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Instead of discussing the Paris predators ball, Erlanger said convening it is "another important sign of the legitimacy of the Transitional National Council...."
Western powers, in fact, chose it to be Libya's puppet government, beholden to capital at the expense of millions of Libyans entirely left out.
Fact check
Carving up the Libya corpse began. Gaddafi's 1999 Decision No. 111 is gone. Under it, Libyans got free top flight healthcare, education, training, rehabilitation, housing assistance, disability and old age benefits, interest-free state loans, subsidies to study abroad and for couples when they married, free water, electricity, and practically free gasoline.
They also got free use of land for agriculture to create self-sufficiency in food production. Moreover, all basic food items were subsidized and sold through a network of "people's shops."
Moreover, women had equal status with men, including for education, employment, and their right to own and sell property independently of their husbands.
On January 4, 2011, the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) "Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review: Libya Arab Jamahiriya" said Gaddafi's government protected "not only political rights, but also economic, educational, social and cultural rights."
It also praised his treatment of religious minorities, and human rights training of its security forces. After Washington and NATO intervened, publication of the report was postponed. It's now gathering dust, never to be formally released.
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