Chaos Continues in Libya Where Militias Rule

Two years after the death of Colonel Moammar Gadhafi, chaos reigns in Libya where a barely functioning central government is unable to control the thousands of militias that roam the country.  In the aftermath of Libya's revolution, an estimated 200,000 militiamen are spread across the country's towns and cities, controlling large parts of the country. The militias form a parallel state, and the central government has virtually no power over them. “You have communal clashes, ...

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