BENGHAZI, Libya – In the days after Libya’s rebels rose up against Moammar Gadhafi, they faced a vexing challenge: How do you pay for a revolution? They figured that part of the answer could be found inside the secure vaults of the Benghazi branch of the Central Bank of Libya, where Gadhafi’s government held about $505 million. So they broke in and took it. “Let me put this way: We robbed our own bank,” said Ali Tarhouni, the U.S.-educated finance minister for the rebels, who ordered the…
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