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Libya’s Prime Minister Ali Zeidan speaks during a news conference in Tripoli February 7, 2014. Zeidan appealed for Libyans to avoid violence in settling a standoff over their interim parliament, whose mandate was due to run out on Friday with the country deeply divided over its future. REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny
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Libyan gunmen surround the Libyan Justice Ministry demanding a ban against those who worked under the former regime of ousted leader Moamer Gaddafi from holding senior positions on April 30, 2013, in the capital Tripoli.(AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD TURKIA)
Opinion: Libya’s Political Isolation Law Threatens Destruction
It is often said that the great questions of our time will not be settled by speeches and votes, but by iron and blood. It is a maxim that certainly rings true for the question of Libya’s democratic future. With the world’s attention fixated across the Mediterranean...Caption:
File photo of Libya’s Mahmoud Jibril (REUTERS)
Jibril Claims Political Isolation Law will not Benefit Libya
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Mahmoud Jibril, who served as Libya’s interim prime minister and chairman of the rebel National Transitional Council (NTC), informed Asharq Al-Awsat that the country’s post-revolutionary focus on a political isolation law will not lead to the...Caption:
Abdul Hakim Belhadj of Libya’s Homeland party speaks during a demonstration at the Ennahda party “Youth Festival” organized by the Renaissance Movement at the Conference Palace in Tunis December 23, 2012. (REUTERS/Anis Mili)