The abduction of Libya’s prime minister : militias run rampant

• Main Author: Ahmed Salah Hashim
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::General::Government policies; DRNTU::Social sciences::Military and naval science
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/104345; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/20171
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

On 10 October, 2013, Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan was briefly abducted by one of Libya’s numerous militia groups but was released unharmed hours later. His abduction may have more to do with the peculiar dynamics of post-revolutionary politics in Libya.