Libyan Turmoil: 2 Assemblies, 2 Premiers

Libya's political and military conflict heated up Monday after the Islamist coalition which controls the capital, Tripoli, appointed a new prime minister and declared the newly-elected parliament null and void.  The prime minister already in office, Abdullah al-Thani, responded by calling the Islamist forces in Tripoli “tyrants” and insisting they could not govern the country by force.   Libya's rival political forces threw down the gauntlet at each other Monday as their...

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