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Archives: Libya
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![Failing Libya](http://web.archive.org./web/20170329012559im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/10/failing-libya-187x137.jpg)
Failing Libya
By Alison Pargeter | ( OpenDemocracy) | - - If peace and national unity in Libya seem remote five years after the fall of the Qadhafi regime, western powers and the international…![Clinton: No US ground troops in Iraq, Syria; Trump: Steal Iraqi Oil](http://web.archive.org./web/20170329012559im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/clinton-no-us-ground-troops-in-i-187x137.jpg)
Clinton: No US ground troops in Iraq, Syria; Trump: Steal Iraqi Oil
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The NBC Candidates Forum continued the shameful corporate coverage of the Great American Meltdown that is our election season. That season has given…![The Next Libyan Revolution Will Be Led by Women Wielding Words—Not Guns](http://web.archive.org./web/20170329012559im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/05/the-next-libyan-revolution-will-187x137.jpg)
The Next Libyan Revolution Will Be Led by Women Wielding Words—Not Guns
By Alaa Murabit | ( Yes!) | - - This article was originally published by New America Weekly. The Next Libyan Revolution Will Be Led by Women Wielding Words—Not Guns “Soft power”…![As ISIL goes Global, Will the ‘War on Terror’ extend for Decades?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170329012559im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/02/as-isil-goes-global-will-the-war-187x137.jpg)
As ISIL goes Global, Will the ‘War on Terror’ extend for Decades?
By Paul Rogers | ( OpenDemocracy.net) | - - The war against ISIL has seen 18 months of of airstrikes by United States-led coalition forces in both Iraq and Syria. An even…![Europe’s Post-Revolution Abandonment of Libya led to Mediterranean Crisis](http://web.archive.org./web/20170329012559im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/05/europes-post-revolution-abandonm-187x137.jpg)
How Europe’s Post-Revolution Abandonment of Libya led to Mediterranean Crisis
By Ioannis Chapsos | (The Conversation) | - Libya has been in a state of chaos ever since the fall of its former dictator, Muammar Gaddafi, and the situation scarcely seems to…![Rand Paul: GOP Hawks are Obama’s “Lapdogs;” McCain: Paul ‘Worst Candidate’](http://web.archive.org./web/20170329012559im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/04/rand-paul-gop-hawks-are-obamas-l-187x137.jpg)
Rand Paul: GOP Hawks are Obama’s “Lapdogs;” McCain: Paul ‘Worst Candidate’
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) The philosophical difference between the Libertarian-leaning Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and the GOP hawks has burst into open name-calling. First, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said that…![ISIL’s Libya Affiliate Murders 30 Ethiopian Christians](http://web.archive.org./web/20170329012559im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/04/isils-libya-affiliate-murders-30-187x137.jpg)
ISIL’s Libya Affiliate Murders 30 Ethiopian Christians
By EurActiv | - A video purportedly made by Islamic State and posted on social media sites on Sunday (19 April) appeared to show militants shooting and beheading about 30 Ethiopian Christians…![Egypt: Sisi’s struggle with the Muslim Brotherhood and his Strikes on ISIL/ Daesh in Libya](http://web.archive.org./web/20170329012559im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/02/egypt-sisis-struggle-with-the-mu-187x137.jpg)
Egypt: Sisi’s struggle with the Muslim Brotherhood and his Strikes on ISIL/ Daesh in Libya
By Henry Clements | (Informed Comment) - Egyptian president Abdel Fatah El-Sisi wants to rally the international community against terrorism in the Middle East. In a televised speech earlier this week he…![2 1/2 yrs after US Consulate Attack, Libyan Nat’l Army advances in Benghazi against Radicals](http://web.archive.org./web/20170329012559im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/02/2-12-yrs-after-us-consulate-atta-187x137.jpg)
2 1/2 yrs after US Consulate Attack, Libyan Nat’l Army advances in Benghazi against Radicals
