Libya ... Dec 1 and last few days

From RTNews:
More than 40 people have been killed in an ammunition depot explosion in southern Libya, Reuters reported, citing a security official. The death toll could rise further, the source added.
The blast occurred Thursday in Brak al-Shati, near the city of Sabha, as a group of 43 locals and African migrants were reportedly trying to steal weapons. Other reports suggested they were trying to steal copper.....

From NYTimes:
Al-Qaida's American spokesman  says the U.S.'s kidnapping of an al-Qaida suspect from Libya is a crime of piracy, urging Libyans to attack U.S. interests everywhere.
Adam Gadahn, a former Osama bin Laden spokesman, said in an audio speech posted on militant websites late Saturday that Abu Anas al-Libi had no role in the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa because he had left al-Qaida and formed a new group......

Shampoo ad in Tripoli daubed w/ paint because it features a woman's face. Not uncommon in city #Libya via @umarnkhan pic.twitter.com/zmpCO1G17C
— Mary Fitzgerald (@MaryFitzger) December 1, 2013

From LibyaHerald:
Air Force officer shot dead    in front of son in Benghazi.
An Air Force NCO who worked at Benina Air Defence Base, Salah Idrissy, was shot dead this morning in front of his young son.
Idrissy died instantly. His son suffered minor injuries, including one to his hand, and is now receiving hospital treatment, a source close to the Special Forces told the Libya Herald. He added that Idrissy had just left the house, at around 8.30 am, to take his young son to school..........

Hafed Al Ghwell writes some wishful thinking at GulfNews below. Notice how everybody and their uncle want outside help (read that as "Western powers") when things go wrong with their islamic nations but otherwise they never stop criticizing the West for interfering and meddling.
On August 31, 2011, few days after  the fall of Tripoli to the disorganised and mixed bag of rebels who fought for months against Muammar Gaddafi’s militias with the protection and active support of Nato, I wrote in an opinion article in the Financial Times:
“Libya is a patchwork of tribal and regional affiliations, underpinning the social, political and economic foundation of the country. Given the number of casualties on both sides in the past six months, Libya faces a real possibility of descending into chaos, especially now the unifying slogan of bringing down Gaddafi is no longer viable. Libya has to follow the example of other countries and have an amnesty for former officials and supporters of the regime.”
More than two years later, and as the news of the last few months of chaos show categorically, Libya seems to, unfortunately, descend into that very fragmentations I feared then, and is reverting back, in the absence of the brute force of the Gaddafi regime, into a patchwork of tribal and regional affiliations, and even criminal networks of arms, drugs, and human trafficking gangs.
The question now is why did this happen, and what needs to be done to save the country and protect its civilians from this descent into anarchy and lawlessness?.......

From LibyaHerald:
...Ministry of Economy discusses   financial crisis in Misrata meeting.
Chaired by the Minister, Mustafa Abo Fanas, who appears to be now operating out of his home town having left Tripoli with his family last week after Misratan militias pulled out of the capital, the meeting  also discussed implementation of a number of unspecified projects that would improve the country’s economy.