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From Our Own Correspondent: The Aftermath of War

The Aftermath of War

16/10/2013

BBC World Service - From Our Own Correspondent, The Aftermath of War

The militias still plaguing post-Gaddafi Libya; what makes a war memorial truly emotive?

Tim Whewell meets members - and victims - of the militias still plaguing Libya; Steve Evans ponders what makes a war memorial truly affecting - and who it really commemmorates.

Tales of the chaos and instability of war - not just during the fighting, but in its wake. Tim Whewell meets members - and victims - of the militias still plaguing Libya, and asks how they're affecting the country's post-Gaddafi prospects. 

In Berlin, Steve Evans ponders what makes a war memorial truly affecting - and concludes that the key is what it's really commemmorating: an ideology, a nation, a leader, or the war dead themselves.

Presenter: Pascale Harter
Producer: Polly Hope
Photo credit: Patrick Baz

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