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 [...]
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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 [...] |
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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