What gold? The gold coin that Qadaffi was minting to undermine the petrodollar? That gold?
Once they started to use him as a scapegoat, he decided not to play nice with their money.
They didn't take that well. His wife tried to leave with some of the gold. You'll notice you have not heard of her since Ghadaffi was killed.
It was about the money (GOLD, and REAL GOLD, not that gold plated tungsten crap that is kept in vaults here in the US and other countries).
"He wouldn't let me have access to my fortune in gold stashed in his country, free from US taxation, so I had his m***********n a** reamed with an electric cattle prod and then his throat slit."