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Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy began serving a five-year prison sentence on Tuesday for conspiring to accept millions in campaign funds from Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. From Paris, Jalel Harchaoui, a Libya analyst, tells The World’s Marco Werman why Libyan leaders were so eager to work closely with the former head of state.