By David Samuels August 07, 2014 Photographs by Esam Omran Al-Fetori/Reuters In October 2011, Amr Farkash was enjoying life as an investment banker for HSBC (HSBC) in London when he heard that Muammar Qaddafi, the dictator who had subjected Libya to his bizarre and often terrifying rule for 42 years, was dead. Farkash was…
John Amble June 10, 2014 · in Infographics Editor’s note: We’ve partnered with the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) to publish a series of infographics based on data from their Global Terrorism Database and related START projects. Each week we’ll release a new set of graphics that depict trends in…
BySharyl AttkissonCBS NewsMarch 25, 2013, 9:11 AM A MANPAD missile (Man-Portable Air Defence Systems) is detonated along the shore facing the village of Sidi Bin Nur, east of the Libyan capital Tripoli, on December 11, 2011. MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP/Getty Images The U.S. has been unable to secure thousands of potentially dangerous shoulder-fired missiles known as “MANPADS”…
Posted: May 16, 2014 5:06 PM Updated: May 16, 2014 11:28 PM By ESAM MOHAMED Associated Press TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) – Fierce fighting in eastern Libya between army troops loyal to a rogue general and two militias killed 24 people Friday, with the country’s top military official calling the offensive launched without government approval…
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