One day after Libya's United Nations Ambassador Abdurrahman Shalgam pleaded to the United Nations Security Council to "save Libya" from dictator Col. Muammar Qaddafi's murderous regime, the Security Council listened. Shalgam, whom has been associated with Qaddafi since they both were involved in the coup d'état that toppled Libya's king in 1969, finally had enough.
Reversing his earlier reluctance to directly criticize Qaddafi or call for him to step down, he told the Council on February 25th that Qaddafi's callous killings of unarmed civilians were on par with the brutalities of Hitler and Pol Pot. "Leave the Libyans alone" was his message to Qaddafi.
