Moammar Kadafi through the years

Libyan leader Col. Moammar Kadafi sits to review Libyan troops during the 18th anniversary celebration of Libya’s revolution in Tripoli on Sept. 1, 1987.   (John Redman / Associated Press)

Moammar Kadafi and his wife Safiya Kadafi in Tripoli, Libya, in 1992.   (Yousef Allen / Associated Press)

Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi in Cape Town, South Africa. on June 13, 1999.   (Peter DeJong / Associated Press)

An undated photo, showing Moammar Kadafi during a family visit, which was found in an album at his wrecked former headquarters in Tripoli’s Bab al-Aziziya compound on Aug. 28.   (AFP/Getty Images)

Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi with former South African President Nelson Mandela at the launch of the African Union in Durban, South Africa, on July 9, 2002.   (Obed Zilwa / Associated Press)

Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi and Tunisian President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, left, walk through downtown Tunis.   (Hassene Dridi / Associated Press)

Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi addresses the 64th session of the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 23, 2009.   (Richard Drew / Associated Press)

Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi enters the Rixos Hotel about eight hours after he was originally expected to speak with a select group of journalists gathered there on March 8, 2011.   (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)

A Libyan rebel fighter inspects the tunnels where Moammar Kadafi was said to be found, in Surt, Libya on Oct. 20, 2011.   (David Sperry / Associated Press)