful world leaders with his costumes, tents, female body guards.....and affection for Condi Rice? I can´t help but wish him to rest in peace and wish Allah have mercy on his soul. 

I am reminded of how he was seen in the past by this article

"In a region marked by the ascendance of sultans, emirs and colonels who had betrayed the hopes of their people for emancipation by signing up to a peace dictated by the U.S. and Israel, Gaddafi provided a breath of fresh air by taking a stand not only for the beleaguered Palestinians but for international solidarity with national liberation movements. This won him the comradeship of fellow survivors Fidel Castro of Cuba and Nelson Mandela of South Africa."

What happened to him to become such a tyrant?

Power corrupts.

I guess part of the answer is sitting next to Gaddafi in alameda´s picture. Gaddafi had a dream to be the greatest Arab leader after Gamal Abdel Naser. Maybe he thought he was the Chosen One. As the Promise never came true it left an endless hunger in him. After that he wanted to be the Leader of Africa, the Leader of Anti Western Front, the Great Imam, the Croesus of Modern Age. This and That.

Please, give a thought to those also who lie unrecognized in Tripoli mass graves. Gaddafi had his share and more.

In my humble opinion, there is indeed a need for a strong anti-Western front. It would be the best if such a front had comparable military and economic might. Instead what we have today is a bunch of weak countries whose leaders are presented as lunies by the mass media.

I don´t want to live in a world where the big brother decides whom to terminate. Just tell me for how many deaths (both inside and outside the country) the last 10 US leaders can be held accountable. Every leader has skeletons in their back yards. It is just that we seem to disregard the sins of a leader if he is serving us.

Those living in more democatic countries are overlooking something that in such countries as it is mentioned here which are with shallow-rooted democracy or with no tradition of democracy at all, the only thing that can be built is a new dictatorship if super powers put their blood-stained finger (to reach the energy sourcess of the country) in the natural process of a nation finding its own way to democracy.  

A bullet to the temple, one to the chest and one to the abdomen, this after hearing people shout "keep him alive" and after he is dead you hear shouts of "Allah is great"!  Is this justice?  Did they have to lower themsleves down to his level of cruelty?  The liberators of Libiya who captured Gaddafi turned into a lynch mob and became themselves judge, jury and executionner, the same as Gaddafie did to the ones he had executed while in power.

Now the official version is that he was killed in cross-fire during the capture of Sirt, this from the leaders of transitional government.

The only reason we can say to why Gaddafi was executed was to be able to say that Libiya was truelly liberated from the clutches of Gaddafi.  As long as he was alive they would not have been truelly liberated.

Vineyards, I just love you!  Never thought I would say this to you. I used to hate you sometimes in the past.

I love you Scalpel!!!

Yes, thats also true, but vineyards mentioned it in his post.

I agree, when Saddam Husein was killed the Iraqis were very happy, and now they are missing their "Dictator".

Here comes the question were Qadafi & Saddam Dictators???..

what they did to him and his body is inhumane. why do arabs behave this barbaric? why do they mutulate victims and even dead bodies?

why are they revenge thirsty and anger driven? havent they heard about forgiveness and mercy?