October 26, 2011

Revenge Attacks Risk Libya's Future

The National, The National

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When rebels were celebrating their victory in Sirte last week, an image played on television foreshadowed a potentially violent split facing the "liberated" nation. A Qaddafi loyalist was lashed to the barrel of an anti-aircraft gun mounted on a pick-up truck. Dazed from the fighting, he was pleading for mercy.

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