The new Libya: various aspects

[BayonetBrant]

For anyone that might be interested, there's a scenario for the Lock'n'Load board game series that depicts the last stand of Kadhafi



other Libya scenarios are here:
http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2...-day-of-heroes

[davidbfpo]

Bayonet Brant's previous post refers to a war game 'Game Over', after reading the linked NYRB article earlier today the situation is more like 'Game is not Over':http://www.nybooks.com/articles/arch...o_Tz2i.twitter

Some classic passages, sometimes with Islam at the centre, others are legacy issues. Here is one:

Benghazi, a city that farms out refuse collection to Bangladeshi and Sudanese migrant workers, still has five thousand Libyan garbage collectors on payroll. When an overconscientious official tried to stop paying them, hundreds stormed the municipality and chased out the councillors.