| Leo McGarry from The West Wing insisted that it was spelled "Khaddafi." He ended up calling the New York Times crossword editor to complain after they spelled it differently, and said, "I'm telling you that I met the man twice. And I recommended a pre-emptive Exocet missile strike against his air force." They hung up on him, but his point - that not everyone agrees on a spelling like "Al-Gaddafi" when using our alphabet - still stands. |