12/10/2011 13:04 | By MSN UK News/AP
Inside Gaddafi's secret luxury palaces

The latest snapshots of the former ruler's extravagant lifestyle



Revolutionary forces rest in the the bed of Colonel Gaddafi inside a palace in Sirte (© AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)
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  • Revolutionary forces rest in the the bed of Colonel Gaddafi inside a palace in Sirte (© AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)
  • Libyan forces inspect Colonel Gaddafi's bed inside a palace in Sirte (© AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)
  • A cow grazes in the park around Gaddafi's former palace in Sirte (© AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)
  • A Libyan troop checks through more ruined rooms inside Gaddafi's Sirte palace (© AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)
  • A Libyan man throws a piece of wood into the pool inside a destroyed palace owned by Gaddafi in the eastern town of Beyda (© AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)
  • Troops inspect the stairway of an underground bunker inside one of Gaddafi's palaces in Beyda (© AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)
  • A jacuzzi inside the destroyed palace in Beyda (© AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)
  • Anti-Gaddafi fighters sit on a two-seater couch framed by a golden mermaid with the face of Aisha Gaddafi, daughter of former Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi, in her house in Tripoli (© AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)
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As revolutionary forces in Libya continue their efforts to gain control of the whole country, more palaces and properties belonging to the former ruler Colonel Gaddafi are being liberated. Each discovery provides a further insight into Gaddafi's opulent habits. In this picture, troops rest in the the bed of their former ruler inside a palace in Sirte.

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