Muammer Gaddafi’s brutal regime passed into the annals of history with his flight from Tripoli two months ago; his death near Sirte on Thursday finally released Libya from the bloody limbo in which it has since been stuck. It is undeniably a moment of catharsis for the country he oppressed for 42 stultifying years, and a spark of encouragement for those in the Middle East still struggling to escape the grasp of tyranny. But it also brings into sharper focus the challenges facing Libya’s interim leadership.
穆阿邁爾?卡扎菲(Muammer Gaddafi)的殘暴政權在他兩個月前逃離的黎波里時就已經成為歷史;周四,卡扎菲在蘇爾特(Sirte)附近被打死,利比亞終于從兩個月的流血僵局中解脫出來。無疑,對這個他無情壓制了42年之久的國家來說,這是一個情緒釋放的時刻;對中東那些仍在抗爭以擺脫暴君的人們來說,這是一個令人鼓舞的火花。但與此同時,這也讓人們更加密切地關注利比亞臨時領導層面臨的挑戰。