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Why Libya is Suddenly on the Verge of Civil War

Author
Global Dispatches
Published
Thu 22 May 2014
Episode Link
https://sites.libsyn.com/41455/why-libya-is-on-the-verge-of-civil-war


Libya today is arguably closer to a full blown civil war than at any time since the fall of Muammar Ghaddafi in 2011. A renegade general named Khalifa Haftar is on the March, seeking to upend an Islamist controlled parliament. Who is this man, what does he want, and why are conditions ripe for a civil war? Mark speaks with journalist Marine Casalis who puts the unfolding situation in Libya in some context.



 


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