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What did Libyans gain from the revolution?

Four years into the Libyan civil war and the revolution that toppled Moammar Gadhafi’s regime, thousands of Libyans remain displaced in their own country as political, social and economic problems continue to worsen.
A child from the town of Tawargha runs in the rain in a refugee camp in Benghazi January 11, 2012. The Tawargha residents, who are waiting to return to their town after reprisals from anti-Gaddafi loyalists after the revolution, say that conditions in the camp are harsh and that their children have not been able to go to school in the new year.     REUTERS/Esam Al-Fetori   (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY) - RTR2W5I6

Feb. 17 marked the fourth anniversary of the Libyan revolution and the events that led to the civil war and to the NATO intervention that toppled Moammar Gadhafi’s regime.

Four years on and the simple question arises of whether Libya and Libyans indeed achieved anything that is considered positive or worth continuously paying the price for.

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