Photo Essay: How Qaddafi Got His Groove Back

Long before anyone had ever heard the name Osama bin Laden, Lt. Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi was the West’s public enemy No. 1. Now, after a historic visit from U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, the world wonders if the bizarre Libyan strongman is truly a changed man.

Qaddafis redemption: Scorned for decades as an erratic, megalomaniacal dictator, Libyan leader Lt. Col Muammar el-Qaddafi has given up his weapons of mass destruction, renounced terrorism, welcomed Western oil companies, vowed to reform his countrys statist economy, and promised to put Libya on a democratic path. But is the bad boy of international politics truly capable of change?

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