Newsmaker - Flamboyant Gaddafi no stranger to bloodshed

LONDON (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi's penchant for extravagant uniforms, gold regalia and Bedouin tents provided a theatrical backdrop for four decades of harsh repression at home and a foreign policy that made him a bete noire of the West.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://mf.feeds.reuters.com/c/871/f/415342/s/179d8ac9/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Newsmaker+-+Flamboyant+Gaddafi+no+stranger+to+bloodshed&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F08%2F23%2Fuk-gaddafi-idUKTRE77M7M720110823%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Newsmaker+-+Flamboyant+Gaddafi+no+stranger+to+bloodshed&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F08%2F23%2Fuk-gaddafi-idUKTRE77M7M720110823%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/110621882666/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/179d8ac9/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/110621882666/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/179d8ac9/a2.img" border="0"/></a> [More]

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