Monday, May 14, 2012

After Gaddafi's Fall, Anarchy Reigns In Libya

Video stills of, clockwise from top left, Hamza Hirazi, the commander who oversaw the torture at Yarmouk; a prisoner being interrogated; an interrogator; and a prisoner who was later killed. Jehad Nga for The New York Times

In Libya, The Captors Have Become The Captive -- New York Times

One night last September, a prisoner named Naji Najjar was brought, blindfolded and handcuffed, to an abandoned military base on the outskirts of Tripoli. A group of young men in camouflage pushed him into a dimly lit interrogation room and forced him to his knees. The commander of the militia, a big man with disheveled hair and sleepy eyes, stood behind Najjar. “What do you want?” the commander said, clutching a length of industrial pipe.

“What do you mean?” the prisoner said.

“What do you want?” the commander repeated. He paused. “Don’t you remember?”

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My Comment: Goodbye to the old boss, hello to the new boss. As to those who tortured and meted out suffering to Gaddafi's opponents .... and are now receiving the same suffering ..... I have only one thing to say .... karma is a bitch.

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