[Feb. 14, 2014: A] senior army officer in Libya on Friday announced a military takeover, the suspension of Parliament and a new “road map” for the future.
Then, nothing happened. Prime Minister Ali Zeidan called the supposed coup “ridiculous.” A military spokesman called it “a lie.” None of the Libyan Army’s few tanks or soldiers made any visible moves. The empty Parliament was quiet.
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Perhaps the most positive aspect of the Libyan chaos may be a rough balance of local powers, in which no single leader or institution is strong enough to declare a coup or dictate a “road map.”
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The Libyan transitional government has struggled in vain to build a national military or internal security force that might subdue fractious local militias that have sprung up across the country.
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Everything is coming along swimmingly.[March 3, 2014:] Libya’s parliament moved into a five-star Tripoli hotel Monday, a day after rioters armed with knives and guns stormed the legislature building.
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The parliament’s term expired Feb. 7, but lawmakers voted to extend it with plans to hold elections in the spring. Since then, hundreds of protesters have held daily demonstrations demanding that the body be dissolved.
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[On Sunday, o]ne guard was killed while trying to protect workers trapped inside, security official Essam al-Naass said. Two lawmakers were shot in their legs, one was wounded by broken glass, and others were beaten up while trying to leave the premises.
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In Sunday’s violence, dozens of protesters swept into the parliament chamber during a session, firing guns, throwing bottles at lawmakers and setting fire to furniture. They took the seat of the parliament’s president — the head of a main Islamist bloc — tied it to a lamppost outside and set it on fire.
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