Members of the Revolutionary Committees Movement hold posters of Libya’s leader Muammar Gadhafi. “As you know, our nation is facing an enormous security challenge manifested by the proliferation of arms and the government’s inability to solve the problem … Many forces are working to undermine our efforts to establish a national military institution, and they are harming the training program the government adopted, with international forces, to build the army.” These words were written this week by Libya’s interim prime minister, Ali Zeidan, in a statement distributed to the Libyan media. Among the examples Zeidan lists in his long missive, he mentions that three important Libyan ports – as-Sidra, Ras Lanouf and Zwitina – have fallen under the control of armed militias, which are preventing their operation. “Our efforts to resolve the crisis by offering to pay for stolen arms turned into the authorities, enlisting influential tribal leaders, and […]