Inside the Tents of Muammar Gaddafi
Mary Altaffer / AP
Conference Room
In 2009, Gaddafi caused a stir when he wanted to pitch his Bedouin tent in Central Park for the United Nations General Assembly. In the end, he was forced to settle for a perch in upstate New York, but because of permit problems, never actually used it.
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