Amazonian Guard
The Amazonian Guard (also the "Amazons") was an unofficial name given to an all-female elite cadre of bodyguards officially known as the Revolutionary Nuns (Arabic: الراهبات الثوريات, ar-rāhibāt ath-thawriyyāt), tasked with protecting Muammar Gaddafi, the leader of the Republic of Libya from 1969 to 2011. == Formation == The group was formed in the early 1980s, after Gaddafi's official resignation as Libyan head of state in favor of the title of Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution.