A sign of Libya’s precarious security situation and deep dysfunction, militia aligned with members of the government’s own Ministry of the Interior snatched Prime Minister Ali Zeidan from his five-star hotel in central Tripoli on Thursday morning. His capture, which lasted a few hours, was in apparent retaliation for the Oct. 5 U.S. commando raid against a key al-Qaeda operative, Abu Anas al-Liby. Although Zeidan was freed later in the morning, the kidnapping confirmed for many Libyans and Westerners just how fragile the country is—and how the U.S. rendition of al-Liby has shaken Libya’s delicate status quo.
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