The rocket attack which killed the US ambassador in Libya and three other embassy officials in the eastern town in Benghazi has underscored the weakness of the central government in Tripoli and the magnitude of the challenges it continues to face in establishing security across its territory.
The inability of the Libyan security forces to protect the consulate and the use of heavy weapons against the building by an angry mob, which some analysts say may have included Islamist militants, has highlighted the difficulties faced by the new Libyan authorities in knitting together a functional state after the unifying grip of the ousted regime of Colonel Muammer Gaddafi disappeared.
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