...Libya is in state of transition (click here) after four decades of dictatorship. I have been visiting the country for more than half that period, including three times during and since the revolution, and it is clear to me that freed of the fear and repression in which they lived under Muammar Gaddafi, ordinary people were largely glad to see the back of him and his family. It will take time before other benefits become apparent....
Prime Minister Ali ZAYDAN (since 14 October 2012)
Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments (click here)
Date of Information: 6/4/2012
New cabinet approved by the National Congress on 31 October 2012.
Unicameral National Congress (200 seats; 120 individual seats elected from 69 constituencies and 80 party list seats elected from 20 constituencies; member term NA)
There is so much of a government in Libya there are unhappy citizens that are determined to rid the country of any fragments of Gaddafi. For real.
30 April 2013
...Dozens of armed men (click here) occupied the Libyan Justice Ministry earlier today, according to media reports, forcing ministry staff to leave. Meanwhile, the country’s Foreign Ministry remains under siege for a third day. Protesters have told journalists that they want to push the General National Congress – Libya’s highest legislative authority - to pass a proposed law that would ban Muammar al-Qadhafi-era officials from holding Government posts....
It is sort of an interesting place right now. There are folks running around mad as hell and aren't going to take it many more. They have guns and they throw members of the government out of the buildings. Then they hold the buildings so those now without a job don't come back. I know some Americans similarly armed and in the same mood that wish they could do the same thing. They should enjoy some war tourism in Libya.
The most interesting part though, Ms. Burnett, is that there aren't folks dying in the thousands on a regular basis.
Kimberly Dozier
AP Intelligence Writer
December 13, 2012
WASHINGTON | U.S. counterterrorism officials (click here) told lawmakers Thursday that uncooperative or less-than-capable local law enforcement in Libya, Egypt and Tunisia is slowing the search for suspects in the death of the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans in Libya on Sept. 11.
Ya, think.
Authorities in the region have not yet arrested many of the suspects the U.S. wants to question about the violent attack on the American compound in Benghazi on Sept. 11, according to two U.S. officials briefed on a private House Intelligence Committee hearing Thursday, where counterterrorism, intelligence and law enforcement chiefs disclosed the information to lawmakers.
The U.S. officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly disclose the information, said Egypt has arrested Egyptian Islamic Jihad member Muhammad Jamal Abu Ahmad for possible links to the attack, but key al-Qaida sympathizers remain free. They added that U.S. requests to go after the suspects unilaterally have also been rebuffed. The arrest was initially reported by The Wall Street Journal....
You know, if I invaded an American compound and killed at will I'd run too.
I realize everyone wants to put every aspect of the world in a box tied up with a bow, but, that isn't realistic, now is it. Unless, of course, the USA wants to spread it's military all over the world and kill at will while looking for a bow big enough.
You know, if I invaded an American compound and killed at will I'd run too.
I realize everyone wants to put every aspect of the world in a box tied up with a bow, but, that isn't realistic, now is it. Unless, of course, the USA wants to spread it's military all over the world and kill at will while looking for a bow big enough.
