The ruthless military leader met a gruesome and violent end at the hands of the rebels who rose and overthrew him. The so-called Arab Spring saw many iron men of the north African republics fall under a tide of public rebellion and funding and armaments from Western powers. Just a couple of years down the line Libya is in turmoil and much of the Middle East is in similar dissray and ISIS steam-rollering it's way through Iraq and Syria to the Turkish border and the very gates of Europe.