CCTV Africa | - "Footage from Benghazi showed troops, equipped with tanks, gun-mounted trucks and automatic weapons, advancing through farmland." CCTV Africa: "Libya’s Army Makes Gains In Fighting Against Militias" The Algerian…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170329012559im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/Screen-Shot-2015-02-16-at-2.41.55-AM-187x137.png)
Avenging its Christians, Egypt Bombs Libya in first formal Campaign since 1991
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) - The murder by Daesh (ISIS or ISIL) thugs in Sirte, Libya, of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians this weekend provoked the first formal Egyptian military incursion…![Sen. Lindsey Graham furious GOP House Benghazi Report Shows He Wasted All our Time & Money](http://web.archive.org./web/20170329012559im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2014/11/sen-lindsey-graham-furious-gop-h-187x137.jpg)
Sen. Lindsey Graham furious GOP House Benghazi Report Shows He Wasted All our Time & Money
The Young Turks | --- ""Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday blasted a House GOP-led investigation that recently debunked myths about the 2012 Benghazi attack. “I think the report is full of…![The Wider Appeal of ISIL and Sunni Grievances](http://web.archive.org./web/20170329012559im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2014/10/the-wider-appeal-of-isil-and-sun-187x137.jpg)
The Wider Appeal of ISIL and Sunni Grievances
By Juan Cole al-Quds al-`Arabi [Arab Jerusalem] reports on the appeal of ISIL to Salafi hard line Sunni Muslims. In a worrisome development, radicals throughout the region are rallying to the so-called…![Will Egypt Intervene in Libya as part of Generals’ War on Political Islam?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170329012559im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2014/10/will-egypt-intervene-in-libya-as-187x137.jpg)
Will Egypt Intervene in Libya as part of Generals’ War on Political Islam?
CCTV Africa: "Pressure is growing on Egypt's government to intervene in Libya. That's after the emergence this week of an Islamic State-style caliphate - close to the Egyptian border. Many in Cairo…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170329012559im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/new_arabs-6-180x137.jpg)
The Arab Political Crisis: It isn’t a Matter of Civilization and it isn’t Unique
By Juan Cole Hisham Melhem has a piece on what he calls the collapse of Arab civilization. The piece is riddled with contradictions and fuzzy thinking and with all due respect to…![Cole’s “The New Arabs” at Firedoglake Book Salon](http://web.archive.org./web/20170329012559im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2014/09/coles-the-new-arabs-at-firedogla-187x137.jpg)
Cole’s “The New Arabs” at Firedoglake Book Salon
By Juan Cole Firedoglake Book Salon on Juan Cole, The New Arabs: How the Millennial Generation is changing the Middle East See also this recent NYT review by Irshad Manji FDL Book…![5 Ironies of US Reaction to Egypt/UAE Bombing of Libya](http://web.archive.org./web/20170329012559im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2014/08/5-ironies-of-us-reaction-to-egyp-187x137.jpg)
5 Ironies of US Reaction to Egypt/UAE Bombing of Libya
The diplomatic angst issuing from Washington around the United Arab Emirates and Egypt bombing of weapons depots belonging to the Qatar-backed fundamentalist militia of Misrata holds many delicious ironies: 1. According to…![The Appeal of Intervention: New Iraqi Premier, Libyan Parliament ask for Int’l Troops](http://web.archive.org./web/20170329012559im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2014/08/the-appeal-of-intervention-new-i-187x137.jpg)
The Appeal of Intervention: New Iraqi Premier, Libyan Parliament ask for Int’l Troops
By Juan Cole According to a spokesman for his Da'wa Party (Islamic Call or Islamic Mission), Iraq's prime minister-designate Haydar al-Abadi is preparing a platform on the basis of which he will…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170329012559im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/new_arabs-8-180x137.jpg)
Middle East Crisis: Juan’s “Ask Me Anything” at Reddit Discussion
By Juan Cole Mirrored from LevantineWar at Reddit.com I am Juan Cole, author of the new book The New Arabs: How the Millennial Generation is Changing the Middle East I teach Middle…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170329012559im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/newarabs-2-180x137.jpg)