yemen. landing next in a very unlikely place. libya. citizens there live under one of the longest-ruling dictators in the world, colonel moammar gadhafi, who s held power for 42 years. libya was one of those countries people never imagined it would see the revolution spread to. because gadhafi was so in control. but i m a revolution junkie, and it succeeded in tunisia. it succeeded in egypt. i wanted it to succeed everywhere. for decades gadhafi was one of the world s most eccentric leaders, known for his flamboyant outfits and his all-female bodyguards. but he was also an open supporter of international terrorism, with links to the lockerbie bombers, the i.r.a., and other militant groups. he kept libya under very, very tight wraps. he would disappear people. there was no freedom of any
libya. citizens there live under one of the longest-ruling dictators in the world, colonel moammar gadhafi, who s held power for 42 years. libya was one of those countries people never imagined it would see the revolution spread to. because gadhafi was so in control. but i m a revolution junkie, and it succeeded in tunisia. it succeeded in egypt. i wanted it to succeed everywhere. for decades gadhafi was one of the world s most eccentric leaders, known for his flamboyant outfits and his all-female bodyguards. but he was also an open supporter of international terrorism, with links to the lockerbie bombers, the i.r.a., and other militant groups. he kept libya under very, very tight wraps. he would disappear people. there was no freedom of any kind. massacres in prison. so he was a horrendous, horrible, brutal dictator. anyone who spoke out against him at all would be arrested immediately, sometimes tortured, sometimes killed. tracy shelton is a 34-year-old freelance journalist