Throughout their ten-month campaign to topple Colonel Qaddafi, Libya’s
opposition forces struggled to reconcile two competing streams. While
fighters fired with revolutionary zeal rushed off to the front,
politicians tried to establish a semblance of order in the territory
that these fighters had won. Since the fall of Tripoli in August 2011
tensions have escalated into a power struggle between the thuwar
, or militia forces, waving the banner of revolution, and the architects
of would-be reconstruction, seeking stability to give their designs
foundation. As elections approach in mid-June 2012, this rivalry is
coming to a head. Both sides view the ballot as the seminal event that
could break the deadlock and signal the transfer of power from
centrifugal revolutionary forces to a sober central authority.
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