Since rebel forces deposed Moammar Gadhafi two months ago, he's been on the run. Today, al Jazeera TV aired gruesome footage of armed men dragging a wounded and bloody person said to be Gadhafi in his hometown of Sirte. Although much of the world has already recognized the Transitional National Council as Libya's new government, even with the death today of the mercurial leader, Libya is not a unified country. What's next for an oil-rich nation divided by tribal and sectarian rivalries, where the potential outcomes range from democracy to civil war?
The Death of Moammar Gadhafi
Credits
Guests:
- Borzou Daragahi - BuzzFeed News - @borzou
- Mary Beth Sheridan - Washington Post correspondent covering Mexico and Central America
- Ronald Bruce St. John - political scientist and author
- Lawrence Korb - Center for American Progress Action Fund - @LarryKorb
- Shadi Hamid - Contributing writer,The Atlantic; senior fellow, Brookings Institution; assistant research professor of Islamic studies, Fuller Seminary; co-founder, Wisdom of Crowds, a podcast, newsletter - @shadihamid