Libya's Transition to the Post-Gadhafi Era

A protest took place in the early morning hours in Misurata on Aug. 29 against alleged plans by the National Transitional Council (NTC) to appoint a defected Libyan army general to a top security post in Libya's new government. Two days earlier, relatives of slain Libyan rebel military commander Abdel Fattah Younis issued a deadline to the NTC leadership, demanding that it release its findings from an investigation into those responsible for Younis' death by the end of Eid al-Fitr. The incidents are unrelated, but both serve as early warning signs of the problems the NTC will face as it attempts to make the transition to the post-Gadhafi era.