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Libya
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Despite its ongoing reintegration into the world political scene, Libya continues to cause controversy. Four months after joining the UN Security Council, Libya's representative sparked a walkout by several fellow ambassadors after he compared Israel's actions in the Gaza Strip with those of the Nazis in Second World War concentration camps. Representatives from the US, UK and France were among those who staged a rare walkout in protest at what they saw as inflammatory and unjustified rhetoric by the Libyan deputy ambassador Ibrahim Dabbashi. The comments could harm Libya's attempts to play a larger role in international peacekeeping efforts, such