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September 21, 2012

Libya Must Now Confront Salafists

Hanan Ghosheh, The National

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One thing has become painfully clear as Libyans absorb the shock of the September 11 attack on the US consulate in Benghazi: the security vacuum that made the killing of four Americans possible is the greatest single danger to the aspirations of Libya's revolution.

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TAGGED: Salafists, Benghazi, Libya

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