Question

During a lengthy speech this leader gave at the United Nations, his personal translator shouted “I can’t take it any more” (10[1])before collapsing from exhaustion. This leader attempted to implement his “Third International Theory” (10[1])after overthrowing Idris I. (10[2])Retaliatory US airstrikes hit this leader’s country (10[1])during Operation El Dorado Canyon, after a Berlin (-5[1])disco was bombed in 1986. This leader changed his country’s flag to a pure green (10[1])banner and set out his ideas in the Green Book. (10[1])NATO-backed rebel forces killed this leader in his hometown of Sirte (“sert”), where he fled after the fall of Tripoli. For 10 points, the Arab Spring saw the overthrow of which long-term dictator of Libya? (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: Muammar Gaddafi
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