Libya marks anniversary of "liberation"

Libya marks the second anniversary since "the liberation" from the forces loyal to dictator Muammar Gaddafi, news agencies are reporting.

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Wednesday, 23.10.2013.

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TRIPOLI Libya marks the second anniversary since "the liberation" from the forces loyal to dictator Muammar Gaddafi, news agencies are reporting. No official celebrations have been planned, and instead, a short statement was issued by the government. Libya marks anniversary of "liberation" It "congratulated the people on the decisive day that ended the tyranny and despotism," AFP reported, and noted that that the country was "trying to heal the wounds of the conflict." Many rebel group that fought against Gaddafi's forces refused to surrender their arms and now function as a more or less autonomous militias, sometimes against the government. On October 23, 2011, the rebels declared the "liberation" of Libya from Gaddafi's forces, three days after he captured and killed. The anniversary this year came two weeks after the brief kidnapping of Prime Minister Ali Zeidan, carried out by a former rebel militia, "revealing all the weakness of the central government." With the overthrow of the Gaddafi regime, the once omnipresent apparatus collapsed and the new authorities are seeking to replace military and police forces. Despite the chaos, Fethi Terbel, the lawyer and human rights activist whose arrest sparked Libya’s uprising, is "relatively optimistic." Terbel believes that the Libyan instability is "the legacy of the former regime," which he said "left the state institutions collapsed." (Beta, file) AFP Tanjug

Libya marks anniversary of "liberation"

It "congratulated the people on the decisive day that ended the tyranny and despotism," AFP reported, and noted that that the country was "trying to heal the wounds of the conflict."

Many rebel group that fought against Gaddafi's forces refused to surrender their arms and now function as a more or less autonomous militias, sometimes against the government.

On October 23, 2011, the rebels declared the "liberation" of Libya from Gaddafi's forces, three days after he captured and killed.

The anniversary this year came two weeks after the brief kidnapping of Prime Minister Ali Zeidan, carried out by a former rebel militia, "revealing all the weakness of the central government."

With the overthrow of the Gaddafi regime, the once omnipresent apparatus collapsed and the new authorities are seeking to replace military and police forces.

Despite the chaos, Fethi Terbel, the lawyer and human rights activist whose arrest sparked Libya’s uprising, is "relatively optimistic."

Terbel believes that the Libyan instability is "the legacy of the former regime," which he said "left the state institutions collapsed."

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