Then came the fall of Tripoli and Gaddafi went into hiding, still claiming his people were behind him and promising success against the “occupiers” and “collaborators”. His dictatorial regime had finally crumbled, but many feared that he might remain at large to orchestrate an insurgency. He met his ignominious and grisly end, when NTC forces found him hiding in a tunnel following a Nato air strike on his convoy as he tried to make a break from his last stronghold, the city of Sirte, where it had all begun.
