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BY SHELLY YANG

ANCHOR MOLLY HULSEY

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It has been seven days since rebel fighters and Col. Muammar Gaddafi loyalists began their battle in Tripoli--and now the casualties are beginning to show-- literally. Reports say some parts of the city are littered with decomposing dead bodies.

Here’s CNN, reporting from outside a Tripoli hospital.
 

“The first thing you notice is the smell. It’s horrible. They’re bringing out the bodies now. Trying to wrap them up in plastic to take them away. There’s a heavy smell of disinfectant. But the strongest smell, is the smell of rotting flesh.”

 

According to Al Jazeera, extrajudicial killing from both sides of the battle are accountable for the increasing death toll.
 

“As Libyan rivals make more gains and Muammar Gaddafi’s loyalists continue there is dissidents in the Libyan capital and other parts of the country, fighters on both sides have been accused of taking parts in mass executions following the discovery of scores of bodies across Tripoli.”

 

But as The New York Times reports, there’s often confusion about who killed who.  
 

“Six were dumped near a trash receptacle, two left under a stairwell and one thrown in a large ditch, his hands apparently cuffed. Rebels said Qaddafi loyalists had killed them as they celebrated his fall. But one resident said they were [Qaddafi’s] fighters, slain by rebels.”

Although the rebels swear they will find Gaddafi with minimal civilian losses, Al Jazeera shows-- it doesn’t mean Tripoli’s residents feel their safety is guaranteed, as rebels look out for themselves.
 

“They had lost a lot of fighters in the battle of Abu Salim and are nervous, unsure if these residents could be trusted. One local doctor now fears reprisals even though he and many others were always against the regime.”
DOCTOR: “Please, people of Libya. Don’t take this revolution from us. We’re like you. We want freedom.”
 

And finally, ABC Australia reports on the difficulties humanitarian aid is facing in Tripoli.

“The Red Cross and others have been overwhelmed with demands for food, hospital supplies, and other aid for the hundreds of thousands of ordinary Libyans affected by the conflict. With near anarchy in much of the country without police or other authorities, the United Nations says there maybe a need for an international police force to be deployed to restore law and order.”
 

Sky News reports doctors at three major hospitals put Tripoli’s death toll at 230 people since the fighting began last week, though it may continue to rise.
 

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