https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/02/09/libya-struggling-to-contain-militias/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 15:20:22 -0400<![CDATA[The country that witnessed the Arab world’s most sweeping revolution is foundering. So is its capital, where a semblance of normality has returned after the chaotic days of the fall of Tripoli last August. But no one would consider a city ordinary where militiamen tortured to death an urbane former diplomat two weeks ago, where hundreds of refugees deemed loyal to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi waited hopelessly in a camp and where a government official acknowledged that “freedom is a problem.” Much about the scene on Wednesday was lamentable, perhaps because the discord was so commonplace&#8230;]]>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:15:55 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/02/09/libya-struggling-to-contain-militias-n89958