"Don't shoot, don't shoot" were the last words of slain former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi who ruled the North African country for 42 years.
Gaddafi, 69, pleaded for mercy when rebels captured him while he was trying to flee from a drain where he was hiding in Sirte, the last major bastion of resistance two months after the regime fell in August.
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