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guardian.co.uk, Sunday 23 September 2012 10.49 BST
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A Libyan man flashes the victory sign outside the Benghazi HQ of the Ansar al-Sharia militia group. Photograph: Abdullah Doma/AFP/Getty Images
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Benghazi backlash should prompt media rethink
The backlash against Islamists in Benghazi and the petering out of protests about the anti-Islam film should prompt a media rethink about events of the last fortnight, argues Foreign Policy's Marc Lynch.
Writing on Friday he said:
By far the biggest story of popular mobilization today came in Libya, where tens of thousands came out in Benghazi in an inspiring rally against militias and against the attack on the US consulate. Thus far, millions of opeds have failed to be produced in response. That's a pity. The failure of the Arab world to follow its assigned script really deserves as much attention as did last week's outburst. I wish that the relative fizzle of today's protests and today's large rally in Benghazi denouncing the attack on the US consulate and militia violence would get even one-tenth of the media attention lavished upon the supposed meaning of last week's embassy attacks.
The fizzling of the protest wave and the Benghazi counter-demonstration suggests better questions than the popular choices such as "why do they hate us" or "why are Muslims so angry" or "how badly has Obama failed." For instance, why were these demonstrations so small? Why did they peter out so quickly when the Danish Cartoons crisis went on for months? Why did they fail to attract broad-based support outside of their core constituencies? And why have so many leaders of Arab countries in transition, Islamists included, rushed to apologize and to reassure the United States?
Former US diplomat Daniel Serwer, who was election observer in Libya, is troubled by the Benghazi attacks on Islamists.
Writing before the discovery of executed militiamen he said:
It would be a mistake to take the uprising against the extremist militias as the final word. There is likely to be retaliation. What has happened so far is not law and order. It is more lynch mob, though no one seems to have been killed. We should not take much satisfaction from retribution. What is needed is justice, which requires a serious investigation, a fair trial and an appropriate punishment.
Also needed are reliable, unified and disciplined security forces: police, army, intelligence services. This is one of the most difficult tasks in any post-war, post-dictatorship society. Demobilization of the militias really is not possible until the new security institutions are able to start absorbing at least some of their cadres. Reform of security services and reintegration of former fighters are two sides of the same coin: establishing the state’s monopoly on the legitimate use of force.
Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/middle-east-live/2012/sep/23/libya-disbands-islamist-militias-live?newsfeed=true
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