Libyan military perform at a lavish private dance spectacle thrown for African heads of state by Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, and celebrating the 40th anniversary of the 1969 military coup that brought him to power, at a military airfield outside Tripoli, Libya, in the early hours of Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009. The African heads of state were in Libya attending the special session of the African Union Assembly on the consideration and resolution of conflicts in Africa, and attended the exclusive night-time event featuring thousands of dancers, singers, horses, tanks, acrobats and the Libyan military. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)