Moamar Gaddafi has been dead eight years yet Libya is still at war with itself. echoed through the crowd of rebel fighters as Libyan leader colonel Moamar Gaddafi was pulled from his hiding place inside a stormwater drain. But in Libya, Gaddafi had created a system that revolved around him alone — so when he died, the entire system collapsed with him. Some of the key issues Libya is facing today began in the days and months that followed Gaddafi's death. After defeating the former government's forces, militia groups had become the only functioning security force, which was later cemented by a decision to put those forces on the government pay role.

Source: Libya Today October 19, 2019 19:41 UTC