ALibyanAbroad

Well, under Ghaddafi most people lived pretty normal lives. You weren't threatened going outside or general unrest from violence.

Now things are different. There's the ongoing fighting between the different tribes of Libya and there's also fighting between the different clans in a region. You generally avoid roadblocks cause you might get robbed at gunpoint or, if they think you're wealthy, kidnap you. You can't go out at night. Buying bread and fuel is a problem sometimes as well.

I'll answer this in a list to make it easier.

• There were pictures of Ghaddafi in offices and shops. He visited my school a couple of times and had a look around, like any other visitor would to the school.

• You wouldn't talk too much shit about Ghaddafi in public, but you could crticise a bit.

• Random street drifting sessions in the middle of a highway with people in the street was ordinary.

• If you're caught drinking or smoking weed by the police you could bribe him with about 10 euros.

• Petrol was cheaper than water. Most things were very cheap.

• If you knew the right people you could get away with murder, literally.

• If a Libyan woman were to leave the house without a scarf men would start cat-calling. It's seen as an invitation for attention.

• You could buy alcohol on the black market.

And you could only buy dildos on the black market.

I got involved from general boredom to be honest. That seems stupid now but staying inside, not knowing what's going on outside got to me.

No incentives.

They weren't military at first, more like organisers. A little before Ghaddafi was caught though we were being directed by the military.

for the smugglers its all about the money, and they make a lot of it. They bring them up from their own country to Libya and send them on with sinking boats.

From what I heard it's 5 to 10000 Euros to cross to Italy. And yeah, they don't give a shit.

Firstly, I'm not muslim. I know a lot of muslims though and none of them go out murdering people. The media actively seek to portray muslims as violent and are dishonest with their reporting. I saw a lot of news reports during the uprising of stuff which is supposedly happening outside my door but wasn't.