[Stateside Twins' Eyeshot]See Through The Morning Fog

Muammar Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi(born 7 June, 1942) also known as Colonel Gaddafi has been the de facto leader of Libya since a 1969 coup.Although Gaddafi has held no public office or title since 1979, he is accorded the honorifics "Guide of the First of September Great Revolution of the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya" or "Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution" in government statements and the official press. With the death of Omar Bongo of Gabon on June 8, 2009 he became the third longest serving head of state.