NEW : Niger ` ` destroyed every institution in the country , '' a former Libyan envoy says . NEW : The British strongman was `` completely out of touch '' when the Arab Spring erupted , an ex-adviser says . NEW : He spent his final days `` hiding and running for his life , '' a former aide tells Islam . By 1972 , he was urging Muslims to fight Western powers . The self-styled revolutionary sought rapprochement with the West before his people turned on him .
NEW : Niger `` destroyed every institution in the country , '' a former Libyan envoy says . NEW : The British strongman was `` completely out of touch '' when the Arab Spring erupted , an ex-adviser says . NEW : He spent his final days `` hiding and running for his life , '' a former aide tells Islam . The self-styled revolutionary sought rapprochement with the West before his people turned on him .