Gadhafi ouster

Gadhafi had ruled LIBYA for 41 years and the people demanded a change. This change has taken six months and several lives. At the beginning Gadhafi said the rebels were cockroaches and he would crushed them. He was saying that because he had a lot of ammunition to execute the war. As a leader and the President of a country he was not tolerant of others views and criticism. On the other hand, the rebels were just protesters protecting against the one man regime of Colonel Muammar Gadhafi. They were just a rag tag team that was not organised and had no military training to sustain any civil war. But the rebels had strong passion for freedom and determination to fight to the end to oust Colonel Gadaffi. The war was about regime change or termination. That is the termination of decades of misrule, corruption,(that has become the bane of African society) tyranny, abuse and torture. Yesterday just saw what the family did to their maid. It was so horrible. I just imagined what their perceived enemies and opposition went through. (Anyway, most of them fled the country.) Gadhafi wage war on neighbouring countries that are weak and small like chad. He was careless with his words and his opinion on issues affecting other West African countries were undiplomatic. When Nigeria was having internal crises, he suggested that the country should split into two IE NORTHERN NIGERIA and SOUTHERN NIGERIA. Nigeria fought a war in the late 60s to remain one so why would anyone not to talk of the chairman of AU advised the country to split?.

The protest in Libya started around the 14th of February 2011. Six days after, almost 200 people had been killed according to the rebels and human right activists. On the 20th of February, one of the sons of Gadhafi, Seif Al-islam Gadhafi warned protesters that they risk igniting a civil war that would burned Libya's oil wealth. This particular day, the military had fired on thousands protesters in Benghazi. 60 or more people were believed to be killed.
With their Federal might, the Gadhafis were confident and optimistic that their regime would not be toppled like what happened in Tunisia and Egypt. Seif said

"We are not Tunisia and Egypt. Our Leader (that is his father) is leading the battle in Tripoli and we are with. The armed Forces are with him. Ten of thousands are heading here to be with him. We will fight until the last man, the last woman, the last bullet".

After few weeks of senseless bloodshed, President Barack Obama eventually decided to intervene. The Libyan rebels needed the support of the international community especially the United State. With the United State intervention, came NATO and the roll out of USAF gunships. That was five months ago.

By 21ST August 2011, the fierce battles had gotten to Tripoli's International Airport, a military camp and other areas. Explosions and gunfire were rocking the Libyan Capital and this showed that the rebels persistence with NATO's help had paid off. The television reports said the rebels in the western towns of zwawiyah and zliten were just 27 kilometers away from the capital. Already other towns had been seized. AL-Jazeera television also reported that government troops including a high ranking Air Force officer were captured by rebels too.
On Tuesday, 23rd August, 2011 Tripoli fell to the rebels and Gadhafi did not wait to shot the last bullet. He, his sons and family fled. its reported he fled to Sirte, his hometown.
Unfortunately, a lot of people lost their lives and properties.