Muammar Gaddafi and his travelling tent

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi attends a news conference in the tent in Kiev on November 6 2008 Photograph: Konstantin Chernichkin/Reuters

Tourists take pictures of Gaddafi's tent before his arrival in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt, on 28 February 2003 Photograph: Hussein Malla/AP

Gaddafi meets Tony Blair – in a tent – in Sirte, Libya, on 29 May 2007 Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP

European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana talks with Gaddafi during a meeting in his bedouin tent in Brussels, on 27 April 2004 Photograph: European Council/Reuters

A barbecue grill is set up in front of Gaddafi's tent in a Kremlin garden in Moscow on 1 November 2008 Photograph: Alexei Druzhinin/Reuters

The Venezuelan president, Hugo Chávez, sits with Gaddafi before the start of the Latin-Arab summit in Doha, Qatar, on 31 March 2009 Photograph: EPA/Corbis

Gaddafi's tent in the grounds of the grounds of the 17th century Villa Doria Pamphili in Rome, on 9 June 2009 Photograph: Chris Helgren/Reuters

Gaddafi's Bedouin tent in the grounds of an estate owned by Donald Trump complete with communications tent with satellite dishes. Photograph: Sipa Press/Rex Features

Gaddafi's entourage sit outside after pitching the tent for his stay in Bedford, while visiting the United Nations. Photograph: Mary Altaffer/AP