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Libya 2011 War: Before and After
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Libya 2011 War: Before and After

Medea Benjamin, co-founder of the peace group CODEPINK and the human rights organization Global Exchange sums up the effects of how the world dealt with Libya’s civil war: “Before Libya’s “liberation” by Western forces in the form of NATO, it was the richest country in Africa. Libyans had free healthcare and education. Today Libyans have almost no functioning public services, with daily blackouts and water shortages. Today, Libya is considered a “failed state” run by extremist militias and two opposing governments vying for power. Ex-rebel commanders, former exiles, Islamists, tribal leaders are all fighting for control, leaving no authoritative government or legitimate institutions.”

Protests six years ago in Zawiya sparked a two year battle waged by rebels against the government of Moammar Gadhafi, to which he allegedly responded with airstrikes. At this point the U.N. and NATO slapped on sanctions and prepared to invade.

A U.S.-U.K.-French joint military force began bombing Libya in March 2011. As many as 25,000 people were killed that year, including Gadhafi. An additional 400,000 were displaced. Libyans are now stuck in the middle of violent fights between rival militias, the rise of the Islamic State group, and the recent Egyptian airstrikes. “A lot of people tell you it was better under Gadhafi, that the revolution was a mistake. What they mean is, things are worse now than they were then,” Ashraf Abdul-Wahab, a journalist, told the Guardian. “With Africa’s largest oil reserves and just 6 million people to share the bounty, Libya in 2011 appeared set for a bright future.”

On the contrary, Reuters writes, while Libyan soldiers had hoped for a quick victory, “Sixteen months later the campaign has stalled as Islamist fighters play cat and mouse with government forces -- picking them off with snipers hiding in residential buildings who are hard to hit with heavy weapons. The battle for Benghazi is typical of the chaos engulfing Libya four years after the fall of Moammar Gadhafi.”
teleSUR takes a look at illustrative photos of the proceedings, and how lives of Libyans were affected by conflict before and after.

Please note some of the images are graphic.

http://www.telesurtv.net/english/multimedia/Libya-2011-War-Before-and-After-20150806-0024.html



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