By Arezki Daoud: If you were born in 1990, you are now 34 years old. This means in 2011 you just turned 21 and unless you were born interested in global politics, you probably don’t even know who Muamar Gaddafi is. Let me give you a two-to three-minute background. Muamar Gaddafi was Libya’s top leader. With his comrades of the military, he toppled King Idriss, the ruler of Libya, in 1969 and since then he ruled until 2011. Then came the Jasmine Revolution, which started in neighboring Tunisia, essentially bringing the Arab masses to the street demanding better governance and a better economy. Libya was swept away by that popular uprising, so was dictator Muamar Gaddafi, who was murdered after he was captured by a very angry mob. Continue below…
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