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Mustafa Fetouri

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Forget Qaddafi, Libya's tribal rivalries are deeply ingrained

Oct 28, 2012

It will take generations for Libya to come to terms with its history and see true reconciliation.Read article "Forget Qaddafi, Libya's tribal rivalries are deeply ingrained"

Libya's kidnappings for ransom show a state mired in chaos

Apr 27, 2012

Both the interim government and NTC have ignored the prerequisites of a fair election – namely, the peace and security that are dangerously lacking in many parts of Libya.Read article "Libya's kidnappings for ransom show a state mired in chaos"

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Libya's kidnappings for ransom show a state mired in chaos

May 1 , 2012 | 04:41PM GST

cedarman

I could not agree more , we were so elated to come back to our workshops in swani libya , only to be threatened by some guy on a 14.5 machine gun that we will be kidnapped and ransom will be asked from the director if we were to come back , that apparently is their way to make money :) as to our legally owned property it was "transferred " to another guy deriving his legality from the same 14.5 machine gun , i will start respecting the new "owner" when he will come off his 14.5 and talk like a man

Libya's toxic tribal divisions are greater than Qaddafi

Oct 11 , 2012 | 05:17PM GST

Ashraf

I am increasingly suspicious of the so-called tribal structures of Libyan society. It is a fact that most analysts and journalists for so many years, because of the nature of the regime, could not travel, research and interview freely, and one cannot frankly speak of Libya and Libyens knowing exhaustively what he or she is talking about. No one really knows who libyens are today and what they want. I fear the tribal nature of Libya was greatly exagerated by the Gaddafi regime to justify itself, in practise tribal structures were weakened, the structres of power and governance having been totally concentrated around one man and his clan. The reports we get from journalists on the ground in the east and the western towns which are now held by rebels seem to show actually quite a different pictures. Demonstrations in Ben Ghazy showed banners that read: Libya, one country, one people. It is still early days but common Libyans seem to be more educated and wordly wise than one had expected, their expectations for a new Libya could be very different from the archaic structures they have been labeled with for so long. The very fact, if only symbolic, that rebels all around the country, regardless of their tribal ties, adorn the pre gaddafi Libyen flag, is proof if anyone needed so that there are signs of Libyan unity and identity.

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