In the wake of the civil unrest that swept his nation and in an effort to evade the Nato-led air strikes that followed, Colonel Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar Al Gaddafi secretly fled Libya in May 2011 and sought refuge in the West. Having failed to "settle in", the Colonel returned home soon after. An extensive clean up followed, eradicating all evidence of the ill-fated operation. Apart from this tape.