With Gaddafi Gone, Who Will Run The New Libya? -- The Telegraph
In their fight to topple Gaddafi, Libya's rebels were united in a common cause, but with his death the revolution enters a defining stage.
We could see children playing in the streets as William Hague's heavily protected six-vehicle convoy hurtled through central Tripoli for a meeting with Mustafa Jalil, chairman of Libya's National Transitional Council. But the air of normality on show in Tripoli earlier this week was at least partly deceptive. For the past month, Libya has been in limbo. None of the really big issues could be resolved until Sirte fell, and Gaddafi was killed or captured.
Now, at last, "national liberation" can be declared, and a transitional government formed. But many have been dreading this moment, because they see it as the moment of truth. Consider this: all recent Western interventions, from Afghanistan to Iraq, started suspiciously well. Regime change was the easy bit. Only afterwards did trouble start – and this may yet prove to be the case in Libya.
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