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BY EMILY ALLEN
ANCHOR LAUREN ZIMA
Three months after the fall of its former leader Muammar Gaddafi and the dust still hasn’t settled in Libya. The town of Bani Walid threw out government leaders after a seven-hour gun fight. Now the country’s National Transition Council is trying to negotiate with the town’s elders.
The Guardian reports the town wants to replace the government-appointed military council with its own appointed representatives. The town’s elders denied claims of being loyal to Gaddafi.
The head of Bani Walid’s local council told Al-Jazeera hundreds of well-equipped and highly trained remnants of Gaddafi forces raised the flag over the city’s buildings.
Those raising the flags have a message for the National Transition Council.
“People demanding that the interim leaders deliver on promises of transparency and compensation for those injured in the fighting.”
RT suggests this isn’t just a rally-cry for loyalists. It’s a response to Middle East Human Rights Groups and their accusations of war crimes by allied forces.
“NATO really pushed the envelope and they broke the resolution. They were there to defend civilians, that was the mandate, and they essentially became the rebels’ air force.”
The Washington Post says this is the first, major organized revolt by remaining Gaddafi supporters but says the NTC has done little in unifying the armed forces.
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