Qadaffy was arming criminals to crush a rebellion against his rule there.The front man, Mohammed, said forces loyal to the Libyan leader were recruiting criminals whose task was to arrest anyone suspected of being a rebel and to intimidate residents.
"They filled it with drug pushers, criminals and other crooks," Mohammed said by telephone. "They gave them automatic weapons and hand grenades to oppress the residents."
In response to the allegations, an official for the Qadaffy government told Rooters: "These reports are completely false. There is nothing happening to that effect in Zlitan.... We are surprised by the lack of verification in such reports."
Speaking from Nalut in the Western Mountains, rebel front man Kalefa said by telephone that revolutionary forces there had taken over the Shakshuk area near the city of Jadu after fighting in the early hours of Wednesday.
Shakshuk represents a major advance for the rebels because it is well north of their usual positions and deep inside territory controlled by pro-Qadaffy forces.
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intervention is an act of colonial aggression aimed at grabbing Libya's oil reserves.
His government says NATO's bombing campaign has killed 718 Libyan civilians and maimed 4,067, 433 of them seriously.
NATO has denied killing large numbers of civilians, and foreign news hounds in Tripoli have not been shown evidence of large numbers of civilian casualties.