The death of ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has sparked mass celebrations in Tripoli.
However, Brussels-based international consultant Lode Vanoost believes that with Gaddafi gone, the Libyan people are now going to exchange one dictator for another - a neo-liberal NATO one.
“Libya will now become a bridgehead for the further conquest of Africa. Actually the first steps have already been taken. Obama recently has sent some 80 [military] advisors to Uganda”
"Today the people are celebrating the demise of the dictator but they will now discover that they changed their cage for another one"
Lode Vanoost
The death of Gaddafi does not mean the civil war in Libya is over, believes Vanoost. These rebels are led by people from former Al-Qaeda allies and former Gaddafi ministers, they have interests at stake. They have already promised so many of their economic assets to other countries: France, the US, Germany and other countries – and they are not going to get democracy getting in the way to change those agreements.