Does anyone know who is the head of the so-called Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya — or even if the first letter of his surname name is A, E, G, K or Q?
According to The New York Times, he is “Muammar el-Qaddafi,” to The Wall Street Journal he is “Moammar Gadhafi,” to the Los Angeles Times he is “Moammar Kadafi,” to The Washington Post, he is Moammar Gaddafi, to Reuters, he is “Muammar Gaddafi,” to Bloomberg, he is “Muammar Qaddafi,” to the AFP, he is “Moamer Kadhafi,” to the English edition of the Xinhua News Agency, he is "Muammar Khaddafi," to the U.S. State Department, he is “Mu'ammar Abu Minyar al-Qadhafi,” to the CIA, he is “Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi,” to the U.S. Ambassador in Libya, according to WikiLeaks, he is “Qadhafi Incorporated,” and to his official site he is “Muammar Al Gathafi.”
Can this be a single person, or some kind of transliteration junta? And what is his — or their — job in the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (which means “masses” in Arabic)? CNN calls him “President,” The Boston Globe calls him “strongman,” The Sun (London) call him “dictator,” the Daily Mirror calls him “Mad Dog,” while the CIA Factbook, somewhat understatedly, says that he “holds no official title, but is de facto chief of state.” Can anyone (other than his voluptuous Ukrainian nurse) clarify this issue?
Related Links:
Evacuation Efforts Intensify in Libya (New York Times)
Qaddafi Digs In (Christian Science Monitor)
U.S. Stocks Drop as Libya, Oil Concerns Weigh (Reuters)
