Friday, 4 November 2011

BBC News??

4 November 2011

Libya looks set to chart moderate course on Islam

By Mohamed Madi
The threat of radical Islamic extremists coming to power in Libya was a spectre repeatedly invoked by Muammar Gaddafi and his supporters in order to delegitimise the Libyan revolution.

It was an argument that largely failed to convince the major international powers, who extended significant military and economic assistance to the Libyan opposition and ultimately helped bring them to power.