Militias

Libya Struggles to Curb Militias as Chaos Grows

8 Feb 2012

TRIPOLI, Libya -- As the militiamen saw it, they had the best of intentions. They assaulted another militia at a seaside base here this week to rescue a woman who had been abducted. When the guns fell silent, briefly, the scene that unfolded felt as chaotic as Libya's revolution these days -- a government whose authority extends no further than its offices, militias whose swagger comes from guns ...

Libya’s New Government Unable to Control Militias

8 Feb 2012

The Arab world’s most sweeping revolution is foundering as the interim Libyan government seems to be paralyzed by its lack of power to control competing militias.

Libyan militia accused of torturing to death ambassador to France

3 Feb 2012

One of Libya's many new militias has been accused of detaining and apparently torturing to death a former ambassador to France, the latest allegation of brutality to mar the victorious revolutionaries' reputation since the fall of Col Muammar Gaddafi.