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It’s been 2 weeks since the Libyans started to rebel against their eccentric but all-too-present leader of 41 years.  In this time, as well as throughout his 41 year-career, Gaddafi has become a by-word for bizarre, loopy, eccentric, raving mad, delusional and dangerous. As his country’s situation looks more and more troubled and bloody, his words become further divorced from reality. His utterings as he insists he hasn’t yet applied force, become ludicrous when compared to the reality and images coming out of his fragmenting bleeding country.

Gaddafi’s clan have been described as a Motley but dangerous lot. Nothing bland from the seed of such a scandalous father.Though he is known for attracting a crowd, his children are, with the exception of the more private Saif al-Arab, hardly prone to withdrawal from the public eye either.

This Colonel is fast becoming the nation's and world's most mocked leader, the butt of many jokes, and arguably he invites this treatment, given his panto-like stunts, costume and behavior.

From the Arab Gulf kingdoms, to the more troubled Mid Eastern hot spots of Egypt and Iraq, leaders and patrons have their serene sea decks to keep them distracted from the noise of the rabble on stormy land! Some of the world’s richest billionaires keep floating palaces and pleasure decks, and some of these happen to be members of the royal or stately echelons of Arabia.

We had Bushisms from a leader who didn't mind embarassing his country and himself. Now we bring you Qaddafisms from another shameless man who has had his share of (circus) moments of clowning around in the public arena and in the courts of propreity and protocol.

Muammar Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi; also known simply as Colonel Gaddafi; born 7 June 1942) has been the de facto leader of Libya since a coup in 1969. That's more than a decade longer than Mubarak, whose nation seemed to run out of patience with. In this time he's had many titles- self-appointed- and played many roles- some illegal, earning him the Father of Terrorism label.

Celebrities in Egypt are now being drawn into 2 camps-- pro or anti Mubarak: Here's some of his star-studded support.

Valentine's Day Love Sickness: Sick of Berlusconi’s Love Life A nation of Italian lovers shows little love for their Lothario Leader this Valentine’s Day: The Italian prime minister Berlusconi is feeling unloved this Valentines: He claimed in an interview he was the target of an attempt to oust him by undemocratic means. And, it would seem, by women no less.

Arabs celebrated the ousting of President Hosni Mubarak on Friday 11 February and praised the resolve and pluckiness of the protesters, the Egyptians masses, and expressed the hope that their own demands for change now reverberate throughout the Middle East.

The Mubarak family's fortune is rumoured to be in the range of 40 to 70 billion U.S. dollars. The public furor that was already mounting in this climate of popular dissent, has been incensed further by the timely publication of reports of a giant ammassing of family (and entourage) wealth.