Even at the time most people thought his removal was a bit odd and unneccessary. Later on with the leaked cables, we found out that it was largely because he w

Even at the time most people thought his removal was a bit odd and unneccessary. Later on with the leaked cables, we found out that it was largely because he was trying to create a gold-backed pan-African currency that would have harmed French central banking interests in the region. One of the first things the "revolutionaries" that ousted Gaddafi did was create a central bank. While they were still fighting for territory.