Libya Attack a Reminder of Unfinished and Uneasy Arab Spring Transitions Until now, Libya's struggles had largely faded from the national headlines. Americans were shocked by Wednesday's news that heavily armed Libyans assaulted the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, setting fire to the buildings and killing four Americans, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens. Even Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton questioned: "How could this happen in a country we ... US-trained engineer picked as Libya's next premier TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's national congress picked Mustafa Abu Shagour as prime minister on Wednesday, the U.S.-trained optical engineer naming improved services and security as his priorities a day after Islamist gunmen killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya. Abu Shagour defeated wartime rebel premier Mahmoud Jibril in a close second round vote by 96 votes to 94 in a contest that was shown live ... LIBYA COMMEMORATES 9/11 When President Obama intervened in Libya last year, he claimed that "it's in our national interest to act" to remove a tyrant who -- in response to Bush's invasion of Iraq -- had just given up his weapons of mass destruction and pledged to be America's BFF.Apparently Gadhafi neglected to also tell Obama, "I've got your back."Obama said: "We must stand alongside those who believe in the same core ... U.S.-trained engineer picked as Libya's next premier TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's national congress picked Mustafa Abu Shagour as prime minister on Wednesday, the U.S.-trained optical engineer naming improved services and security as his priorities a day after Islamist gunmen killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya. Abu Shagour defeated wartime rebel premier Mahmoud Jibril in a close second round vote by 96 votes to 94 in a contest that was shown live ... Libya crisis finds way into presidential campaign The death of the U.S. ambassador Chris Stevens and other Americans in Libya is already causing finger pointing in the presidential election—and a debate about free speech. Libya's parliament elects new prime minister Libya's parliament elected Wednesday a leading member in the country's oldest opposition movement to be its new prime minister. Stevens died building 'better Libya' J. Christopher Stevens, the American ambassador killed in Libya, will be remembered as a hero, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday. Libya attack graphically marks rise of fundamentalist Muslims The deadly anti-US attack in Libya graphically marks the rise of fundamentalist Salafi Muslims in the aftermath of the Arab Spring – and the challenge it poses to US policy in the region. In Libya, deadly fury took U.S. envoys by surprise BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Diplomats had long been on their guard in Benghazi, a city that was the cradle of Libya's Western-backed revolution but also home to Islamists who have attacked foreign envoys. Yet a long night of mayhem in which the U.S. consulate was overrun and torched, the ambassador lost and dying alone in the smoke while rescuers ran into a deadly ambush as they sought to save ... Libya to help in hunt for US Consulate killers The United States and Libya agreed to cooperate to identify who was responsible for the attack in which the ambassador to the North African state and three other Americans died.
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