has massive unemployment, an economy inibles but this is a classic middle east survivor. long a fixture on the list of terrorist sponsors, libya is after it after striking deals to get rid of weapons of mass destruction, pay to the locker by victims relatives and help america in the war on terror but he is still prone to bizarre behavior like the rambling speech at the u.n. reporter: and then the assassination or killing of kennedy in 63 or 62. why? we want the know who killed him. reporter: what s his secret been 42 years staying in power? combination of tribal politics, patronage, paying off tribes, punishing his enemies by throwing tribal members out of school, out of government jobs, really taking a ruthless approach. reporter: david shenker says he changes the laws, makes entire ministries disappear and doesn t even have a functioning