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Writing in The National, Bradley Hope paints a picture of Tripoli that isn’t pretty: “The deposed leader is dead and its temporary leaders have declared the country ‘liberated.’ Yet the capital, in particular, has become a patchwork of armed fiefdoms, as wannabe power brokers backed by hometown militias made up of former clerks, students [...] These statements from a leading TNC member have gotten a lot of attention today: “When Mustafa Abdel-Jalil, the chairman of the Transitional National Council, pronounced the end of the uprising, the crowd reacted with shouts of ‘God is great.’ This was not long after people sang the bouncy national anthem of pre-Qaddafi days, which [...] As I write, it is crystal clear that Moammar Qadhafi’s 42-year rule of Libya has come to an end, and he himself will likely be captured, killed or fled before the evening is out. Yesterday I commented that the best case scenario was for an uprising against him in Tripoli itself to go with [...] The Free Libya forces have gained some crucial international recognition: “Major western and regional powers said yesterday that they officially recognised the Libyan opposition as the legitimate representatives of the country in a move designed to convince Col Muammar Qaddafi that his 41 years in power are over… “The contact group, made up by [...] Camille Tawil provides a useful look at the status of the Libya War. After describing NATO’s success is degrading Qadhafi’s forces, she looks at key campaigns: “NATO attacks succeeded in reversing the situation on the ground in the rebels’ favor. In the east, opposition forces moved from Ajdabiya toward the oil port of Brega [...] Glenn Greenwald argues that these considerations are the key to the American involvement in Libya: “By November 2007, a State Department cable noted ‘growing evidence of Libyan resource nationalism.’ It noted that in his 2006 speech marking the founding of his regime, Gaddafi said: ‘Oil companies are controlled by foreigners who have made millions [...] Reports that Moammar Qadhafi has brought in mercenaries from sub-Saharan Africa has placed Libya’s African migrant workers in a vulnerable position: “As rumours of black mercenaries flown and trucked into Libya in their thousands have swirled about the country, poor sub-Saharan African migrant workers have borne the brunt of rebel outrage at the claims… [...] |
Blake Hounshell (aka praktike), our co-founder and main man, is managing editor of Foreign Policy magazine. He's now reporting on the Egyptian Revolution from Cairo. 
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