Central Bank falls victim to Libya's rampant crime, anarchy


  • World
  • Wednesday, 30 Oct 2013

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Gunmen rob millions from Libya's central bank. Boatloads of protesters storm an oil terminal like pirates. Tribesmen block a port - and contradict the prime minister when he tells the nation it will reopen soon.

Libyans have become accustomed to chaos in a country flooded with weaponry where militias and tribes call the shots, two years after NATO bombing helped rebels topple Muammar Gaddafi.

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