I was just about to post a translation of an article from Al-Hayat on the Libyan opposition’s conference which closed yesterday, and then I noticed that one of my collaborateurs beat me to it with this article a few hours ago (linking to ABC’s website). But the Al-Hayat article takes a different angle on the issue from the ABC article, and so may be worth reading as well. I’ll just provide the link: Window on the Arab World, and More!

I will note that whereas our own A.M. Mora y Leon makes the point that the Libyan opposition seemed to be rather anti-American based on her reading of her ABC source, that element was emphasized much less in the Al-Hayat article, which just references the Libyans’ desire to effect change through people power rather than “American tanks,” with the emphasis on change within Libya, not attacking the U.S. It seems that ABC News was more eager to promote the anti-American side of the conference than the Arab world’s most prominent Arab nationalist newspaper.