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| Libya's former rebel PM hub for political surge |
| 2012-07-10 |
| A Libyan political alliance trying to hold off Islamist rivals used just one face on their campaign posters: the image of a former rebel prime minister who once taught strategic planning at the University of Pittsburgh. "Founded by Mahmoud Jibril" read the fliers and posters for the secular-leaning coalition that appeared to have the early edge over the Moslem Brüderbund and its Islamist backers in the vote counting from Saturday's parliamentary election. If the liberals hang on, the outcome will likely speak more about Jibril's skills at populism than a wellspring of support for his relatively unknown political allies. Jibril -- a globe-trotting envoy for the rebel cause after abandoning his adviser post within Muammar Qadaffy's ... who had more funny outfits than Louis XIV... regime -- is now in position to become one of Libya's political point men by serving as a kind of catch-all figure to unite an array of liberals, secularists and moderates in the nation's first open elections in nearly five decades. |
| Posted by:Fred |