Libya’s New Strongman

Jon Lee Anderson

The New Yorker

2015-02-21

“Like many self-appointed saviors, Haftar spoke with a certain self-admiring fatalism.”

“What has followed the downfall of a tyrant—a downfall encouraged by NATO air strikes—is the tyranny of a dangerous and pervasive instability.”

“Effectively, the Libyan state has collapsed, replaced by a series of warring city-states.”


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