Libya: The Difficult Task Ahead

On Oct. 23, three days after the fall of Moammar Gadhafi's last outpost, the National Transitional Council (NTC) officially declared the liberation of Libya. Though the NATO operation is not expected to end immediately, the Gadhafi regime is gone, the Libyan war is effectively over and the NTC is now moving to form a transitional government. Among those who have just declared victory, however, the coming months could see the outbreak of a new conflict.