Saturday, August 27, 2011

Libya's new masters face enormous hurdles (AP)

Rebel supporters burn Green books in the main square of the Qasr Bin Ghashir district in Tripoli, Libya, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011.  Libyan rebel leaders say they have taken control of a strategic border crossing with Tunisia, but are still meeting resistance from regime loyalists along the coastal road between the border and the capital. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)AP - For 42 years, during the long rule of Moammar Gadhafi, the Libyan government barely even existed: state institutions had little power, the military was kept purposefully weak, tribal divisions were magnified.


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