Oh darling, beat me with that box

What does a Western-embraced dictator do with a woman who loves to invade countries and break things?

Libya’s leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi showered then-US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice with gifts during her historic visit to Tripoli last year, according to a government report.Gaddafi, who did not hide his admiration for the woman he called “Leeza” rather than her nickname “Condi,” gave her a diamond ring in a wood box, a locket with his photograph and a DVD with a musical instrument.

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