A timely reminder from this Foreign Policy photo essay that Libya was once part of Italy's short-lived African empire, which reached its peak (or nadir, depending on how you look at it) under Il Duce.
Here, native Ethiopians salute a portrait of Mussolini in November 1935:
[Photo: Getty Images]
It's a clue perhaps as to where Gaddafi looked for his style. And much else.
Mick Hartley 
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