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Colonel Gaddafi Part 3: Vengeance Day

Real Dictators

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The Gaddafi Revolution

Gaddafi was studying the Egyptian revolution 10 years before he took power. The death of Nasser and the rise of Anwar Al-Saddat changed the calculus for Panarabism in North Africa. Gaddafi takes the view that hatred of Israel should be fundamental to an Arab's being. Next time on Real Dictators, a terrorist attack at the 1972 Olympic Games turns a festival of sport into a terrifying nightmare.

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