oct 20, 2011 - Gaddafi assassinated
Description:
Following a threat by Libyan dictator Muammar al-Qaddafi (pictured) to kill protestors, US President Barrack Obama, with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) forces, leads a coalition of members to protect Libyan citizens resulting in the assassination of Qaddafi by rebel forces.Russia and China criticize this intervention as an overreach of interference in a sovereign country, leading to their undermining of humanitarian efforts in future intervention, such as with Syria.
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Date:
oct 20, 2011
Now
~ 14 years ago