MSNBC is currently reporting on their mobile site (no link, sorry) that eastern Libya has effectively broken away, and a civil war seems a distinct possibility. The regime in Tripoli appears to be using tanks and aircraft indiscriminately against civilians.
Nick Kristoff mentioned in one of his tweets on the weekend that there is a U.N. sanctioned "right to protect" that would allow for member intervention in situations such as this. But of course Egypt, the regional military hegemon, is enmeshed in troubles of its own, and anyone who thinks that western nations will do anything productive is dreaming. Unless, of course, oil truly does become a factor.
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