Book Club: Former UN representative in Libya Ian Martin's latest book offers an honest assessment of NATO's US-backed intervention in Libya and, as the country continues to struggle for stability, whether things should have been done differently. "The line between protecting civilians and pursuing regime change [in Libya] was blurred, to put it mildly"NATO’s Libyan intervention in 2011 is one that requires more attention. Gaddafi was threatening civilians “to purify Libya inch by inch.” Yet as many argue was the original mandate from the UN Security Council breached? "Gaddafi had also spent decades sowing regional and tribal divisions across Libya as part of his divide and rule policy. Electoral security in Libya continues to be unquestionably flawed, particularly in some municipalities, and the probability of elections in June remains slight.

Source: Libya Today June 01, 2022 11:45 UTC