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Libya’s frail government unable to absorb militias

Groups are nation’s de facto police force

By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK THE NEW YORK TIMES

Posted: October 14, 2012 at 4:38 a.m.

Credit: ASSOCIATED PRESS
 A Libyan follower of the Ansar al-Shariah militia joins a protest Sept. 14 in Benghazi.

A month after the killing of the U.S. ambassador ignited a public outcry for civilian control of Libya’s fractious militias, that hope has been all but lost in a tangle of grudges, rivalries and egos.

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