Cartoons published in the Arab press since the outbreak of the uprising in Libya reflect an Arab consensus against Libyan leader Mu'ammar Al-Qadhafi and his reaction to the events. Al-Qadhafi is portrayed as a raving lunatic who is butchering his people and destroying his country in order to stay in power. Many cartoons also depict his Green Book, in which he sets out his political doctrine, as a reflection of his murderous character. Other cartoons denounce the West as more interested in Libya's oil than in the suffering of the Libyan people, or express concern about possible international intervention in the country.
The following is a sample of cartoons:
Al-Qadhafi the Bloodthirsty Tyrant
Al-Qadhafi with Libya between his teeth
Al-Quds Al-Arabi (London), February 24, 2011
Al-Qadhafi's throne – a bloodbath
Fars (Iran), February 28, 2011
Al-Qadhafi crowned with the bodies of dead Libyans
Al-Watan (Qatar), February 22, 2011
Al-Qadhafi – dictator of blood
Al-Dustour (Jordan), February 24, 2011
Al-Qadhafi's reign of death
Al-Jarida (Kuwait), February 23, 2011
Al-Qadhafi uses his son, Saif Al-Islam, as a sword to butcher his people
Al-Shurouq (Algeria), February 22, 2011
News flash: Satan calls on Al-Qadhafi to show self-restraint
Al-Jazirah (Saudi Arabia), February 26, 2011
Al-Qadhafi the Madman
Al-Qadhafi made of pills
Al-Watan (Saudi Arabia), February 28, 2011
Paramedics cart Al-Qadhafi off to the madhouse
Al-Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), February 27, 2011
Al-Qadhafi on the psychiatrist's couch
Qadhafi: "I am the magnificent! The rock! The commander of the revolution!"
Psychiatrist: "I understand"
Imarat Al-Yawm (UAE), February 28, 2011
Al-Qadhafi as Nero
Al-Qadhafi plays as Libya burns
Al-Watan (Saudi Arabia), February 24, 2011
"The Libyan Nero – the man who burned his people"
Al-Arab (Qatar), February 24, 2011
Al-Qadhafi reads a book by Nero: "Burn the Country over the Heads of the People"
Al-Ittihad (Yemen), February 23, 2011
Al-Qadhafi's Green Book
Al-Qadhafi's Green Book turned red with blood
Al-Qabas (Kuwait), February 23, 2011
Al-Qadhafi uses the Green Book to pound his people to a pulp
Al-Quds Al-Arabi (London), February 23, 2011
The Green Book used by a mercenary shooting the Libyans
Al-Watan (Saudi Arabia), February 22, 2011
Al-Qadhafi as a demon emerging out of the Green Book
Al-Arab (Qatar), February 24, 2011
Al-Qadhafi: "a green man with a black heart"
Al-Safir (Lebanon), February 22, 2011
The West Concerned about Libya's Oil
Obama weeps over Libya's oil
Al-Akhbar Al-Yawm (Egypt), March 13, 2011
International fact-finding missions actually interested in oil
Al-Sharq (Qatar), March 9, 2011
Europe thirsty for Libyan oil
Al-Anwar (Lebanon), March 8, 2011
The West comes to rescue the Libyans
Al-Watan (Oman), March 3, 2011
Concerns about International Intervention
Al-Qadhafi delivers Libya to the demon of Chapter Seven
(A reference to Chapter Seven of the UN Charter, which allows the UN to take military or non-military action to restore international peace and security).
'Okaz (Saudi Arabia), March 1, 2011
Arab League demands no-fly zone over Libya, UN is bewildered
'Al-Shabiba (Oman), March 14, 2011
Decision of Arab foreign ministers produces monstrous intervention in Libya
Al-Dustour (Jordan), March 4, 2011
