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Libya – Grave security problem
Reporters Without Borders is very disturbed by the complete absence of the rule of law and lack of security in Libya, and by the impact this is having on the work of journalists, and calls on the authorities to ensure that recent serious attacks and kidnappings of media personnel do …
Read More »Libya in Anarchy Two Years after NATO Humanitarian Liberation
In 2011 when Muhammar Qaddafi refused to leave quietly as ruler of Libya, the Obama Administration, hiding behind the skirts of the French, launched a ferocious bombing campaign and a “No Fly” zone over the country to aid the so-called fighters for democracy.
Read More »Sensitive Weapons Stolen from US Special Forces in Libya May have Fallen in Wrong Hands
The US media network Fox News reported Wednesday that highly sensitive US military equipment and weapons stored in Libya were stolen over the summer by groups likely aligned and working with terrorist organizations.
Read More »US consulate attack in Benghazi: a challenge to official version of events
A year after the first US ambassador in 33 years was killed on duty, Chris Stephen, one of the first western reporters on the scene in Benghazi, pieces together what really happened from witness accounts, official reports, and the ruins of the compound
Read More »Two years after Libya’s revolution, government struggles to control hundreds of armed militias
Tripoli, Libya — Mohamed Hossain Akari was at home with his parents one day last week when armed robbers drove up and started shooting — an all-too-familiar attack these days in Libya’s increasingly violent capital city.
Read More »Senussi's daughter: Libya 'security forces' behind kidnap
A militia linked to Libya’s interior ministry has said it seized the daughter of former spy chief Abdullah al-Senussi for her own protection.
Read More »Libya at a crossroads as strikes threaten oil supplies
Production slumps as workers seize ports in protest at Tripoli’s failure to revive moribund economy despite bumper oil revenues
Read More »Libya's militia-splintered state
The war against Gaddafi was won in a series of independent uprisings, leaving heavily armed groups — each with its own narrative of sacrifice and victory. Today alliances between Libyan politicians and these militias hearken back to the previous era.
Read More »How militias took control of post-Gaddafi Libya
Toppling Muammar Gaddafi created a security vacuum that the new government filled with former freedom fighters. Now the trick is convincing them to put down their weapons.
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