Libyan Gunmen Continue Siege at Ministries, Rocking Fragile Government

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Armed groups that helped overturn Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi two years ago are pressuring for more regime change. As New York Times correspondent David Kirkpatrick explains to anchor Marco Werman, for several days the gunmen have laid siege to two of the country's biggest government agencies: the Foreign Ministry and the Justice Ministry. The militias are demanding that Gaddafi-era ministers step down. Kirkpatrick says there are channels available to the disaffected groups to participate in Libya's government. He argues that the transitional regime has been too young and frail to incorporate the militia. "You sort of have to roll back and imagine the very first people building government for the first time. That's about what it feels like here in Libya right now," Kirkpatrick says.
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