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| November 22, 2011 |
Libya: Post-Khadafy
It's been just over a month since the capture and death of Libyan dictator Moammar Khadafy, ending his 42-year reign. Since then, the rebels have declared that the nation is liberated, installed a transitional government, and started the process of writing a constitution. Still, substantial problems remain. Pockets of fighting have erupted among rival tribes and some rebels have refused to give up their cache of weapons. Doctors continue to struggle to treat the wounded and sick, with a few of the most severely injured being sent to rehabilitation centers in Boston and elsewhere. Last weekend, Khadafy’s son, Seif, was captured and could face war crimes for his part in the conflict. -- Lloyd Young (EDITOR'S NOTE: We will not post a Big Picture on Friday, November 25, due to the Thanksgiving Holiday.) (40 photos total)
A general view of buildings ravaged by fighting in Sirte, Libya. Moammar Khadafy's hometown has paid a heavy price for sheltering him and trying to push back his opponents in the final battle of Libya's civil war. The fighting and what residents describe as wanton destruction by vengeful anti-Khadafy fighters have rendered much of Sirte uninhabitable, with hundreds of homes turned into broken shells. (Manu Brabo/Associated Press) #
Libyan men reflected in a puddle show the V-sign for victory as they celebrate the capture of Seif al-Islam, fugitive son and one-time heir apparent of former leader Moamer Kadhafi, in the eastern city of Benghazi on Nov. 19. Seif al-Islam, 39, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court was caught in southern Libya by former rebel forces. (Abdullah Doma/AFP/Getty Images) #
Pictures left by fleeing residents are seen at the entrance of the abandoned town of Tawarga. Misrata militias carried out revenge attacks on the displaced residents of the nearby town of Tawarga, a stronghold of Moammar Khadafy loyalists during Libya's eight-month conflict, according to Human Rights Watch. (Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty Images) #
A young displaced Libyan girl from the city of Tawarga lives with her family in prefabricated houses set up for workers at a construction site in Tripoli on Nov. 3. Misrata militias are carrying out revenge attacks on the displaced residents of the nearby town of Tawarga, a stronghold of Moammar Khadafy loyalists during Libya's eight-month conflict, according to Human Rights Watch. (Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty Images) #
In front of the pre-Khadafy Libyan flag, an unidentified Iranian medic checks blood pressure of wounded Libyan man, Ali Mohammad, during his medical treatment in Chamran hospital in Tehran, Iran, Oct. 31. Hospital officials said 76 wounded Libyans arrived in the early morning of Thursday, Oct. 27, and a group of them are receiving treatment at Tehran's Chamran Hospital which is run by the Iranian Defense Ministry. (Vahid Salemi/Associated Press) #
A Libyan man inspects his family's photo album inside his destroyed house in Sirte's sector 2 neighborhood on Nov. 6. Less then one percent of Sirte's residents have returned to the war-torn hometown of Libya's late leader Moammar Khadafy, where no festivities were witnessed this year to mark the end of the hajj pilgrimage to Mecca on Islam's main holiday of sacrifice. (Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty Images) #
The empty chair of Libya is pictured in Rabat during a meeting of Arab nations on Nov. 16. Arab nations were to meet in Morocco to further tighten the noose around an increasingly isolated Syria, as Turkey warned its onetime close ally against feeding "on the blood of the innocent". Since the Arab League's landmark decision to suspend Syria over its crackdown on protests, only the third time a member was suspended in the pan-Arab body's history. (Abdelhak SennaAFP/Getty Images) #
Members of Moammar Khadafy's tribe stand next to the destroyed graves of Khadafy's mother, uncle and two other relatives in Wadi Jaref, located on the outskirts of Sirte, Oct. 29. The tribesmen said the graves were dug out by anti-Khadafy fighters, 15 days before Khadafy died. (Youssef Boudlal/Reuters) #
A man climbs up a street lamp to hang the new Libyan flag during celebrations after three days of clashes among rival communities in Al-Zahra 32.2 km (20 miles) west of Tripoli Nov. 14. Despite continued gunfire and explosions near Tripoli Libyan officials and fighters said a bloody local dispute that has strained nerves in the city for three days was being resolved. Compared to exchanges of rockets and machine gun fire in which medics said at least seven fighters were killed. Clashes were limited a result, officials said, of a deal among leaders from the capital and rival communities from the town of Zawiyah and clan leaders of the Wershifanna tribe. (Ismail Zitouny/Reuters) #
Two African immigrants dance outside a building they occupy at the Janzur Port makeshift refugee camp in Sidi Bilal , just outside Tripoli on Oct. 25. A community of more than one thousand African immigrants have occupied the run down structure once used by an elite diving unit of the Libyan Navy as a training field. They came from all over the country at the beginning of the revolution in February and sought refuge in the abandoned structure, awaiting an uncertain future in Libya or facing the risks of deportation. (Marco Longari/AFP/Getty Images) #
More links and information
Libya — Revolution and Aftermath (2011) - NYTimes.com
Moammar Khadafy - Wikipedia entry