Arms sales to Libya in the five years proceeding the recent conflict came mostly came from European nations, including Italy ($432m), Serbia ($67m), and the UK ($57m), reports NAJ Taylor.
This is an extract from an essay in On Utøya: Anders Breivik, right terror, racism and Europe.
By succeeding to overthrow and, eventually, kill Gadaffi, the Libyan people sent a message to the world.
Muammar Gaddafi’s death brings to a close the war for liberation that has wracked Libya for much of this year, but pushes to the forefront a host of new issues.
Colonel Gaddafi fought to his last breath, killed while clutching a golden pistol. Such a death is rare for a dictator: they usually escape, stay in power or are captured and killed, writes Andrew Roberts.
The circumstances around the death of Muammar Gaddafi are unclear and likely to remain so. He was filmed injured but alive, and then later died of gunshot wounds, including one to the head.
Gaddafi may look like the main game, and he'll be on every front page of the world today, but he was a relic surviving into the new world from the old.
Libya is in many ways an institutional blank canvas now, needing to be built anew, writes Dr Benjamin MacQueen, senior lecturer in politics and deputy director of the Global Terrorism Research Centre.
Crikey media wrap: Muammar Gaddafi, the dictator that ruled Libya for over four decades, is dead. What now for Libya?
Gruesome images of Muammar Gaddafi's bullet-ridden body quickly spread across the internet minutes after his death. Who pulled the trigger? asks Tim Gaynor and Taha Zargoun.
