(6.April) Garda‘s most successful foray abroad is in Libya where it appointed former Canadian Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Zdunich head of its operations. Sometime in the „summer of 2011,“ according to its website, Garda began operating in the country. After Libya‘s National Transition Council captured Tripoli (six weeks before Muammar Gaddafi was killed in Sirte on October 20, 2011) the rebels requested Garda‘s assistance in „besieging the pro-Qaddafi stronghold of Sirte to hospitals in Misrata“, reported Bloomberg.