Across 'Liberated' Eastern Libya, Volunteerism and a Pulling Together
Murphy, Dan, The Christian Science Monitor
In Benghazi, Libya's second-largest city, one member of the transitional city council says that 'we have surprised even ourselves' as residents have stepped forward to maintain order.
The shrinking footprint of forces loyal to Libya's Muammar Qaddafi has spirits high in Benghazi, the country's second-largest city and one that is already free from his rule.
As US officials struggle to understand the quickly unfolding events, a predominant concern is that chaos and civil war could emerge after Mr. Qaddafi's one-man rule is dispatched - if he doesn't manage to sow it himself first.
But Umm Ahmed, head of the management committee for Benghazi's new …
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Article title: Across 'Liberated' Eastern Libya, Volunteerism and a Pulling Together.
Contributors: Murphy, Dan - Author.
Newspaper title: The Christian Science Monitor.
Publication date: February 26, 2011.
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