October 2011
After Libya - Now Thrive the Armourers
This briefing discusses three events in the Middle East and North Africa in October 2011 in the wider context of the uncertain if continued development of the Arab Awakening. These events in Tunisia, Iraq and Libya looked set to have a prolonged impact throughout the region: The fall of Sirte in northern Libya to the anti-regime rebels, resulting in the death of Gaddafi and one of his sons; the announcement by the US that all US combat troops would leave Iraq by the end of the year; and the elections in Tunisia as a prelude to the agreement of a new constitution. The author argues that all three developments are highly significant, but it may be one of the less obvious aspects of the Libyan revolution relating to the arms industry that will have particular resonance.
© 2011 Oxford Research Group (ORG). This briefing is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Licence.
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