Libya Rebel Camps Set Stage for Second Civil War
by Jason Ditz,
September 06, 2011
With the first Libyan Civil War still not really over, the battle lines are already being drawn for a second one, this time with the various factions within the rebels regarding each other with growing distrust. Now that the NATO-backed rebel council has mostly taken over Gadhafi’s territory, they see the various local militant factions as a threat to their new-found power, and a threat likely to be met with violence.
Click here to read more about Libya’s new battle at the Guardian
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John Ellis
September 7th, 2011 at 4:30 am
Of course, as no other way conceivable is there for NATO powers to plunder oil at a fraction of its true value, and from the most nationalist orientated nation in all of Africa.
And talk about Drone collateral murder in spades — just watch what happens next.
John_Muhammad
September 7th, 2011 at 5:58 pm
And so begins the inexorable march toward militias fighting it out with….. pro-government forces? Is this deja vu all over again? Didn't we just fight this fight?
How quickly we go from being 'rebels' to being 'The Establishment'.