European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 22, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Many faces Ofa Dhan showman Ane by Judith Miller new York times  r ii year col to Jan in  of t Yii ined to Corw Inci rain tve1 he was not a terrorist he invited live Gemalo  to meet his Wile. Safiya and the seven  inside a Dodoma inn permanently pitied inside the heavily Lor Lilied bib a Zizila military tracks in Tripoli for More than to hours Qadhafi portrayed the Rale of devoted husband Loving father and Bench cell Lender of his country s 3 5 million people he spoke about his personal Itic. His Hopes and Rwjr Nims his desire Lor peace and his respect or the american people they think i Don t laugh or smile or  Okes Gadt Ali said they hunk i Only hah but you can see that i to Imago Reagan has of me is no Irtie a said stroking in e hair of his Only natural daughter Aisha. 8 i Invole you to Tell the  the colonel might have earned Ott inc family scene convincingly Harj another Ira Lal on not been issued outside the Lent. After the interview the reporters were escorted to a nearby office budding loom Qadhafi for Lea. One by one. Three of the live women were invited in succession Inlo a Liny room containing Only 3 bed and a television sol there Gad adj made an abrupt so Ual Advance at each of them and was rebelled since coming to Power in 1969. Qadhafi has ined through interviews and news conferences to portray him sell As an incorruptible ascetic Leader. Many newspaper articles have described him As a devout moslem who neither drinks nor smokes and a devoted family Man. But libyans close to the Leader know hat the family Man image like so much in Gad Ali s Libya is to Mica veneer he s a masterful showman of political theater who has demonstrated an almost astonishing capacity for focusing world attention on his vast under populated land. Bui he is also a ruthless and cunning politician whose skills have frequently been underestimated by opponents time and again Qadhafi whom this reporter last saw in Lata february has proven himself a survivor. At 44 years of age he is Ana of the Arab world s most durable in youngest leaders. He is also one of the world s most erratic leaders. The colonel demonstrated this when he failed to appear As promised recently before 40 journalists summoned to Libya from various parts of the world to attend what had been promoted As a major speech marking the 16lh anniversary of the expulsion of the United states from wheel Usab in Tripoli. Instead the colonel delivered a rambling attack against the United states on television. He appeared tired confused and disoriented television viewers said despite such celebrated unpredictability Qadhafi in the name of islam and an eccentric ideology that he Calls me third International theory has transformed the traditional bedouin dominated former italian Colony of Libya into a police stale a society As arid and lifeless As its desert environs. Thirty thousand of Libya s Best educated citizens have fled the country. Gad Tifal s revolution and his stewardship of this country which is 21/ times the size of Texas have brought education and economic development for Many libyans. But in has also brought repression fear and according to diplomats political killings at Home assassinations and terrorist attacks abroad. Only four of the 12 Junior officers who toppled King Idris in a coup arid seized Power will him in 1969 have survived the others and numerous stray jags As the colonel has called critics who have sought san Clua y abroad. Hwo Boon gunned Down in european Cap urls oven in Tho uni cd states Law enforcement  at Lobule these attacks to libyans enrolled As student and diplomats who followed Loil Lully the c old uni s instructions to crush stray does Liko cals " despite such  Olferts to quell opposition. The colonel appears to have become increasingly or user i to i a Down a scowl Romes More readily than the Milo he occasionally dons Lor visiting reporters. His lira a deeply lined ids eyes ire Small piercing cold his physique remains so toes his vanity the colonel s especially fond of so suits  display his height his still trim Waist and Broad shoulders rallies Lor Arab men of his age. The colonel s other favored attire is a throwback to his bedouin roots a Salmon coloured Urban and a Camel coloured Rose re cloak Omenn adored with Gold. To loves wearing mirrored Sung Nisos even at night and frequently carries a Green so Argei stick during a recent interview he Fope Ledly stared at his television Sel which he keeps on i on Lanny without sound As he watched one of an endless series of people s assemblies in which libyans were chanting and waving their fists in anger Al to United state. Look at them he said motioning to the podium where Young libyans wore orchestrating the cheering they Are All wearing posts that s because t wore a Vest yesterday. Whenever i Wear something the whole coi try winds up wearing 11, he sighed. Although he says he despises personality culls and Nas ordered libyan television and the newspapers not to show pictures of him. The  s visage is omnipresent in Tripoli. His pin Zograph actors almost every Street and every shop shop owners who did not display his portrait were ordered Al gunpoint by revolutionary guards to show it libyan stores offer a dozen photos of the colonel in various postures As Weh As dozens of postcards of Tho colonel in daily activities at prayer at play and with his family Riding horseback one of his favorite hobbies Gadwah � appearance undergoes a drastic change depending on his mood during several interviews with him earlier this year for example he appeared before reporters Well coiffed o Ean shaven meticulously attired and relaxed. At later appearances in february however he appeared unshaven and shoddily dressed dark circles encased his eyes. When his reporter was summoned one night to the Bab Azzizia Barracks the colonel looked As if he had not slept Tor Days his lace was swollen to almost us twice its Normal size. By in fact libyans say to sleeps Little and almost never in the same place two night s in a Row he has become fee like Arafat constantly in motion and terrified of being it  an Arab Diplomat said comparing the colonel to Rait the chairman of the Palestine liberation organization up. To some extent his ear is justified. Thanks la Security provided by East German advisers he has Inu escaped at least seven assassination attempts in of recent years according to diplomats. The most serious a is said to have occurred in May 1984, when 12 men add attacked the 8ab Arzi Ziya Barracks and were killed in the Elford. The colonel s revolutionary committee members arrested 2,000 libyans suspected of involvement in the plot and Blaw up an apartment building and its 250 inhabitants after some of the attackers sought shelter there. Gad Haft s frequent and dramatic Shilts in mood and the Sharp changes in his physical appearance have led some diplomats to conclude that he is either ill or taking drugs such As anti depressants or cortisone which alters a person s appearance one intelligence analyst who has followed him closely says the colonel has received secret medical treatment for an undisclosed ailment in the soviet Union Al a Swiss clinic in Egypt sunday Jun Pur Cor � ten Lau Fri a. Gai he enc Seal Brit Anc k Egi sol of c will who Tun duh a the 4 As. Artha a for All viol Bat to i hat up Aru