Articles tagged with: Mustafa Abdel Jalil

Thomas Alberts
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on : Thursday, 16 Feb, 2012

A New Hope?

On Friday, Libya will celebrate the anniversary of the uprising that ended Muamar Qhadhafi’s 42-years of despotic rule. Just how different Libya is today, along with the enormity of the challenges facing the country, was brought into focus by a report this week that several dozen militias in western Libya have joined forces. It is unclear what the relationship will be between the new militia alliance and the government in Tripoli. Mokhtar Fernana, a brigade leader and reportedly a leadi...

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Jaleel Alsaadi
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on : Monday, 16 Jan, 2012

Threatened Freedom

Libyans consider themselves liberated, and are keen to express their newfound freedom. However, this freedom is gradually giving way to insecurity and disorder, in large part because of the widespread availability of unsecured weapons. After the fall of Colonel Qadhafi’s regime, a massive number of shoulder-launched missiles—approximately 10,000 by some estimates—in addition to thousands of light and other weapons, including chemical weapons, have disappeared from armories. These mi...

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