Bernard Henri-Levy explains why there might be another uprising in Libya- Newsnight

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Bernard Henri-Levy is one of France's most celebrated philosophers and the man credited in 2011 with persuading the then French president Nicolas Sarkozy to recognise the leaders of the Libyan opposition to Colonel Gadaffi, which ultimately led to Western military intervention.

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